Heavy Metal (1981)
AnimazioneFantascienzaAvventuraFantasyMusica
Dopo aver trovato la pietra verde che emana radiazioni micidiali, un uomo muore, ma la sua voce si palesa alla figlia per mostrarle tutti i mali del mondo derivati dal potere. La struttura del film è a episodi realizzati con grande varietà di stili grafici. A parte il tessuto connettivo, che è pretestuoso, molte storie sono fiacche, nonostante la colonna sonora di Elmer Bernstein e lo sfoggio di effetti speciali, di mirabolanti trovate grafiche e di gigantismo scenografico.
Direttori:
Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker.
Scrittori:
Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum.
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Rodger Bumpass as Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice) |
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John Candy as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) |
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Jackie Burroughs as Katherine (voice) |
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Joe Flaherty as Lawyer / General (voice) |
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Don Francks as Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice) |
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Marilyn Lightstone as Whore / Queen (voice) |
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Eugene Levy as Sternn / Male Reporter / Edsel (voice) |
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Harold Ramis as Zeke (voice) |
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Caroline Semple as Girl (voice) |
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Richard Romanus as Harry Canyon (voice) |
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Susan Roman as Girl / Satellite (voice) |
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Al Waxman as Rudnick (voice) |
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Harvey Atkin as Alien / Henchman (voice) |
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Glenis Wootton Gross as Whore (voice) |
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John Vernon as Prosecutor (voice) |
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George Touliatos as Pilot / Barbarian (voice) |
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August Schellenberg as Norl / Taarak (voice) |
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Vlasta Vrana as Barbarian Leader (voice) |
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Alice Playten as Gloria (voice) |
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Percy Rodriguez as Loc-Nar (voice / uncredited) |
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Martin Lavut as Ard (voice) |
| Directing | Gerald Potterton | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Goldberg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Len Blum | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jean Giraud | Characters |
| Production | Leonard Mogel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ivan Reitman | Producer |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ian Llande | Editor |
| Editing | Mick Manning | Editor |
| Sound | Sammy Hagar | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Don Felder | Theme Song Performance |
| Art | Pat Gavin | Art Direction |
| Art | Michael C. Gross | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | John Bruno | Visual Effects Director |
| Sound | Peter Thillaye | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gord Thompson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Don White | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joanne Hovey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Rod Crawley | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Marc Chiasson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Tayk Kim | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Brian Larkin | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Harold Whitaker | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Milton Gray | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rick Maki | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ray daSilva | Animation |
| Production | Jack King | Production Manager |
| Crew | Jimmy T. Murakami | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Harold Whitaker | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Pino Van Lamsweerde | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Jack Stokes | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Paul Sabella | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Julian Harris | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Barrie Nelson | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | Lee Mishkin | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | John Halas | Sequence Supervisor |
| Crew | John Bruno | Sequence Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Danny Antonucci | Animation |
| Sound | Andy Malcolm | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Nick Rotundo | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Peter Jermyn | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Austin Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joe Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | John Bruno | Special Effects |
| Art | Errol Bryant | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Richard Fawdry | Animation |
| Editing | Gerald Tripp | Editor |
| Writing | Dan O'Bannon | Original Story |
| Writing | Dan O'Bannon | Story |
| Writing | Len Blum | Story |
| Writing | Daniel Goldberg | Story |
| Writing | Richard Corben | Original Story |
| Writing | Bernie Wrightson | Original Story |
| Writing | Angus Mckie | Original Story |
| Directing | John Bruno | Director |
| Directing | John Halas | Director |
| Directing | Julian Harris | Director |
| Directing | Jimmy T. Murakami | Director |
| Directing | Barrie Nelson | Director |
| Directing | Paul Sabella | Director |
| Directing | Jack Stokes | Director |
| Directing | Pino Van Lamsweerde | Director |
| Directing | Harold Whitaker | Director |
| Sound | Peter McBurnie | Sound Effects Editor |