Heavy Metal [Blu-ray]

Overview

Inspired by stories from the fantasy graphics magazine Heavy Metal, this five-part animated feature combines the talents of hundreds of artists and animators from 17 different countries. A glowing green orb called Loc-Nar that contains the sum total of all evil in the universe travels through space and time, spreading violence and discord in its wake. The stories that follow demonstrate Loc-Nar's malevolent presence throughout the universe. In New York in the year 2023, cabbie Harry Canyon picks up a fare who turns out to have Loc-Nar in her possession, and it turns out to be one trip he wishes that he had never made. In contemporary suburban America, a nerdy high school kid finds the orb in his backyard and is transported to a comic-book universe where he's a mighty warrior and famous spoiler of women. A robot created by an alien race falls in love with a secretary from Earth who was kidnapped by his masters, while she is at once fascinated and repelled by his sexual talents. And finally, Loc-Nar crashes into a mountain, and a world of fantasy and danger spontaneously appears in its wake, ruled by The Defender, a beautiful amazon who rides on a giant bird. The voice cast for Heavy Metal includes John Candy, Harold Ramis, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Richard Romanus, and John Vernon. The sound track features selections by Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Cheap Trick, Devo, and Grand Funk Railroad.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/14/2011
UPC:	0043396369290
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	2,964

Special Features

Original feature-length Rough Cut with optional commentary by Carl Macek ; Deleted scenes with optional commentary; Imagining Heavy Metal - documentary

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Don Francks	Grimaldi/Co-Pilot/Barbarian
Richard Romanus	Harry Canyon
Harvey Atkin	Alien/Henchman
Thor Bishopric	Boy
Rodger Bumpass	Fiste/Dr. Anrak
Jackie Burroughs	Katherine
John Candy	Desk Sergeant/Dan Den/Robot
Ned Conlon	Councilman
Len Doncheff	Barbarian
Patty Dworkin	Woman Reporter
Joe Flaherty	Lawyer/General
Joseph Golland	Councilman
Gianis Wootton Gross	Whore
Charles Joliffe	Councilman
Douglas Kenney	Regolian
Martin Lavut	Ard
Eugene Levy	Sternn/Male Reporter/Edsel
Marilyn Lightstone	Whore/Queen
Mavor Moore	Elder
Warren Munson	Senator
Alice Playten	Gloria
Harold Ramis	Zeks
Susan Roman	Girl/Satellite
Caroline Sample	Girl
August Schellenberg	Nort/Taarak
Cedric Smith	Bartender
George Touliatos	Pilot/Barbarian
John Vernon	Prosecutor
Viastra Vrane	Barbarian Leader
Al Waxman	Rudnick
Zal Yanovsky	Navigator/Barbarian
Dan Aykroyd	Actor
Cheap Trick	Performer
Elmer Bernstein	Composer

Technical Credits

Len Blum

Dan Goldberg

Ivan Reitman

Corny Cole

Berni Wrightson

Angus McKie

Dan O'Bannon

Richard Corben

Juan Gimenez

Gerald Potterton	Director
Len Blum	Screenwriter
Dan Goldberg	Screenwriter,Sound/Sound Designer,Screenwriter,Sound/Sound Designer
Ivan Reitman	Producer,Screenwriter
Andy Malcolm	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Editor
Joe Grimaldi	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Jermyn	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Editor
Leonard Mogel	Executive Producer
Corny Cole	Screenwriter
Michael Gross	Producer
Berni Wrightson	Screenwriter
Angus McKie	Screenwriter
Dan O'Bannon	Screenwriter
Richard Corben	Screenwriter
Juan Gimenez	Screenwriter
Peter Thillaye	Sound Editor
Gordon Thompson	Sound/Sound Designer
Jimmy T. Murakami	Director

Editorial Reviews

Sword and sorcery meets science fiction meets Playboy in this animated cult favorite consisting of eight loosely linked stories derived from the adult comic book Heavy Metal. Animal House producer Ivan Reitman hired top animators from around the world to create an adolescent boy's dream of a feature film: blood and guts fly; voluptuous naked women get it on with brawny heroes (and one robot); and aliens snort cocaine to a soundtrack of early '80s hits by Devo, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Stevie Nicks, and many others (all of them unscored by composer Elmer Bernstein's original music). Harold Ramis, John Candy, and Eugene Levy of SCTV fame supply some of the voices. The highly diverse animation styles of each of these futuristic flights of fantasy (all the more amazing for having been done without computers) give Heavy Metal a psychedelic vibe that made it a midnight movie staple in theaters -- and now an equally big hit on video and DVD.

Barnes & Noble - Kryssa Schemmerling