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Release Date:
7 August 1981 (USA) moreGenre:
Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy | Horror | Music | Sci-Fi | Thriller moreTagline:
A Step Beyond Science Fiction morePlot:
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Cameron Gets Into Heavy Metal (From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 9 June 2009, 3:14 PM, PDT)
James Cameron Joins ‘Heavy Metal’ Collaboration
(From Screen Rant. 8 June 2009, 2:42 PM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rodger Bumpass | ... | Hanover Fiste (segment "Captain Sternn") / Dr. Anrak (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) (as Roger Bumpass) | |
| John Candy | ... | Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon") / Dan (segment "Den") / Den (segment "Den") / Robot (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) | |
| Jackie Burroughs | ... | Katherine (segment "Den") (voice) | |
| Joe Flaherty | ... | Lawyer (segment "Captain Sternn") / General (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) | |
| Don Francks | ... | Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") / Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice) | |
| Martin Lavut | ... | Ard (segment "Den") (voice) | |
| Marilyn Lightstone | ... | Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") / Queen (segment "Den") (voice) | |
| Eugene Levy | ... | Sternn (segment "Captain Sternn") / Male Reporter (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") / Edsel (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) | |
| Alice Playten | ... | Gloria (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) | |
| Harold Ramis | ... | Zeke (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) | |
| Susan Roman | ... | Girl (segment "Harry Canyon") / Satellite (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice) | |
| August Schellenberg | ... | Nort (segment "Den") / Taarak (segment "Taarna") (voice) | |
| Richard Romanus | ... | Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice) | |
| John Vernon | ... | Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn") (voice) | |
| Zal Yanovsky | ... | Navigator (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice) |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | Italy:VM14 | South Africa:13LS | Brazil:18 | Australia:MA (video rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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In the "So Beautiful, So Dangerous" segment, the two Plutonian Nyborg snorting aliens are named Zeke and Edsel. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Taarna kills the barbarian leader, her hand becomes drenched in his green blood, but in the very next shot the blood is gone and her hand is dry. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Narrator: A shadow shall fall over the universe, and evil will grow in its path, and death will come from the skies.
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Maybe it is dated, but one must base an opinion one when it was created.
This movie, done in 1981 was created prior, I think to the birth of most of those who have dismissed it.
But, it was representative of it's time and art. Those "Matrix" souls should be alittle more respective of when and how a movie is created.
Personally, I enjoyed it. Because of the most selfish of reasons. I was young, 19. The music, the magazine was of my time.
Remember History and pass judgment with perspective.
Great Music, great movie.
Gentlemen, there was a time before CGI.