FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

Director:

Bill Kroyer

Writers:

Jim Cox (screenplay)
Diana Young (original stories)

Release Date:

10 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

"Do you believe in humans?"

Plot:

The magical inhabitants of a rainforest called FernGully fight to save their home that is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.

Plot Keywords:

Fairy | Logging | Rain Forest | Destruction | Beetle

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tim Curry	...	Hexxus (voice)
Samantha Mathis	...	Crysta (voice)
Christian Slater	...	Pips (voice)
Jonathan Ward	...	Zak Young (voice)
Robin Williams	...	Batty Koda (voice)
Grace Zabriskie	...	Magi Lune (voice)
Geoffrey Blake	...	Ralph (voice)
Robert Pastorelli	...	Tony (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Stump (voice)
Tommy Chong	...	Root (voice)
Tone Loc	...	Goanna (voice)
Townsend Coleman	...	Knotty (voice)
Brian Cummings	...	Ock (voice)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Edler (voice)
Janet Gilmore	...	Fairy (voice)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | USA:G (certificate #31358) | Australia:G | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | Singapore:G

Company:

FAI Films

Trivia:

In Spain it was dubbed into Spanish entirely by the comedian 'Angel Garó', a single-handed feat that earned him entry to the Guinness Book of Records.

Goofs:

Continuity: Zak's back pocket changes sides through out the movie.

Quotes:

Hexxus: [to the construction-drivers posing as their boss] Make sure you use plenty of oil!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Blunt Diaries (2009)

Soundtrack:

A Dream Worth Keeping

A treasure with a message

I remember loving this when it first came out and I was only about 10 years old. I recently came upon a couple of the books that I had saved of the movie and that got me thinking back on this. I haven't seen it in years, but I just bought it and can't help but love it. I love the visuals, colors and overall look of the film. And of course, Robin Williams as Batty Koda was hilarious. In describing humans, "They walk around like 'Hi Helen!'" I love the message most of all, and it does a good job of representing the greed and destruction of our times through images, actions and dialogue. I especially love how the fairy Crysta is so in touch with nature and its feelings that she can touch a tree and we literally see its energy flow into her. She shows this to the human, Zak, who, like every other human, is out of tune with nature and its feelings. Gradually, though, he too feels it, and all it took was for someone to wake him up to it. That's all it takes for us, too. We needed something like this movie to be made in order to wake some of us up to what we're doing. It may sound cliche or like a lecture, but it's one that needs to be said and for that I'm thankful to Ferngully and the people behind it who believed enough in the message they were attempting to get across. I read it loud and clear.