Adolf Hitler, Barbara Sloane, Bob Holt

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PG, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Ralph Bakshi

Release Date: January 1, 1977

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DVD Release Date: May 25, 2004

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  • August 22, 2009
    This bizarre and unique film could only have come from the mind of Bakshi. Throw all of your preconceptions of animation aside and enjoy this artistically different film. It has the good fairies and elves battling the evil mutants. All goes wrong when the mutants uncover footage ...( read more)from a forgotten time, this footage is of Hitler and his atrocities. They use it to strike fear into their enemies and it's up to a Wizard, an Elf, a girl in training and a reformed assassin to stop the mutants. Mixing the animated characters with detailed backgrounds along with live action battle scenes "made up" to fit into the film, it's a brilliant and ingenious use of the medium. The story will appeal to literally all ages, though maybe the youngest of children should steer clear. The ending was both brilliant and hilarious, not to mention cool as hell. The voice talent was all very natural, each line sounds like it could come from a real person and not just a cartoon. This is a film for any fan of animation, craving something different from Pixar/Disney/Ghibli etc.
  • August 18, 2008
    Really cool artwork. liked the use of different styles. enjoyed it more knowing the movie was made on a shoe string budget by a handful of animators. It made the twenty minutes of looped, roto scoped soldiers bearable.
  • August 18, 2008
    Pretty neat at times. The rotoscoped marching of innumerable troops got old real fast, but otherwise you can't deny a story that involves cartoon wizards resurecting the nazis.
  • May 25, 2007
    Totally killer film, if you can even FIND it!
  • February 25, 2007
    Was my favourite cartoon for a lot of my childhood, and seeing it as an adult I realize it is one of the few times I had good taste when I was younger. Bakshi does a great job with this, blending modern day fears with a Lord of the Rings type story. Excellent.
  • November 11, 2009
    The hell was that? Even with my preconceptions of film thrown aside I cant bear that movie. No innovative illustration at all. full of poorly designed clips and subpar art with horrible voice overs. Would not recommend this movie to Hitler himself!!
  • October 9, 2009
    Goofy and stupid, in a bad way. It?s like they took the plot to a Final Fantasy game and gave it to the Care Bears.
  • August 26, 2009
    This movie was the first thing that made me realize that there was more to cartoons than Bugs Bunny or The Flintstones (not that they weren't great as well). With innovative animation, a grown up storyline, and a cynical sense of humor, this movie floored me when I was seven, a...( read more)nd I didn't even get half of the stuff that was going on. The older I got and the more I understood, the better the movie got.
  • June 14, 2009
    I remember watching this film as a kid countless times on cable access. Wizards is a unique animation film that uses several different types of animation in the telling of this Tolkien adventure. Many great actors of the time lend their voices to this neat little film. The film i...( read more)nvolves a future where mankind as we know it has been ended due to terrorists attacks also read science and technology. In the far, far distant future, what was left of mankind has arisen in the form of elves, fairies and mutants. The movie is about good versus evil. Good is represented by Avatar a powerful wizard elf and Bad is represented by Blackwolf an evil mutant, also Avatar's brother. Good always triumphs over evil until the evil Blackwolf is able to obtain information regarding WWII Nazis and use it to destroy the elves. Its a great battle between good versus evil, magic vs science and technology, who will win out?
  • April 22, 2009
    NOT AS GOOD AS EXPECTED , GREAT FILM WORK, BUT THE STORY WAS THROWN TOGETHER.

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