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Barbara Sloane, Bob Holt, Christopher Tayback, Hyman Wien, Jesse Welles
Id: 10920249
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)
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.
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.
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.
Interesting take on the animated fantasy genre!.....Love the vibrant colors mixed with the crude grim backdrops!....and Avatar Rocks!
Extraordinary adult-themed cartoon. The confrontation at the end is worth your time alone.
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!!
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.
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)
