Heavy Metal

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Time Out says

Among those listed in the credits are a handful of collaborators whose reputations should be rescued from the cosmic junkheap this deserves to rust on - notably writer Dan O'Bannon - but the collective animators of this dopey Disney parody (reportedly 1,000 artists working in five cities simultaneously) still have a lot to answer for. Fantasies that are gratuitously sexist and Fascist (macho whoring and warmongering), and whose roots reach all the way back to post-hippie paranoia, feed the tangled plot-lines of a movie that, given the orchestral overkill and surprisingly low profile of heavy metal music, should disappoint even the teenage wet-dreamers it's aimed at.

Author: MA

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Release details

UK release:

1981

Duration:

90 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Gerald Potterton

Cast:

John Candy, Richard Romanus, Don Francks, John Vernon

Music:

Elmer Bernstein

Production Designer:

Michael Gross

Editor:

Janice Brown

Screenwriter:

Len Blum, Dan Goldberg

Producer:

Ivan Reitman

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Rated as: 4/5 (2 ratings)

  • And to think I was going to talk to somonee in person about this.

    And to think I was going Tue Jan 24 2012
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  • This was a great movie but what happend to the double upercut with out that one move that was tought to Atom. Atom clearly won the fight and the upercut would have been the perfect ending

    Chris Beard Sun Dec 18 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • As written above in another comment, I think the reviewer "MA" is an absolute idiot. This movie was made in the 80's and this individual completely missed the point. This movie is an either love it or hate it. Needs to be seen at least once by all! :D

    James Tue Oct 4 2011
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  • I think the reviewer rather missed the point, this film is related to Heavy Metal comics--not music! As such it does very well, bringing the artwork of the comics to life in a very convincing way and is, I believe, very amusing. Clearly if you choose to take it seriously you could criticise away, but really--to accuse it of fascism seems a bit childish. I would recommend this to anyone...

    Formal de Hyde Sun Feb 13 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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