Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World
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| Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World | |
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| Produced by | Eric S. Rollman Andy Heyward |
| Written by | Bill Dubay Martha Moran Ruth Handler |
| Starring | Sharon Lewis |
| Music by | Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
| Distributed by | Hi-Tops Video DIC Entertainment Saban Productions |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 50 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World is a 1987 TV special created by DIC Entertainment with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based upon the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in syndication as a two-part TV "mini-series" with each installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was entitled "Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth". The two-part special was later released on video as a single movie by Hi-Tops Video.
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Plot
Barbie's rock band completes a successful World Tour and decides to perform one last concert in Space to promote world peace. Then in Part 2 ("Barbie and the Sensations"), when Barbie and her band, whose name has unexplainably been changed to the Sensations, come back to Earth, they travel inadvertently back to 1959.
Songs
Here's the titles of the songs in order of appearance in "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World":
- Barbie and the Rockers Theme
- Catch Us if You Can (Dave Clark Five cover)
- Best Friends
- I'm Happy Just to Dance With You (The Beatles cover)
- Do you Believe in Magic? (The Lovin' Spoonful cover)
- Reachin' for the Stars
- Everybody Rocks
- Do you want to dance with me Barbie?
DVD release status
The miniseries has not been seen since its original broadcast, and the VHS release has been out of print since the 1980s. The film has not been released on DVD, except in Italy. Additionally, of the songs performed by the group, four of the songs are covers: Do You Believe in Magic, originally recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, originally recorded by The Beatles, Here Comes My Baby, originally recorded by Cat Stevens, and Do You Wanna Dance, originally recorded by Bobby Freeman. These songs would have to be licensed for a DVD release.
Cast
- Sharon Lewis - Barbie
- Michael Breyner - Ken
Additional Voices
- Gary Chalk
- Doc Harris
- Lynn Johnson
- Viktoria Langton
- Debbie Lick
- Catherine Mead
- Doug Parker
- John Payne
- Nikki Sharp
- Veena Sood
- John Stocker
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