Main Cast: Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Don Francks, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, Richard Romanus
Release Year: 1981
Country: CA/US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Inspired by stories from the fantasy graphics magazine Heavy Metal, this five-part animated feature combines the talents of hundreds of artists and animators from 17 different countries. A glowing green orb called Loc-Nar that contains the sum total of all evil in the universe travels through space and time, spreading violence and discord in its wake. The stories that follow demonstrate Loc-Nar's malevolent presence throughout the universe. In New York in the year 2023, cabbie Harry Canyon picks up a fare who turns out to have Loc-Nar in her possession, and it turns out to be one trip he wishes that he had never made. In contemporary suburban America, a nerdy high school kid finds the orb in his backyard and is transported to a comic-book universe where he's a mighty warrior and famous spoiler of women. A robot created by an alien race falls in love with a secretary from Earth who was kidnapped by his masters, while she is at once fascinated and repelled by his sexual talents. And finally, Loc-Nar crashes into a mountain, and a world of fantasy and danger spontaneously appears in its wake, ruled by The Defender, a beautiful amazon who rides on a giant bird. The voice cast for Heavy Metal includes John Candy, Harold Ramis, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Richard Romanus, and John Vernon. The sound track features selections by Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Cheap Trick, Devo, and Grand Funk Railroad. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Martin Lavut - Ard; Marilyn Lightstone - Whore, Queen; Alice Playten - Gloria; Susan Roman - Girl, Satellite; August Schellenberg - Nort, Taarak; John Vernon - Prosecutor; Zal Yanovsky; Harvey Atkin - Alien, Henchman; Thor Bishopric - Boy; Patty Dworkin - Woman Reporter; Joe Flaherty - Lawyer, General; Douglas Kenney - Regolian; Mavor Moore - Elder; Cedric Smith - Bartender; George Touliatos - Pilot, Barbarian; Charles Joliffe - Councilman; Warren Munson - Senator; Len Doncheff - Barbarian; Al Waxman - Rudnick
Credit
Thomas Warkentin - Animator, Lee Mishkin - Animator, Gerald Potterton - Director, Janice Brown - Editor, Leonard Mogel - Executive Producer, Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), Michael J. Gross - Production Designer, Brian Tufano - Cinematographer, Ivan Reitman - Producer, Michael J. Gross - Producer, Daniel Goldberg - Sound/Sound Designer, Joe Grimaldi - Sound/Sound Designer, Austin Grimaldi - Sound/Sound Designer, Gordon Thompson - Sound/Sound Designer, Peter Jermyn - Sound Editor, Peter Thillaye - Sound Editor, Andy Malcolm - Sound Editor, Len Blum - Screenwriter, Daniel Goldberg - Screenwriter, Dan O'Bannon - Screenwriter, Ivan Reitman - Screenwriter, Berni Wrightson - Screenwriter, Richard Corben - Screenwriter, Juan Gimenez - Screenwriter, Angus McKie - Screenwriter, Corny Cole - Screenwriter, Black Sabbath - Featured Music, Cheap Trick - Featured Music, Devo - Featured Music, Journey - Featured Music, Nazareth - Featured Music, Donald Fagen - Featured Music, Grand Funk Railroad - Featured Music
