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Synopsis: In a post apocalyptic future that appears as a blend of World War II Europe and J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, a pint-size wizard named Avatar must save the world from a band of fascist mutants controlled by his evil twin brother, Blackwolf, who likes to confuse enemy armies by projecting films of Adolf Hitler speeches during attacks. Painted live-action footage of advancing Nazi armies contrasts with Saturday-morning-cartoon-style animation of fairies and elves as Avatar travels through various magical and radioactive realms on his quest. Aiding him are the beautiful Fairy princess Elinore, hot-blooded warrior elf Weehawk, and Peace, a misunderstood robot rebelling against his Blackwolf-controlled programming. A bizarre and psychedelic meditation on magic vs. technology, this ultimate futuristic fantastic epic cult film still finds an audience on college campuses and will prove quite rewarding to viewers in the right frame of mind.
Director(s): Ralph Bakshi
Production: Eureka Entertainment Ltd
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
PG
Year:
1977
80 min
Website
1,928 Views


with these ancient pieces...

he built a new war machine.

Still, his generals

needed more to fight with.

This drove Blackwolfmad with frustration.

Then one day, that frustration vanished.

I sent my elf spies to fi nd out

what was happeni ng.

I 'm sure he has

found some great power...

that will control his armies.

You mean you sent out that elf envoy...

to investigate

based on a vague feeling of your--

[ Enraged Screams ]

[ Screaming Continues ]

I've failed you, mywizard.

I've failed you, my president.

[Elinore's Screams Continue ]

[Thunder Crashing]

[ Beeping ]

[Beeping Continues ]

[ Beeping Continues ]

- [ Beeping Stops ]

- [ Machines Clattering ]

what news do you bring?.

[ Hissing ]

The lights went out! The lights went out!

Necron 99 has destroyed himself.

It's done!

with the assassination

of the presidents of the free states...

comes their fall...

and that of my brother.

[ Panting ]

It's done.

we have four more lights left, sir...

four more.

It's not important!

The main exterminations are complete.

The remaining countries are nowruled...

bysecond-rate incompetents...

so confused...

that even now they blame the killings...

on those within their own ranks.

I t's ti me to stri ke!

Sieg heil.

[ Sirens wailing ]

[ Growls ]

[ Sirens wailing ]

Hey, hey, hey.

Come on, lard bottom.

- Get up. Blackwolf's callin'.

- I don't want to go.

Hey, when Blackwolf calls, we go.

- I don't want to fight anymore.

- Ya gotta.

- I don't want to hurt things anymore.

- Hey, you're so stupid.

[ Sobs ]

Listen, I ain't stupid.Just listen.

You know what I mean,

trees, birds, butterflies--

Everything's got a right

to live. You know what I mean?.

- Hey--

- Everything! Everything's

got a right to live.

- Hey, wait a minute!

- Butterflies--

Blackwolf's got a secret weapon

that makes us invincible.

we can't lose.

Right, left. Right, left.

Right, left. Right, left--

[DoorOpens, Closes ]

It will neverwork.

People don't want war.

It destroyed this planet, its people...

- and all records of past civilizations.

- [ Cackles ]

Not all records, as you'll soon find out.

Attention!

Leaders of tomorrow's master race!

?? [ Organ ]

[Soldiers Clamoring]

[ Horses Neighing ]

[ Shrieking ]

[ Hoofbeats Thundering ]

?? [Horns Trumpeting]

[ Men Yelling ]

[ whinnying ]

[ Squawking ]

The time has come, as I promised...

a time when I reveal toyou...

my loyal followers...

the ancient secret of war...

the key to creating hysteria...

fear...

gods.

[ whirring ]

[ Current Crackling ]

Behold!

?? [ Singing In German ]

- [ No Audible Dialogue ]

- ?? [ Continues ]

[ Growling, Bellowing ]

[ Speaking German ]

[ Continues In German ]

[ Gunfire, Explosions ]

[ Aircraft Droning ]

[Yelling, Shouting ]

Siegheil!Siegheil!

[Hitler]

Sieg heil!

[Fairy]

Blackmark's army's come again!

Our cousin elves

are already in the trenches.

It's our loved land too.

For Elfin and Fairyland, united we fly.

[Drumbeats ]

Hey, Elfie, do you hear those drums?.

Sure do, Peewhittle.

I don't believe those blokes

are gonna try it again.

- I'm scared.

- [ Guffaws ]

Now don't be, governor.

You're tooyoung to remember...

but Blackwolf must have

lost one million men here...

Iast time he tried to invade.

[ Guffaws ]

AndifBlackwolf's

stupidenough to tryit again...

he'll lose twice more.

Them goblins and demons...

just look mean, but they're yellow.

Theygot no cause to fight.

Theyalways give up and run

with our arrows chasing them...

all the way home.

[ Guffaws ]

I t's always been that way

and will always be the same.

Ain't that the truth, boys?.

[ All Cheering ]

[ Shrieking ]

[ Growling]

[ Snarls ]

[ Shrieking ]

[ Fierce Yells ]

- [Thunderous Explosions ]

- [ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Clanging ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Soldiers Yelling ]

- [ Yells ]

- [ Commotion Continues ]

[Sounds of Battle

Continue In Distance ]

[Scraping]

weehawk, what's that

old wizard been doing forfour hours?

If he's looking for answers

from that assassin...

my father's sword can get it

quicker than brain reading.

Cool down.

Cool down.

I got it,

and it ain't good.

The key is a dream machine...

that inspires armies

with ancient war images.

It must be destroyed.

It is in Blackwolf's castle

in the land of Scortch.

[ Laughs ]

when dowe leave?.

Leave?.

what doyou mean, leave?.

You got to be kidding.

I'm too old for this sort of thing.

Just wake me up

when the planet's destroyed.

- well, I'm not too old. I'll go myself.

- [Avatar] Verynoble.

we're going.

I must avenge my father's death.

It ain't no fairyland out there, kid.

But all right, all right.

I was just testing you.

[Elinore ]

well?

- well, what?.

- well, what now?

Uh, I don't know.

Oh, why don't you sit there for

a couple hours while I figure it out?.

Okay.

- Uh, Avatar.

- All right. All right.

How do we find this machine?.

This creature, uh,

I shall call him Peace.

[ Laughs ]

Peace?.

In the hopes that he will bring it.

He's somehow wired to the machine.

And the onlyfreedom he'll

ever have from its painful grip...

is in its destruction.

Go now, both of you,

and prepare for the journey.

- I'll reason with him when he awakens.

- Avatar, you're not that old.

She's gotta be kiddin'.

Looks like my brother and I

now begin our final battle.

[Narrator]

weehawkspent a night

saying good-bye to his tribe...

asking them to protect his family...

and to name a new chief

ifhe did not return.

Elinore said good-bye to her father

and then the other fairies of her kind.

She told them she will return

as queen of Montagar--

her father's death revenged...

and herselfa full-fledged fairy.

- [ Horse whinnying ]

- wel l, they're here, nut.

I 'l I be right down, heroes.

All right, creep.

Now, before I untie you...

I wanna tell you a couple things.

And I want you to listen

and listen carefully.

This has been the biggest bummer

of a trip I've ever been on.

Ifyou let me down

oryou hurt my friends...

especiallythe broad...

I gotstuffplanned foryou...

- that'll take 20years to killyou.

- No pain.

Andyou'll be screaming for mercy

in the first five seconds.

Peace wants love...

wants free, will help.

Look, just get us there,

you got it?.

Don't be sad,

Elinore.

I'll kill that monster as soon

as he shows us that projector.

Areyou kids ready?.

You know, this Peace here,

he knows everystep towards Scortch.

I promised him life

without pain...

uh, life without fear--

- I still don't trust him.

- H-Hey.

You're both forgetting you have

the protection of a powerful wizard here.

- Damn it.

- [Elinore Laughs ]

He's getting older but not much bolder.

I wonder if I packed my scotch.

Sing us a song, Elinore.

I don't want to.

But that's whywe broughtyou. Come on.

[ Child]

where's daddy? what is he doing?

He's guarding ourhome, son.

There's been a war,

and this land has lost.

why can't we fight and win, Mommy?.

Because theyhave

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Ralph Bakshi

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 2015, he directed ten theatrically released feature films, six of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator. Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to animator, and then director. He moved to the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time. Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for such films as Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978), American Pop (1981) and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years. After a nine-year hiatus from feature films, he directed Cool World (1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film Cool and the Crazy (1994) and the anthology series Spicy City (1997). During the 2000s, he focused largely on fine art and painting and in 2003 co-founded The Bakshi School of Animation with his son Eddie and Jess Gorell. Bakshi has received several awards for his work, including the 1980 Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings at the Giffoni Film Festival, the 1988 Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest Film Festival. more…

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