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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
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weapons and technology.

wejust have love.

Hey, Louie, what are we

gonna do with the prisoners?.

How do I know?.

They're findin' out right now.

Duuuhhh.

- what is this place?.

- [ Chuckles ]

- Dumbo, it's religion, man.

Ain'tyou heard?.

- Religion?.

Yeah. Blackwolfsays

the responsibilities of the prisoners...

is up to

the priests inside.

Now, whatwe got to do,

dumbo...

is reconnoiter the priests

and find out.

what is all this?.

Bits and pieces

of religion, man.

what's the matter

withyou?

Holyobjects theysaved

formillions of years, man.

- what are we looking for?.

- Hey, so dumb.

we're looking

for the priests, man, the priests.

why?.

I don't know.

I guess because you need

God on your side, stupid.

who's that?.

who's that?.

- That's them. Them. Them.

- who's that?.

Uh, listen, you guys.

we hates to interruptyou, you know.

- we're sorry.

- Yeah. But, uh, you see, Blackwolf...

- you know, our fhrer--

- It wasn't our fault.

Uh, shut up, will you?.

Blackwolf, the fhrer,

started this war, see.

we got all these prisoners

we don't want to feed--

[Soldier #2 ]

we ain't got time for that.

wejust got time for war.

So, we were, uh--

I want to ask you guys--

He's asking you, not me.

Yeah, I'm asking ifyou want

to take care of'em, it's okay with us.

- Me too. Me too.

- Yeah, see?

- Yeah. Okay, dumbo.

- Okay.

- My sons, you say you are the victors.

- Uh-huh.

- But there is only one victor.

- Mmm.

That's Him.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Patience.

- we must first observe sundown and pray.

- He's got a point.

- Hear us, O Lord. Hear our petition.

- [ Praying In Foreign Language ]

O Lord, we cry out toyou.

Lord, hear our prayer.

Hear the prayers

of thy humble servants.

O Lord, God, Lord, God...

do not fail us in our hour of need.

we need you, O Lord.

we cry to you, O Lord.

Lord, help us.

Help us, O Lord.

we needyou. we crytoyou.

[ Muttering ]

we cryout toyou!

[ Muttering ]

[Prayers Continue ]

- [ Snoring ]

- [Prayers Continue ]

- Hey, enough already.

- [ Coughing ]

O Lord, God, Lord, God.

All right, it's been five hours.

Time's up.

Okay, Charlie. It's no good.

- Put plan "A" to work.

- It's about time.

[Machine Gun Fire ]

Okay, babe. They ain't gonna talk.

- Gimme plan "B".

- Hey, what's plan "B"?.

Hey, hey, hey. watch.

will the birth be soon?.

Very soon, my Lord.

You'reyoung to be queen.

But deliverme a son...

andyou shall help me rule this planet.

I don't want to rule this planet, my Lord.

-J ust our kingdom is enough.

- Enough?.

Enough for mutants to stay

in their place, huh?.

Live with radiation

so our bodies crawl with hell?.

we will live in the good lands.

My son will grow

where there isn't death...

in the verywaters we drink

and the airwe breathe.

wise men...

will my son be human or mutant?.

Mutant, the charts say, my Lord.

The next one won't be.

Do not have it killed, Oh, Lord!

It is not his fault!

[ Sobs ]

[ Squawking ]

[ weehawk]

wait a minute, Avatar.

Peace is taking us towards

the mountain fairies' domain.

we should go around.

Avatar, why is Peace stopping?.

Fairy bad.

Not good. Go around.

Coming from Mr. Nice guy here...

those fairies must be something else.

Go on, nut. we'd lose time.

Badfairies.

[ weehawk]

Elves and fairies are bad-blood cousins.

I'm not in the mood for their pranks.

They may have useful information.

Don't worry. Time has passed.

Much of the rivalry

between fairy and elfhas subsided.

- [ Fairies Giggling ]

- Barbarians.

[ Elinore Giggling ]

Gee, they're adorable.

Oh. Hey!

[ Laughing ]

[ Giggling Continues ]

[ FairyTwittering ]

[ Giggling ]

- [ Mocking Laugh ]

? Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha, ha ?

- [ Grunts ]

[ Laughing ]

- [Yells ]

- [ Growls, Sniffs ]

- Holy chrome!

- [ Laughing ]

[Avatar, Elinore Laughing ]

- [ Laughing Continues ]

- Oh. Hey.

[LaughterContinues ]

- [ Laughing Stops ]

- [ Giggles ]

By my sword, that is no way

to treat a lady.

[ Sniffing, Barking ]

[ Giggling ]

Hey! Oh!

[Fairies Giggling]

Stop this childish display.

why, even at elves' houses,

I've seen more sophisticated magic.

All right. All right. You've had it.

This is Avatar the Great

you're fooling with.

Avatar, consul and wizard

of your great-grandfathers' consuls...

who was turnedinto Avatarthe Old.

Yeah, that's me--

Avatar the Old now...

but I still got my powers.

And you've cost me my patience.

I call upon all forces of darkness.

Oh, winds of abysses

howling through the stars...

andeons of centuries.

O Lords of the whirlwind,

black, grayand white...

I call uponyou.

[ wind Swirling]

[ wind Howling]

Oh, ever-increasing darkness...

shapeless and mindless beings...

corroded and rotten

in your hearts, body and mind...

I sum mon you

from your ancient, ti meless travels...

to ride the winds of blackness.

And cabash!

[Bird Chirping]

Please accept our apologies

for the behavior of some

our more carefree brothers.

I'm Sean, leader

of the Knights of Stardust...

protectors of Dolan,

king ofthe mountain fairies.

we have prepared a feast to welcome

you to our humble domain.

Listen here, you little winged squirt.

- Doyou realize--

- [ Giggling ] Oh, Avatar,

stop being so grumpy.

- Oh-- I-- Hey, Oh--

- [ Laughing ]

Ohh.

[Laughs ]

[LaughterContinues ]

All right. Okay. Okay.

I'm Avatar the Great, as you've heard.

Now, this here is Elinore,

queen of Montagar.

what brings you here?.

Oh, we're on a quest

to the land of Scortch.

[Sean ] You're heading forScortch?

I'm afraidyou're in for trouble.

[Avatar]

willyou tell us whatyou know?

Steady, westwi nd.

we'll eat alone, lest we sit with fools.

Meecher, where's Peace?.

- Arise, you fools!

- Hey, what's that?.

[ Gasps ]

Assassin! Technology--

[ Screaming ]

By the soul of Dulac and Rackham!

- Elinore is gone!

- It was Peace!

I knew we should have

killed him when we had the chance!

Never mind. we must find Elinore.

The fairies have taken her

into the mountain.

Hey, there's no time to waste.

- [Drums Beating]

- [ Panting ]

No one's ever been

to the fairy sanctuary before.

- It's forbidden to all.

- Drums.

It begins.

Quickly now, or all is lost.

[weehawk]

You mustsave Elinore. Hurry, oldfool.

Morro crinkle frizetta.

Enough magic, old man. Run!

[Swishing Sound]

[ Groaning, Swishing ]

[ whirring ]

[ Scream i ng ]

- [ whirring Sound]

- [ Yel Is ]

[ whirring ]

[ Grunti ng ]

[ Panti ng ]

[ wei rd Growl ]

- [ Gaseous whir]

- [ Gasping ]

- [ Spider Roaring ]

- [ Screams ]

Very bad. Not good. Not good.

[ Grunting ]

- [wind Howling]

- [ Exhausted Grunt ]

[ Fairy]

Destroy her! She's party to death!

Sean is dead! Killed by lies

and human technology.

will it be brother

against brother here too?.

Only humans kill their own kind.

She allowed technology and death...

into the Golden Circle.

She is a traitor.

Traitor?.

You fools, release me.

Stay back!

As the king's guards...

we can't allowyou near

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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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