Heavy Metal
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Gerald Potterton Jimmy T. Murakami
Produced by	Leonard Mogel Ivan Reitman
Written by	Len Blum Corny Cole Richard Corben Juan Gimenez Angus McKie Bernie Wrightson
Starring	Harvey Atkin Thor Bishopric Jackie Burroughs John Candy Eugene Levy Marilyn Lightstone Harold Ramis Richard Romanus
Music by	Elmer Bernstein, various artists
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 7, 1981
Running time	90 min
Country	Canada
Language	English
Followed by	Heavy Metal 2000
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Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian animated film from executive producer Leonard Mogel, who was also the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine. Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, (born June 5, 1933 in San Jose California) is a Japanese American Animator and director Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director Richard Corben (born October 1 1940) is an American comic book artist best known for his illustrated Fantasy stories in Juan Antonio Giménez López (born November 16, 1943) is an Argentine comic book artist Angus McKie is an artist who has worked as a Colorist in the Comics industry Bernie "Berni" Wrightson (born October 27, 1948, Baltimore Maryland, U Harvey Atkin (born December 18, 1942 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Actor who has worked in feature films and Jacqueline Burroughs (born February 2 1939) is a Canadian actress. John Franklin Candy (October 31 1950 &ndash March 4 1994 was a Canadian Comedian and Actor. Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian Emmy - and Grammy Award -winning Actor, Television director Marilyn Lightstone (born 1941 Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film television and voice actress Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy Richard Romanus (born February 8, 1943) is an American actor Among other roles he has appeared in Martin Scorsese 's Mean Streets Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Minutes also known as protocols are the instant written record of a Meeting or hearing. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 sequel to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Heavy Metal is an American Science fiction and fantasy Comics Magazine, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science With Ivan Reitman producing and Gerald Potterton directing, the work flow was expedited by having several animation houses working simultaneously on different segments. Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director

The film is an anthology of various science fiction and fantasy stories adapted from Heavy Metal magazine and original stories in the same spirit. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Like the magazine, the film has an unusual amount of bloody violence, nudity and sexuality for an animated film.

A sequel entitled Heavy Metal 2000 (aka Heavy Metal: F. Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 sequel to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same A. K. K. ²) was released in 2000. The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the

Plot summary

The movie's title sequence story (Soft Landing) begins with an astronaut named Grimaldi descending through Earth's atmosphere in a futuristic automobile based on a 1960 Corvette. For an outline of all the Chevrolet Corvette generations see See also Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette C1 is a Sports car

This leads directly into the film's framing story (Grimaldi) when he arrives at his home, where he is greeted by his daughter. He shows her something he brought back: a green sphere. Shortly after he reveals it, the orb rises out of its case and painfully melts the astronaut. It introduces itself to the terrified girl as "[the Loc-Nar], the sum of all evils. " Looking into it, the girl sees how it has influenced society through time and space. The Loc-Nar forces her to watch the following stories (in order):

• Harry Canyon: Written by Juan Gimenez. Juan Antonio Giménez López (born November 16, 1943) is an Argentine comic book artist In a dystopian New York City, cynical taxi driver Harry Canyon narrates his day in film noir style, grumbling about his fares and the occasional robbery attempt (which he thwarts with a disintegrator installed behind his seat). A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society The City of New York A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of Public transport for a single passenger or small group of passengers typically for a non-shared ride Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation He stumbles into an incident where a fat gangster and his cyborg henchmen murder an archaeologist. Harry grudgingly allows the murdered man's daughter into his cab, and she tells him about her father's discovery: the Loc-Nar, an artifact over which people are killing each other. In Role-playing games and fantasy literature an artifact is a magical object with great power Harry cannot afford to pay for a police investigation, so he takes the girl back to his apartment. That night, the girl strips, climbs into his bed, and they have sex. Harry awakens alone the next morning when the cops bust into the apartment looking for the girl, whose existence he denies. One of his fares that day is the fat gangster, who threatens Harry if he doesn't cooperate. Later, the girl contacts Harry and offers to sell the Loc-Nar and split the proceeds with him. He agrees to take her to the exchange. When the gangster gets the Loc-Nar, he takes it out of its isolation case, and he disintegrates. Meanwhile, the girl pulls a gun on Harry, who is forced to use his self-defense ray to evaporate her, after which he keeps the money.

• Den: Based on the original story by Richard Corben. Den is a Fictional character created by Richard Corben. He first appeared in the animated short film Neverwhere (1968 Richard Corben (born October 1 1940) is an American comic book artist best known for his illustrated Fantasy stories in Dan, a nerdy teenager (voiced by John Candy) finds a "green meteorite" and puts it in his rock collection at home. Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or Stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues Intellectual activities Esoteric John Franklin Candy (October 31 1950 &ndash March 4 1994 was a Canadian Comedian and Actor. Weeks later, during a lightning experiment, the orb hurls the boy into the world of Neverwhere, where he changes into a naked bald muscle man called Den. Landing on a giant idol, he witnesses a strange ritual and rescues a nubile young woman who was about to be sacrificed to "Uhluht'c". Reaching safety, she tells him that she is from the British colony of Gibraltar, on Earth, and that her name is Katherine Wells. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar While she demonstrates her gratitude with sexual favours, they are interrupted by the minions of Ard, an immortal man who wants to obtain the Loc-Nar and use it to rule the world. He puts Katherine in suspended animation and orders Den to get the Loc-Nar from the Queen (the woman who performed the ritual). Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination Den agrees after Ard tells him "If you refuse, you die, she dies, everybody dies!", and infiltrates the Queen's palace with some of Ard's warriors. He is promptly caught by the Queen's guard, but she offers leniency if he has sex with her. He complies, while the raiding party steals the Loc-Nar. Den escapes and, with the Queen and her forces in pursuit, races back to the idol, where Ard is attempting to recreate the sacrifice himself. Den rescues Katherine, and the Queen's arrival sparks a bloody battle between her and Ard (backed by their respective armies). Den ends the battle by recreating the incident that drew him to Neverwhere, banishing Ard and the Queen. Refusing the opportunity to rule, Den and Katherine ride into the sunset, content to remain in Neverwhere as heroes with idealized bodies.

• Captain Sternn: Based on the original story by Bernie Wrightson. Captain Lincoln F Sternn is an American Comic book character first published in Heavy Metal Magazine during the 1980s Bernie "Berni" Wrightson (born October 27, 1948, Baltimore Maryland, U On a space station, a square jawed space captain named Lincoln F. A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. Sternn (voice by Eugene Levy) is on trial on numerous serious charges (and one moving violation) presented by the prosecutor (voiced by John Vernon). Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian Emmy - and Grammy Award -winning Actor, Television director John Vernon ( February 24, 1932 - February 1, 2005) was a Canadian Actor. Pleading "not guilty" against the advice of his rat-faced lawyer (voiced by Joe Flaherty), Sternn explains to his astonished lawyer that he expects to be acquitted because he bribed a witness, Hanover Fiste, to praise his character. Joe Flaherty ( June 21, 1941) is an American-Canadian Comedian. Fiste takes the stand, but his perjury is subverted when the Loc-Nar, now the size of a marble, forces him to blurt out the truth about Sternn's evil deeds until he angrily denounces Sternn to the point of suggesting gruesome execution methods (Hanging's too good for him! Burning's too good for him! He should be torn into little-bitsy pieces and buried alive!). Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Execution by burning has a long history as a method of Punishment for Crimes such as Treason, Heresy and Witchcraft Fiste rants with such fury that he changes into a muscled giant like the Incredible Hulk, and chases Sternn throughout the station, breaking through bulkheads after him. This article is about the comic book character and series For all other media appearances see Hulk in other media. Eventually, Fiste corners Sternn, receives his promised payoff for his part in Sternn's plan to escape, and promptly shrinks back to his gangly original form (this may indicate that, rather than the Loc-Nar's prompting, the whole event, complete with Hanover's ability to grow and go insane, was planned ahead of time, to allow Sternn the chaos necessary to escape or fake his own death). Sternn then adds a bonus: he pulls a lever opening a trapdoor under Fiste, and the Loc-Nar reenters an atmosphere with Fiste's bodyless flaming hand still clinging to it.

• B-17: A World War II bomber makes a difficult bombing run with heavy damage and casualties. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A bomber is a Military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets primarily by dropping Bombs on them As the bomber limps home, the Loc-Nar rams itself into the plane, and raises the dead crewmembers as rampaging, flesh-hungry zombies. zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled The pilot barely escapes in time, only to land on an island populated by zombified airmen (this segment was based on a Dan O'Bannon script which also evolved, in quite different form, into the screenplay for Alien). Dan O'Bannon (born Daniel Thomas O'Bannon on September 30, 1946 in St Alien is a 1979 science fiction / Horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver.
• So Beautiful, So Dangerous: Based on the original story by Angus McKie. Angus McKie is an artist who has worked as a Colorist in the Comics industry A science consultant arrives at the Pentagon for a meeting about mysterious mutations that are plaguing the USA. The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the At the meeting, the consultant tries to dismiss the occurrences, but when he sees the green stone (Loc-Nar again) in the buxom secretary's locket, he starts behaving erratically, goes berserk, and attempts to sexually assault her. In the sky above, a colossal ship with a smiley face design breaks through the roof with a transport tube and sucks up the berserk consultant and the secretary. The robot inside the ship is irritated at the consultant, who is actually a malfunctioning android, but his mood changes when the secretary arrives. An android is a Robot designed to resemble a human usually both in appearance and behavior With the help of the ship's hippie crew, he convinces the secretary to stay on board and become his lover (she even agrees to marry him, provided they have a Jewish wedding). Meanwhile, the hippie crewmembers ingest a massive amount of plutonian nyborg and fly home completely stoned, crash landing in a huge space station. This is a list of fictional medicines and drugs from works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction
• Taarna: Inspired by Moebius' Arzach stories. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Arzach is a comic book collection of four wordless short stories by artist/author Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, which were originally published in the French The Loc-Nar crashes onto a planet, and changes a tribe of humans into mutated murderous barbarians who ravage a peaceful city. The elders desperately try to summon the last of a warrior race, the Taarakians. Taarna, a strong, beautiful warrior maiden, arrives too late to stop the massacre and resolves to avenge the city. Her search leads to the barbarians' stronghold, where she is captured, tortured and left for dead. With the help of her avian mount, she escapes and confronts the barbarian leader. Though wounded, she defeats him and in one last effort, flies into the Loc-Nar, destroying it.

As the final story ends, the Loc-Nar terrorizing the girl is similarly destroyed, blowing the mansion to pieces. Taarna's mount, reborn into a younger form, appears outside and the girl happily flies away on it. It is then revealed that Taarna's soul has been transferred across the universe and through time to her. This is further signified by the change in hair color the girl now exhibits and the appearance of the Taarakian crest on her skin. Thus the girl is revealed to be the next Taarakian herself.

Critical reaction and cult status

The critics were generally dismissive, complaining that the film was wildly uneven and appealed only to adolescent tastes.

The film enjoyed only limited appeal in its initial run, but became a popular cult attraction for midnight theatrical showings, much like the Rocky Horror Picture Show. A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical Comedy film that parodies Science fiction and Horror films. Legal problems with the film's music rights kept it off the commercial home video market for 15 years, although it did make rotation on cable movie channels like HBO and Cinemax allowing for fans to record it. Home video is a blanket term used for pre-recorded media that is either sold or hired for home entertainment Max (or Cinemax) is a collection of cable Television networks that provide movies special features Erotica, and other services to In 1996, the legal issues were resolved and the film is now generally available. Heavy Metal may be the canonical example of a popular film or album that was unavailable to consumers for a long time for obscure reasons, despite popular acclaim or success. Canonical is an Adjective derived from canon. Canon comes from the Greek word kanon, "rule" (perhaps originally from

The cult popularity of the film continues decades later, with South Park's 2008 episode "Major Boobage" serving as a homage to the film. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central " Major Boobage " is episode 1203 (#170 of the animated series South Park. ^[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on LP in 1981, but for legal reasons, was not released on CD until 1995. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard chart in 1981. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Blue Öyster Cult wrote and recorded a song called "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the movie. Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 However, the producers declined to use the song because the song's lyrics provided a capsulized summary of the "Taarna" vignette. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was used instead. " Veteran of the Psychic Wars " is a song by the American Hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, written by Eric Bloom (band vocal and Michael Both songs can be found on Blue Oyster Cult's Fire of Unknown Origin album. Fire of Unknown Origin is an album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1981 Though used in the film, the songs "Through Being Cool" by Devo & "E5150" by Black Sabbath were not included in the released soundtrack album. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American These songs are on New Traditionalists and Mob Rules, respectively. New Traditionalists is the fourth studio album by the New Wave rock band Devo, released in 1981 Mob Rules is Black Sabbath 's tenth studio album released in 1981 following the success of Heaven and Hell.

The legal difficulties surrounding the movie maker's use of some of the songs in the movie delayed its release to video. Apparently, the production company's use of the songs was limited to the theatrical release and soundtracks alone, and didn't extend to the video release of the film. Rights negotiations took over 15 years to resolve, and the official home video release didn't debut until 1996.

Tracks

1. "Heavy Metal" (Sammy Hagar) (3:50)
2. "Heartbeat" (Riggs) (4:20)
3. "Working in the Coal Mine" (Devo) (2:48)
4. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (Blue Öyster Cult) (4:48)
5. "Reach Out" (Cheap Trick) (3:35)
6. "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" (Don Felder) (5:00)
7. "True Companion" (Donald Fagen) (5:02)
8. "Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)" (Nazareth) (3:24)
9. "Radar Rider" (Riggs) (2:40)
10. "Open Arms" (Journey) (3:20)
11. "Queen Bee" (Grand Funk Railroad) (3:11)
12. "I Must Be Dreamin'" (Cheap Trick) (5:37)
13. "The Mob Rules" (Black Sabbath) (2:43)
14. "All of You" (Don Felder) (4:18)
15. "Prefabricated" (Trust) (2:59)
16. "Blue Lamp" (Stevie Nicks) (3:48)

Score

Unusual for the time, an LP recording of Elmer Bernstein's score was released alongside the soundtrack in 1981, and it featured the composer's first use of the ondes martenot, an instrument which became a trademark of Bernstein's later career. Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar (born October 13 1947) known as "The Red Rocker" is an American rock guitarist singer Jerry Riggs is an American rock guitarist and vocalist born on August 25 1955 in Knoxville Tennessee "Working In The Coal Mine" is a song with music and lyrics by Allen Toussaint. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American " Veteran of the Psychic Wars " is a song by the American Hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, written by Eric Bloom (band vocal and Michael Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s Donald William Felder (born September 21 1947 in Gainesville Florida) is an American Rock musician who was a member of the Eagles Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Nazareth are a Scottish rock band that had several Hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant -penned Ballad Jerry Riggs is an American rock guitarist and vocalist born on August 25 1955 in Knoxville Tennessee " Open Arms " is a song originally recorded by American rock band Journey and written by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain, two of the band's Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1973 Grand Funk Railroad (also known as Grand Funk) is an American rock band Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s Black Sabbath are an Donald William Felder (born September 21 1947 in Gainesville Florida) is an American Rock musician who was a member of the Eagles For the Junior Eurovision Song Contest contestant see Trust (2007 band. Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born on May 26 1948 in Phoenix Arizona) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood A gramophone Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American The ondes Martenot (IPA maʀtəno French for "Martenot waves" also known as the ondium Martenot, Martenot and ondes musicales) is an early However, it has never been released on CD except as a bootleg, though several cues have appeared in compilations and re-recordings. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio A bootleg recording is an audio and/or Video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority Some of the score found on the LP was replaced by rock music in the final film.

Tracks

1. "Den and The Green Ball" (03:17)
2. "Den Makes It" (02:49)
3. "Den and the Queen" (02:56)
4. "Den's Heroics" (02:52)
5. "Bomber and The Green Ball" (04:41)
6. "Space Love" (01:32)
7. "Harry and the Girl" (03:45)
8. "Tarna Summoned" (02:50)
9. "Flight" (02:20)
10. "Tarna Prepares" (03:35)
11. "Barbarians" (03:37)
12. "Tarna Forever" (03:37)

Rerelease

On 13 March 2008, Film Score Monthly released an official, expanded CD release of Bernstein's score, which he conducted. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[2] The score was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the London Voices and Jeanne Loriod on the ondes Martenot. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( RPO) is a British Orchestra based in London. The ondes Martenot (IPA maʀtəno French for "Martenot waves" also known as the ondium Martenot, Martenot and ondes musicales) is an early

Tracks

1. "Beginning" 1:16
2. "Intro to Green Ball" 1:18
3. "Discovery/Transformation (Den and the Green Ball)" 3:15
4. "Den Makes Out (Den Makes It)" 2:42
5. "Castrate Him/Searching for Loc Nar" 2:04
6. "Queen for a Day (Den and the Queen)" 2:54
7. "Pursuit (Den’s Heroics)" 2:51
8. "Fiste" 1:27
9. "Getting Bombed" 3:06
10. "Green Ball" 2:15
11. "Dem Bones" 2:44
12. "No Alarm" 0:58
13. "Robot Love (Space Love)" 1:32
14. "Harry" 1:35
15. "The Next Morning" 1:56
16. "End of Baby" 2:43
17. "Council (Taarna Summoned)" 2:49
18. "The Flight to Temple (Flight)" 2:16
19. "The Sword (Taarna Prepares)" 3:32
20. "Flight to Holiday Town" 2:20
21. "Fighting" 2:43
22. "My Whips!/Taarna Escapes Pit" 4:57
23. "Finish (Taarna Forever)" 3:34

Bonus tracks

1. "Den Makes Out" (film version) 2:49
2. "Bomber and the Green Ball" (album edit) 4:35
3. "Harry and the Girl" (album edit) 3:41
4. "Barbarians" (album edit) 3:34

Trivia

• Because of time constraints, a segment of the film called "Neverwhere Land" was cut out; in the movie it would have connected Captain Sternn to B-17. The original rough animatics are set to a loop of the beginning of Pink Floyd's "Time". Pink Floyd are
• A spoof of the film was made by South Park, a season 12 episode titled "Major Boobage"
• The original idea for the episode B-17 was going to see Gremlins attacking the plane and trying to dismantle it in the air, instead of the undead pilots used. A gremlin is a folkloric creature commonly depicted as mischievous and mechanically oriented with a specific interest in Aircraft. Undead is a collective name for fictional beings that are deceased yet behave as if alive
• The Loc-Nar itself comes from the Den graphic novels, although it was not round but rather oblong, and did not speak.
• Contrary to Den's statement in the movie (voiced by John Candy), in the graphic novels, Den did not, in fact, have a problem "running around with his dork hanging out. John Franklin Candy (October 31 1950 &ndash March 4 1994 was a Canadian Comedian and Actor. " The change was likely made to keep an 'R' rating for the film.
• This film would mark the second time that Richard Corben's Den character was depicted in animation. The first time was in 1968 with his self-produced animated short Neverwhere.
• In the segment "So Beautiful, So Dangerous", after we see the pilots stoned for the first time, the ship goes through a field of space debris. Among this debris you can clearly see a heavily damaged U.S.S. Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701 is a Starship in Star Trek, which chronicles the vessel's mission "to explore strange new worlds to Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through

A new film

Variety reported that Paramount Pictures will make another animated film with David Fincher set to direct one of the film's eight or nine segments, which will also feature other directors such as animator Tim Miller and magazine owner and publisher Kevin Eastman directing another. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. David Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film and Music video director known for his dark and stylish portraits of Tim Miller (born 1979) is an American poet novelist and nonfiction writer For the Boston Celtics assistant see Kevin Eastman (basketball coach Kevin Brooks Eastman (born 1962 is an American comic book The film is envisioned as being an animated, adult-themed R-rated film. ^[3]

See also

• List of animated feature films
• Rock & Rule (a similar Canadian film released two years later)
• Fire And Ice (a 1983 Ralph Bakshi-directed fantasy film also utilizing rotoscoping)
• Midnight movie

References

External links

• Sony Picture official site for the movie
• Heavy Metal at the Internet Movie Database
• Heavy Metal 2000 at the Internet Movie Database
• Heavy Metal score soundtrack questions, answers and more @ the SoundtrackINFO project
• Heavy Metal Magazine Fan Page
• Imagining Heavy Metal, a documental about the movie