La planète sauvage (1973)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

René Laloux

Writers:

Stefan Wul (novel)
Roland Topor (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

1 December 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

A Sublime Trip to a Fine New World

Plot:

This film takes place on a faraway planet where giants rule, and tiny humanoids must fight for their lives and their equality...

Plot Keywords:

Planet | Giant | Pet | Surrealism | Adult Animation

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Drake	...	Tiwa (voice)
Eric Baugin	...	Terr (voice)
Jean Topart	...	Maître Sinh (voice)
Jean Valmont	...	Terr adulte - le commentateur (voice)
Sylvie Lenoir	...	(voice)
Michèle Chahan	...	(voice)
Yves Barsacq	...	(voice)
Hubert de Lapparent	...	Voice (voice)
Gérard Hernandez	...	(voice)
Claude Joseph	...	(voice)
Philippe Ogouz	...	(voice)
Jacques Ruisseau	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

Divoká planeta (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
Planet of Incredible Creatures
The Fantastic Planet (USA)
The Savage Planet (International: English title) (informal literal title)

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

France | Czechoslovakia

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:NC-16

Company:

Argos Films

Trivia:

Was released in the American territory by New World, the Roger Corman's company.

Quotes:

Narrator: After a while, I lost my intimacy with Tiwa. As she grew up, she gave up her playthings.
Narrator: Deprived of lessons, I decided to run away.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007) (V)

Late Night Classic!

USA Network's Night Flight used to play this imaginative animated Sci-Fi film on Saturday late-nights in the mid-1980's. Bizarre, Eerie, Strange, Creative - Fantastic Planet was one film that I will always remember and still view today as a classic.

It's about two intelligent species living together in a far off planet. One species, The Traags, are well-advanced spiritually and dominate the planet. The other species, The Oms, are divided into two groups: The domesticated Oms, who are basically toys, slaves, or pets to the Traags, and the tribe of wild Oms, who live within the forest. The Traags are giants compared to the tiny Human-like Oms.

The story focuses on one domesticated Om who escapes with a pair of Traag mystical headphones which are used to educate them. He meets up with some wild Oms. Small wars erupt between the Traags and the Oms.

With it's eerie soundtrack, the film gives a weird, psychedelic view of this planet's other alien creatures, bizarre plants, un-earthly weather, strange landscapes, and religious rituals of the Traags and the Oms. It also focuses on the species' mating rituals and how their moon, The Fantastic Planet, plays a part in the Traags existence with it's mystical ending.