Twice Upon a Time (1983)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Directors:

John Korty
Charles Swenson

Writers:

Bill Couturié (screenplay)
Bill Couturié (story)

Release Date:

5 August 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

Two wannabe heroes and their friends must stop a madman from giving everyone nightmares.

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Madman | Bomb | Fairy Godmother | Vulture

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Ralph, the All-Purpose Animal (voice)
Marshall Efron	...	Synonamess Botch (voice)
James Cranna	...	Rod Rescueman / Scuzzbopper / Frivoli Foreman / Rusher of Din - Street Preacher
Julie Payne	...	Flora Fauna (voice)
Hamilton Camp	...	Greensleeves (voice)
Paul Frees	...	Narrator / Chief of State / Judges / Bailiff (voice)
Judith Kahan	...	The Fairy Godmother (voice) (as Judith Kahan Kampmann)
Gillian Gould	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
Geraldine Green	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
Larry Green	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
William Hall	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
David Korty	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
Elma Barry Robertson	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
Clyde E. Robertson	...	Rusher of Din - Sleeper
William Browder	...	Rusher of Din - Office Executive

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba) | Australia:PG | UK:U | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Main Post Office - 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley, California, USA

Company:

Korty Films

Trivia:

The credits sequence features a photo of voice actor Lorenzo Music, who was notorious for not allowing pictures of himself to be seen.

Quotes:

Rod Rescueman: [Flying in with fanfare] Hello.
The Fairy Godmother: Yes, who are you?
Rod Rescueman: My name is Rod Rescueman.
The Fairy Godmother: And what do I learn from that?
Rod Rescueman: My name.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Muppet Show" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Heartbreak Town

An unheralded great animation from 1983.

One of the most unheralded great works of animation. Though it makes the most sophisticated use of the "cut-out" method of animation (a la "South Park"), the real talent behind "Twice Upon a Time" are the vocal characterizations, with Lorenzo Music's (Carlton from TV's "Rhoda") Woody Allen-ish Ralph-the-all-purpose-Animal being the centerpiece. The "accidental nightmare" sequence is doubtless one of the best pieces of animation ever filmed.