Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)

Rainbow Brite must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra.

Directors:

Bernard Deyriès, Kimio Yabuki

Writers:

Jean Chalopin (story), Howard R. Cohen (story),

Stars:

Bettina Bush, Pat Fraley, Peter Cullen

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Bettina Bush	...	Rainbow Brite (voice) (as Bettina)
Pat Fraley	...	Lurky / On-X / Buddy Blue / Dog / Guard / Spectran / Slurthie / Glitterbot (voice) (as Patrick Fraley)
Peter Cullen	...	Murky Dismal / Castle Monster / Glitterbot / Guard / Skydancer / Slurthie (voice)
Robbie Lee	...	Twink / Shy Violet / Indigo / La La Orange / Spectran / Sprites (voice)
Andre Stojka	...	Starlite / Wizard / Spectran (voice)
David Mendenhall	...	Krys (voice)
Rhonda Aldrich	...	The Princess / The Creature (voice)
Les Tremayne	...	Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Red Butler / Witch / Spectran / Castle Creature / Patty O'Green / Canary Yellow (voice)
Jonathan Harris	...	Count Blogg (voice)
Marissa Mendenhall	...	Stormy (voice)
Scott Menville	...	Brian (voice)
Charles Adler	...	Popo (voice)
David Workman	...	Sargeant Zombo (voice)

Storyline

Rainbow Brite, and her magical horse Starlite, must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra. When they meet Orin, the wise Sprite tries to make the two children get along and work together to stop the evil Princess. Orin tells them that they can only destroy her by combining their own powers against her. Getting in the way of their mission is the sinister Murky Dismal and his bumbling assistant Lurky who, as usual, are lavishing in the new gloom created by the darkening of Spectra, as well as trying to steal Rainbow's magical color belt.

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Plot Keywords:

princess | rainbow | rainbow brite | diamond | horse | 

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Taglines:

Rainbow Brite lights up the screen in her first big movie.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blask teczy i giwazdy

Company Credits

Production Co:

DiC Enterprises, Hallmark Properties

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was produced in only three months, at that time the fastest ever for an animated feature.

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Goofs

The direction of the colors of the rainbow is reversed from shot-to-shot in some scenes - i.e. when Rainbow Brite and Starlight first leave Rainbow Land, the rainbow is red-orange-yellow-green-blue; on the reverse shot, it's blue-green-yellow-orange-red.

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Quotes

Princess: Mine. I've always loved the sound of that word.

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Crazy Credits

David Workman is credited as Sargeant Zombo (misspelled).

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Connections

Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Child's Play (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Brand New Day"
Music by Haim Saban & Shuki Levy
Lyrics by Howard R. Cohen

User Reviews

A Cartoon movie made in the 1980's...and a pretty good one at that.

Rainbow Brite and the star Stealer is not for people who were born before 1980 or after 1989. Most of those people would not appreciate the great things that are 80's cartoons. The fact that Rainbow Brite was made into a movie is a guilty pleasure for many of us who remember watching the tv show as a child. Granted, much of the dialogue is quite amusing and silly, and the plot is nonexistant to pointless, but it's a very cool movie none the less.