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The Transformers: The Movie (1986) -- The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who is after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.

Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   17,360 votes
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Director:
Nelson Shin
Writer:
Ron Friedman (writer)
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Release Date:
8 August 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination.
Plot:
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who is after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
great film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Norman Alden ... Kranix / Arblus (voice)
Jack Angel ... Astrotrain (voice)
Michael Bell ... Prowl / Scrapper / Swoop / Junkion (voice)
Gregg Berger ... Grimlock (voice)
Susan Blu ... Arcee (voice)
Arthur Burghardt ... Devastator (voice)

Corey Burton ... Spike / Brawn / Shockwave (voice)
Roger C. Carmel ... Cyclonus / Quintesson Leader (voice)
Victor Caroli ... Narrator (voice)
Regis Cordic ... Quintesson Judge (voice)
Scatman Crothers ... Jazz (voice)
Peter Cullen ... Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)

BJ Davis ... Dirge (voice)

Paul Eiding ... Perceptor (voice)
Walker Edmiston ... Inferno (voice) (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Transformers the Movie: Apocalypse! Matrix Forever (Japan: English title) (working title)
Transformers: Matrix yo eien ni (Japan)
Transformers: The Movie (USA) (DVD box title)
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Runtime:
84 min | Argentina:85 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
UK:PG (Reconstructed Edition) | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Québec) | UK:U | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:PG

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Trivia:
Both Nelson Shin (director) and Flint Dille (story consultant) has confirmed that, due to his failing health, Orson Welles had much difficulty recording all his dialogue for the film and all his recorded lines also included labored breathing and heavy wheezing. Shin considered all of Welles' recorded lines to be unusable but decided to put the recordings through a voice synthesizer to give Welles' voice a clearer, more ominous tone. According to Shin, Unicron's on-screen voice is not the "true" Orson Welles but instead, an enhanced, synthesized version of his voice. more
Goofs:
Continuity: As Jazz is released by the conveyor claw into the processing vat, his front bumper is colored white when it should be red, and the panel on the top of his hood is white when it should be blue. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Kranix: Arblus, look! It's Unicron!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in John's Arm: Armageddon (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Dare more

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28 out of 33 people found the following comment useful:-
great film, 24 March 2005
10/10
Author: grimlockmm from United Kingdom

Transformers the movie is a brilliant animation with an epic storyline, great cast and great characters. War is shown as it is with death, despair and hope. Some memorable quotes and decent soundtrack. Transformers is indeed a great film, but under rated unfairly by many due to it's toy connections. Those that watch the cartoon series will appreciate it more as characters are well developed in the series, although the film is of much better quality. The fact it is still on sale today, shows clearly, that class will eventually come through in the end, as it's box office record was surprisingly poor. Well worth a watch.

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