FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

Director:

Bill Kroyer

Writers:

Jim Cox (screenplay)
Diana Young (original stories)

Release Date:

10 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

"Do you believe in humans?"

Plot:

The magical inhabitants of a rainforest called FernGully fight to save their home that is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.

Plot Keywords:

Fairy | Logging | Rain Forest | Destruction | Beetle

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tim Curry	...	Hexxus (voice)
Samantha Mathis	...	Crysta (voice)
Christian Slater	...	Pips (voice)
Jonathan Ward	...	Zak Young (voice)
Robin Williams	...	Batty Koda (voice)
Grace Zabriskie	...	Magi Lune (voice)
Geoffrey Blake	...	Ralph (voice)
Robert Pastorelli	...	Tony (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Stump (voice)
Tommy Chong	...	Root (voice)
Tone Loc	...	Goanna (voice)
Townsend Coleman	...	Knotty (voice)
Brian Cummings	...	Ock (voice)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Edler (voice)
Janet Gilmore	...	Fairy (voice)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | USA:G (certificate #31358) | Australia:G | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | Singapore:G

Company:

FAI Films

Trivia:

In Spain it was dubbed into Spanish entirely by the comedian 'Angel Garó', a single-handed feat that earned him entry to the Guinness Book of Records.

Goofs:

Continuity: Zak's back pocket changes sides through out the movie.

Quotes:

[Crysta looks at cloud of black smoke coming from Mt. Warning and realizes Batty is not with her]
Crysta: Batty? Batty... Well come on!
Batty Koda: [looks around] My heart! Oh! My heart!
[falls back]
Batty Koda: ... I can't go on... heaven my little wings can't make it!
Crysta: Hmmm maybe you should wait here for me...
Batty Koda: A fabulous idea... only why don't you stay here with me?
Crysta: [kisses his nose] Don't worry I'll be right back
Batty Koda: Why do I not beleive you?

Movie Connections:

References "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Soundtrack:

Batty Rap

Overall, an entertaining animated film - with its ups and downs of course...

It may have a strong message, it may have slightly wobbly animation and it may not be your thing. Like it or loathe it, this film is "Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest".

The ups are good humour from the one and only Robin Williams (who is a bat and sings a brilliant rap song), good thoughts about the environment (as in the way it is in this film), the setting (an Australian jungle - you would think if it was about fairies it would be set in Britain - wouldn't you?), good background animation (mainly jungle and trees), good songs (a mixture, including the beautiful and the not-so-beautiful) and a good message (to be good to the environment).

The downs/flaws is the fact the main character is annoying (yet for some reason everybody likes her) and the film also drags on slightly. Another flaw is the fact that for one half of the film, everything is pretty cool, chilled and like a fun, normal kid's film, then in the second half of the film the tension becomes very heavy and suddenly everything is so precious and beautiful. Both phases of the film are good of course, but the change is too quick and too noticeable. It is like having balanced meals for a week and then suddenly the next week you are scoffing cakes like there is no tomorrow.

The plot is: Most of the characters are fairies and they live in the Australian rainforest. They are very kind to the environment and help things grow. Most of the fairies believe that humans do not exist, but when a bat who has been experimented in a lab tells the fairies of humans, there is one called Crysta (a girl fairy) who wants to see the humans for herself...

Good for children, mainly, who do not care much about the environment, but also for people who like Robin Williams and animation in general. Enjoy "Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest"! :-)