On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.
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Cast
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| Bob Holt | ... | Avatar (voice) | |
| Jesse Welles | ... | Elinore (voice) | |
| Richard Romanus | ... | Weehawk (voice) | |
| David Proval | ... | Peace (voice) | |
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Jim Connell | ... | President (voice) (as James Connell) |
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Steve Gravers | ... | Blackwolf (voice) |
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Barbara Sloane | ... | Fairy (voice) |
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Angelo Grisanti | ... | Frog (voice) |
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Hyman Wien | ... | Priest (voice) |
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Christopher Tayback | ... | Peewhittle (voice) |
| Mark Hamill | ... | Sean (voice) (as Mark Hamil) | |
| Peter Hobbs | ... | General (voice) | |
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Tina Romanus | ... | Prostitute (voice) (as Tina Bowman) |
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Storyline
In a post apocalyptic future that appears as a blend of World War II Europe and J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, a pint-size wizard named Avatar must save the world from a band of fascist mutants controlled by his evil twin brother, Blackwolf, who likes to confuse enemy armies by projecting films of Adolf Hitler speeches during attacks. Painted live-action footage of advancing Nazi armies contrasts with Saturday-morning-cartoon-style animation of fairies and elves as Avatar travels through various magical and radioactive realms on his quest. Aiding him are the beautiful Fairy princess Elinore, hot-blooded warrior elf Weehawk, and Peace, a misunderstood robot rebelling against his Blackwolf-controlled programming. A bizarre and psychedelic meditation on magic vs. technology, this ultimate futuristic fantastic epic cult film still finds an audience on college campuses and will prove quite rewarding to viewers in the right frame of mind. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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massive breasts | wizard | villain turns good | future earth | dark future |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 February 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$1,200,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$9,000,000Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
3 Channel Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (5.0) (L-R)Color:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Ian Miller was flown in from England to do the illustrated backgrounds of Scortch in the film. See more »Goofs
Avatar says, "I searched for my brother in vain," but then says that Blackwolf settled in the land of Scortch. If Avatar knew that, then his search was not in vain at all. See more »Quotes
Elinore: [singing "Only Time Will Tell"] Time renews tomorrow. When we've used today. It will find the sorrow and wish it all away. Love can play a new tune. On this carousel. It may be tomorrow. But only time will tell. Somewhere in the darkness. There must be a light. Leading us together. Through the misty night. And maybe in the new dawn. We can break the spell. It may be tomorrow. But only time will tell. There can be a new dream. One for us to hold. Made with peace and hope and built upon the old. ...See more »
Alternate Versions
On April 30th, 2005, as part of the Ralph Bakshi retrospective at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Bakshi's personal print of the film was shown, which was missing two pieces of narration:- Susan Tyrrell does not read the opening shot's storybook title in her narration voice-over. In this print, the film's narration starts with "The world blew up in a thousand atomic fireballs...," in the next shot.
- The character of Nekron 99's (AKA Peace's) narrated introduction was also missing from the print.
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This cartoon was one of those in the seventies when animation was almost dead. A few folks revived it with movies like Fritz the Cat, Lord of the Rings, Fire and Ice and Wizards. Although Wizards didn't do well during the prime time, it rocked as a midnight movie.
But, even with the simple plot, engaging characters and sporadic humor, one gets the impression that this movie was not well-planned. There is conventional animation, rotoscoping and overexposed film sometimes being used on the same screen. It also seems that they ran out of money and had to resort to stills with a narrator (nice voice)...
You'd think that this would make the movie worse; however, it gives the movie a charm that a slicker production wouldn't have...