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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Title: Wizards (1977)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Bob Holt | ... | Avatar (voice) | |
| Jesse Welles | ... | Elinore (voice) | |
| Richard Romanus | ... | Weehawk (voice) | |
| David Proval | ... | Peace (voice) | |
| Jim Connell | ... | President (voice) (as James Connell) | |
| 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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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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An epic fantasy of peace and magic. See more »Parents Guide:
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The scene which Nekron 99 rides past 3 fairy prostitutes and a Kangaroo-like creature, which they all stop and stare at Nekron 99 as he rides past is a nod to the western genre, which the townsfolk stop and stare at the mysterious stranger when he arrives in town on his horse. See more »Goofs
After receiving the news about the assassinations of the heads of his neighboring states, Blackwolf declares that the successors will blame the deaths on people in their own ranks. But Blackwolf is the only ruler who still uses technology, and his assassins are armed with automatic rifles. Blackwolf will immediately be blamed. 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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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 February 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$1,200,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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3 Channel Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (5.0) (L-R)Color:
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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...