The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Director:

Nelson Shin

Writer:

Ron Friedman

Stars:

Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Norman Alden	...	Kranix (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) (as Rege Cordic)
Peter Cullen	...	Optimus Prime / Ironhide (voice)
Scatman Crothers	...	Jazz (voice)
Bud Davis	...	Dirge (voice)
Walker Edmiston	...	Inferno (voice) (scenes deleted)
Paul Eiding	...	Perceptor (voice)

Storyline

The Decepticons have invaded and taken over the Autobots' home planet, Cybertron. The Autobots are determined to fight back and go to Autobot City on Earth for supplies. Decepticons hijack and take over the ship, resulting in a fierce battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, the result of which is devastating. A new threat to the Autobots appears in the form of Unicron, a massive planet-devouring transformer.

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Plot Keywords:

optimus prime character | megatron character | weapons fire | robotic animal | bozo as epithet | 

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Taglines:

Escape into fantasy this summer, into the incredible rock and roll adventure.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many of the second-season characters (Stunticons, Aerialbots, etc.) do not appear in this movie because they did not exist at the time the movie was written. However, most of them suddenly appear in the post-movie episodes.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 13 mins) After Daniel goes down the waterfall inside of Unicron, he is shown washed up next to the acid vat. However, after showing a few robots being dropped into the acid, Daniel is shown running up to the vat from the water.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kranix: Arblus, look! It's Unicron!

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Alternate Versions

The year following the series' ending, episodes of the animated series were repackaged for more syndicated releases. Featuring a puppet of Powermaster Optimus Prime and a boy named Tommy, one of these stories was the animated movie, shown in syndication for the first time. Broken up into three parts, referred to as Days, a great deal of time was spent with Optimus in exposition to pad out the time due to edits for television and commercials. In addition, the music video for Stan Bush's "The Touch", a favorite song used in the movie, was also included, again introduced by Puppetmaster Prime.

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Connections

References The Godfather (1972)

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Soundtracks

Dare to Be Stupid
Written by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Produced by Rick Derringer

User Reviews

The Best Transformers Movie Ever...

I used to be a hardcore Transformers fan when I was 10 years old, I have hundreds of Transformers toys and I even watched the movie so many times that I remember almost all the scenes. But now, since I'm already a teen, I could say that I'm no longer a hardcore Transformers fan. Enough of that little history, I would now comment about the movie. The visual is excellent, better than the TV series due to some neat visual effects. The soundtrack is awesome, it is more on heavy metal, so it's sounds modern and it fits the movie so well because most of the setting are almost industrial-like, not just that, but robots are made of metal y'know! Some of the characters are new, and they're all interesting, the voice quality is excellent. The story itself, however, can be both good and bad. The good part is that, for the first time in the series, the story is dark and very mature, unlike the TV series. The bad part is that most of your favorite transformers will face such untimely fate. This movie does makes me cry for some part which I will not tell. While some makes me happy, as you can see the theme of the series is the same, no matter how powerful evil can be, there is hope to overcome it. I recommend it if you're a Transformers fan or if you're interested in watching it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

8 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Transformers: The Movie

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,779,559, 10 August 1986

Gross USA:

$5,849,647

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,860,601

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sunbow Productions, Marvel Productions, Hasbro

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1