AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
6,3/10
14 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
Em uma Terra pós-apocalíptica, um mago e seus companheiros lutam contra um mago maligno que está usando a tecnologia em sua tentativa de conquista.Em uma Terra pós-apocalíptica, um mago e seus companheiros lutam contra um mago maligno que está usando a tecnologia em sua tentativa de conquista.Em uma Terra pós-apocalíptica, um mago e seus companheiros lutam contra um mago maligno que está usando a tecnologia em sua tentativa de conquista.
- Direção
- Roteirista
- Artistas
- Prêmios
- 3 indicações no total
Jesse Welles
- Elinore
- (narração)
Richard Romanus
- Weehawk
- (narração)
David Proval
- Peace
- (narração)
Jim Connell
- President
- (narração)
- (as James Connell)
Steve Gravers
- Blackwolf
- (narração)
Barbara Sloane
- Fairy
- (narração)
Angelo Grisanti
- Frog
- (narração)
Hyman Wien
- Priest
- (narração)
Christopher Tayback
- Peewhittle
- (narração)
Mark Hamill
- Sean
- (narração)
- (as Mark Hamil)
Peter Hobbs
- General
- (narração)
Tina Romanus
- Prostitute
- (narração)
- (as Tina Bowman)
Susan Anton
- Princess Elinore
- (canto)
- (não creditado)
- …
Liz Bakshi
- Fairy Mother
- (narração)
- (não creditado)
Ralph Bakshi
- Fritz
- (narração)
- (não creditado)
- …
Victoria Bakshi
- Fairy Girl
- (narração)
- (não creditado)
Charles Gordone
- Alfie
- (narração)
- (não creditado)
Enredo
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesThe horse-like animals had two feet instead of four because it was easier and cheaper to animate.
- Erros de gravaçãoWhen Avatar is telling the president about his brother, the narrator says that Blackwolf has been studying black magic for 5,000 years. But when Blackwolf is introduced, it says that the story takes place 3,000 years later.
- Versões alternativasOn 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.
- ConexõesEdited from Triunfo da Vontade (1935)
- Trilhas sonorasOnly Time Will Tell
Performed by Susan Anton
Avaliação em destaque
This is one of the trio of Ralph Bakshi animated features that appeared in cinemas in the 70's. The most high profile was his adaption of The Lord of the Rings, while his most respected was the subversive Fritz the Cat. Wizards falls somewhere between these two. It combines the fantasy world of the former with the adult themes of the latter. As a result it is a bizarre and somewhat uneven feature that is undoubtedly somewhat unique. Like Fantastic Planet and Heavy Metal, it falls into that small group of animated movies that can be considered bona fide cult movies.
Its story has a couple of twins, one good (Avatar) and one evil (Blackwolf) fight one and other for domination; the former with magic, the latter with technology. This is our world in the future, a world of elves and wizards. Old war machinery and Nazi propaganda films are rediscovered by evil beings and used as a means to militarily conquer weaker peoples. It's quite clear that the story as such presents a cautionary tale. It suggests that uncontrolled technology is a very bad thing, while it also reiterates the evil of fascism. What, of course, is so strange with all of this is that it is presented within the framework of an all-out fantasy adventure cartoon. Wizards is a good example of one of the earliest examples of animation that was consciously moving away from children's stories. In truth, though, the story here isn't all that great and the characters not especially good. For this reason, the film never fully engages.
In terms of visual artistry Wizards is something of a mixed bag. It combines traditional animation alongside detailed still drawings, real footage and rotoscoping. The latter always feels like a bit of a cheap way to do animation but it is done here more successfully than it was in Bakshi's later Lord of the Rings. It's used in a more stylised way here and doesn't seem so out-of-place. The various art styles are put together in what has to be termed a multi-media approach. I think it mainly works and certainly gives the film a different look and feel. Some of the animated characters are a little poor though such as the character of Avatar who looks ridiculously comical. This juxtaposition of children's comic characters with decidedly heavy imagery such as swastikas and Nazi footage is weird to say the least. The scene where cartoon characters watch old Nazi films is certainly very memorable.
In the final analysis Wizards is a strange movie. Not an entirely successful one but at least it was daring to be different. For fans of cult 'toons this is a must though.
Its story has a couple of twins, one good (Avatar) and one evil (Blackwolf) fight one and other for domination; the former with magic, the latter with technology. This is our world in the future, a world of elves and wizards. Old war machinery and Nazi propaganda films are rediscovered by evil beings and used as a means to militarily conquer weaker peoples. It's quite clear that the story as such presents a cautionary tale. It suggests that uncontrolled technology is a very bad thing, while it also reiterates the evil of fascism. What, of course, is so strange with all of this is that it is presented within the framework of an all-out fantasy adventure cartoon. Wizards is a good example of one of the earliest examples of animation that was consciously moving away from children's stories. In truth, though, the story here isn't all that great and the characters not especially good. For this reason, the film never fully engages.
In terms of visual artistry Wizards is something of a mixed bag. It combines traditional animation alongside detailed still drawings, real footage and rotoscoping. The latter always feels like a bit of a cheap way to do animation but it is done here more successfully than it was in Bakshi's later Lord of the Rings. It's used in a more stylised way here and doesn't seem so out-of-place. The various art styles are put together in what has to be termed a multi-media approach. I think it mainly works and certainly gives the film a different look and feel. Some of the animated characters are a little poor though such as the character of Avatar who looks ridiculously comical. This juxtaposition of children's comic characters with decidedly heavy imagery such as swastikas and Nazi footage is weird to say the least. The scene where cartoon characters watch old Nazi films is certainly very memorable.
In the final analysis Wizards is a strange movie. Not an entirely successful one but at least it was daring to be different. For fans of cult 'toons this is a must though.
- Red-Barracuda
- 25 de fev. de 2013
- Link permanente
Principais escolhas
Faça login para avaliar e ver a lista de recomendações personalizadas
- How long is Wizards?Fornecido pela Alexa
Detalhes
Bilheteria
- Orçamento
- US$ 1.200.000 (estimativa)
- Tempo de duração1 hora 22 minutos
- Cor
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1
Contribua para esta página
Sugerir uma alteração ou adicionar conteúdo ausente