The Transformers: The Movie

1986
PG
1h 24m

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7.2/10

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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 Dec... Read allThe 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.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.

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

Unicron
(voice)

Robert Stack

Ultra Magnus
(voice)

Leonard Nimoy

Galvatron
(voice)

Norman Alden

Kranix
(voice)

Jack Angel

Astrotrain
(voice)

Michael Bell

Prowl
(voice)
…

Gregg Berger

Grimlock
(voice)

Susan Blu

Arcee
(voice)

Arthur Burghardt

Devastator
(voice)

Corey Burton

Spike
(voice)
…

Roger C. Carmel

Cyclonus
(voice)
…

Victor Caroli

Narrator
(voice)

Regis Cordic

Quintesson Judge
(voice)
(as Rege Cordic)

Peter Cullen

Optimus Prime
(voice)
…

Scatman Crothers

Jazz
(voice)

Bud Davis

Dirge
(voice)

Walker Edmiston

Inferno
(voice)
(scenes deleted)

Paul Eiding

Perceptor
(voice)

Storyline

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Trivia
Scatman Crothers' final role to be released in his lifetime. One more film, Rock Odyssey (1987), would be released a year after his death.

Goofs
(at around 20 mins) When Optimus Prime arrives at Autobot City and begins wiping out Decepticons, he is seen shooting Soundwave. However, Soundwave is clearly seen later on unhurt, carrying Megatron's damaged body.

Quotes
[before their final battle]
Megatron: [surprised] Prime!
Optimus Prime: One shall stand, one shall fall.
Megatron: Why throw away your life so recklessly?
Optimus Prime: That's a question you should ask yourself, Megatron.

Alternate versions
Metrodome Distribution released a 'reconstructed edition' of the movie in September 2005. The film was completely restored from the original film image for this DVD release. Metrodome went back to the original 35 mm (1.33:1 ratio) full frame negative and placed it within a widescreen format of 16:9 by creating an anamorphic transfer that respects the film's full screen format. The result is a side-curtained 1.33:1 image within a 1.78:1 ratio that fully preserves the entire field of potential viewable negative and presents the complete image with the maximum amount of visual detail possible.

Connections
Featured in Stan Bush in Concert with Vince Dicola: Botcon '97 (1998)

Soundtracks
Instruments of Destruction
Written by Ernest Petrangelo, Robin Ward and Steven Serpa
Performed by NRG
Produced by NRG

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Featured review

All bow to Transformers

First of all, anyone who has left a negative comment on this movie has something wrong with them, seriously. I have no idea when I first saw this movie but I was about 6-ish. I'm now 22 and this is still a bloody awesome film. I have always been a big Transformers fan and I know I might seem a bit bias, but I own the movie on DVD and have shown it to a number of transformer illiterates, male and female, young and old and still the only people I know who have ever got a bit sick of it are my parents, as they have seen it about as many times as myself. Everything about this movie is excellent, from the new characters, to the fact that the autobots seem to suck at shooting anything ( as opposed to the usual 'bad guys can't shoot for doit'.) even down to what would be, if not for the movie it's in, one of the crappiest songs ever 'the touch', by the Loins I think. THE Battle, Primes death, the creation of Galvatron, the Junkbots, Sharkticons, Unicron, IT IS ALL GOLD!!!! Anyone who liked 80's cartoons should love this movie, and so should all your Kids, if not, I think it's time to go and get checked out by your G.P.