Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director Rene Laloux' animated marvel Fantastic Planet, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue natives (Draags). After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags oppression and violence. With it's eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation by Roland Topor; brilliant psychedelic jazz score by Alain Goraguer; and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-awarded 1973 counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Sylvie Lenoi, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont
Directors: René Laloux
Format: Animated, NTSC, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: June 21, 2016
Run Time: 72 minutes
Special Features
Les temps morts (1965) and Les escargots (1966), two early short filsm by director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor; Laloux sauvage, a 2009 documentary on Laloux; Episode of the French television program Italiques from 1974 about Topor's work; Interview with Topor from 1973; Trailer
Cast & Crew
Mark Gruner Actor
Nora Heflin Actor
Marvin Miller Voice Only
Hal Smith Actor
Olan Soule Voice Only
Janet Waldo Actor
Monika Ramirez Actor
Barry Bostwick Terror
Technical Credits
René Laloux Director,Screenwriter
Boris Baromykin Cinematographer
Jindrick Barta Animator
Zdena Bartova Animator
Simon Damiani Producer
Anatole Dauman Producer
Dick Elliott Editor
Alain Goraguer Score Composer
Rich Harrison Editor
Steve Hayes Screenwriter
Josef Kabrt Animator,Art Director
Lubomir Rejthar Cinematographer
Bohumil Sedja Animator
Zdenek Sob Animator
Karel Strebl Animator
Roland Topor Production Designer,Screenwriter
Andre Valio-Cavaglione Producer
Josef Vanan Animator
Jiri Vokoum Animator
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