Light Years

[Richard]

Best animated movie of all time. Beautiful film.

[Virginia Plane]

    I like this movie a lot, and NOT just cause my darlings Penn and Teller were involved with it! The art is really interesting looking and does not rip off any other fantasy (unlike a lot of disney/LOTR/yellow submarine etc. wannabes.) I also like the fact the the mutants were the bravest characters in the movie, they help the hero w/ no questions asked despite the fact that his people have discriminated against them.

[Andrea]

i grew up watching this movie.  i searched for it for years to own, or even to rent; but  live in a small town and any movie without jesus in the title is hard to find.  now i'm looking for novels by the man who wrote the novel, isaac asimov.

[TheOrientalNightfish]

Isaac Asimov did not write Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar (The Men-Machines Against Gandahar, the 1969 novel on which the film was based). That was by Jean-Pierre Andrevon. All Asimov did was adapt the translation into the English script – which isn't a very creative role; they only hired him so that they could put his name on the poster.

Gandahar, the original, French-language film, has been released on DVD with English subtitles in the UK (cat.# EKA40260; it's restored and anamorphic widescreen and so on). It's region-free (so doesn't require a multi-region player) but it is PAL-format, so won't work on all DVD players and TVs in America and Japan. See here for more info: http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/gandahar

Also, the original soundtrack has been available on CD for some years now, on Gabriel Yared's Film Music Vol. 5 (cat.# CFY005). One can hear a few tracks from it here: http://www.myspace.com/gandaharlesanneeslumiere

And one more thing – here are a couple of links on Caza, the bande dessiner who designed the look of the film: http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/caza.htm & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caza
He also designed another animated film, much more recently, called Les Enfants de la pluie (Children of the Rain).

[HarlotBug3]

Isaac Asimov did not write Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar (The Men-Machines Against Gandahar, the 1969 novel on which the film was based). That was by Jean-Pierre Andrevon. All Asimov did was adapt the translation into the English script – which isn't a very creative role; they only hired him so that they could put his name on the poster.

Gandahar, the original, French-language film, has been released on DVD with English subtitles in the UK (cat.# EKA40260; it's restored and anamorphic widescreen and so on). It's region-free (so doesn't require a multi-region player) but it is PAL-format, so won't work on all DVD players and TVs in America and Japan. See here for more info: http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/gandahar

Also, the original soundtrack has been available on CD for some years now, on Gabriel Yared's Film Music Vol. 5 (cat.# CFY005). One can hear a few tracks from it here: http://www.myspace.com/gandaharlesanneeslumiere

And one more thing – here are a couple of links on Caza, the bande dessiner who designed the look of the film: http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/caza.htm & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caza
He also designed another animated film, much more recently, called Les Enfants de la pluie (Children of the Rain).

Merci.

Seriously, anyone with even a passing interest in animation and 60-70s era science fiction should buy themselves a VHS of this. I rented it repeatedly as a child and although the animation will seem stiff by today's standards, its story is still engaging.

[annoymous]

One scene was cut out of the american version and it was a sexually suggestive scene involving Sylvain and Airelle in a pedal of a plant. Its not much missing so its not a big deal like part of the plot or action.

[zardoz1970]

Great Movie! I first saw this movie in the early 90's. I found a vhs copy for sale in a video store and fell in love.
I picked it up because it was made by the same guy who made Fantastic Planet. Back then it was hard to find
Full length Sci-Fi animated films and Anime had'nt really been made available to general public. People might tend to forget this and judge this movie to harshly. This movie has a great plot and brilliant animation. A must see!
If you ever get the chance, the original French version has scenes that were cut from the American release.
I guess they thought them to graphic for the kiddies.