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7.0/10
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An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Glenn Close
- Ambisextra
- (English version)
- (voice)
Christopher Plummer
- Metamorphis
- (English version)
- (voice)
Catherine Chevallier
- Airelle
- (voice)
Georges Wilson
- Métamorphe
- (voice)
Anny Duperey
- Ambisextra
- (voice)
Jean-Pierre Ducos
- Blaminhor
- (voice)
Christine Paris
- Porte-parole
- (voice)
Dominique Maurin
- Transformés
- (voice)
- (as Dominique Maurin-Collignon)
Jean Saudray
- Transformés
- (voice)
Frédéric Witta
- Transformés
- (voice)
Philippe Noël
- Transformés
- (voice)
Philippe Duclos
- Transformés
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is based on the 1969 novel "Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar" (The Machine-Men versus Gandahar) by Jean-Pierre Andrevon.
- Alternate versionsThe Miramax Dubbed version is edited from the original French release. Most of the editing is from the first 36 minutes from the film. In the Miramax cut there is a new introduction of a quote by Issac Asimov, and an extended ending using footage from earlier in the film. The French cut ends with the head floating through the air. The French version contains roughly 6 minutes and 37 seconds more footage than the Miramax version(not including the Opening Titles and Credits). A lot of this is dialogue and more intimate scenes between Sylvain and Airelle in the nest and on the ship to Métamorphe. There is also a sequence cut of the black robots which is also shown in a montage inside Métamorphe later in the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into The History of the Hands (2016)
Featured review
Even though the story was not originally from Asimov, for those who have read most of Asimov's classic science fiction (as a friend says, Asimov's Science fiction written in the 40's will always be science fiction even in 2006), the world 'Gandahar' represents an Asimov' Utopia-not in our galaxy- just like in the books, "The Gods Themselves", and "Foundation's Edge" (Gaia). The movie is very surreal and artistic but compared to other contemporary science fiction animations, it is not that technically sound. Some of the ideas I liked in the movie are: Before the beginning credits, one sees a fisherwoman using music to catch flying fish, the illustration of banished deformed people, and the use of genetically modified creatures in transportation, war and reconnaissance (one- eyed "mirror birds"). I also really liked the idea of a society leaded by a matriarchal system. This movie receives a rating of 8 out of 10 from me.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $370,698
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $48,665
- Jan 31, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $370,698
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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