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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
It truly is a shame that no one's ever heard of this breathtakingly beautiful piece of animation. It's also a shame that animation is not usually employed in America as an adult art form. Animation shows us lifeforms and landscapes the likes of which cannot be seen on this Earth. Anyway, this is an amazing film that should be checked out by all anime fans as well as fans of films like Heavy Metal, or master animator Ralph Bakshi's works. Light Years is one of the most enlightening animated works on this planet.
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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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