| Product Summary | | Publisher: REPNET, LLC | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00828221250000 | | Buy.com Sku: 203324561 | | Item#: V2FJXP | | Category Keywords: Animation Fantasy | Rating:  |
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| | | "Original Songs by Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop, Cheap Trick, and Lou Reed!"
Features: DVD
Angel, a member of a punk rock band in the apocalyptic future, is kidnapped by Mok, a legendary superocker. Obsessed with a dark experiment, Mok plans to use Angel's voice to summon a demon from another dimension. The rest of the band follows Mok to Nuke York in an attempt to get her back.
"...it's fascinating just because it's so different from the norm. Animation junkies and Heavy Metal fans should enjoy it." Chris Wood, Toon Zone
"...a masterpiece of outre animation...wildly ambitious...a triumph in animated feature film." Keith Breese, FilmCritic.com
Editor's Note
Animated fantasy feature film with rock soundtrack. Set in a distant-future, postapocalypse world with an evil magician and characters of mutant human/canine/feline/rodent extraction. Good animation. Artists and titles include: Deborah Harry - "Angel's Song," Lou Reed - "My Name is Mok," Cheap Trick - "Born to Raise Hell," Earth, Wind and Fire - "Dance, Dance, Dance," and others.
Plot Summary
An over-the-hill rocker, known as Mok, decides to recapture some of his former glory by making a pact with a devilish spirit. In need of an unspoiled young voice to contact the ghoul, Mok decides to kidnap Angel, the pixieish lead singer of an up-and-coming rock band.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: REPNET, LLC |
| Release Date: 1/30/2007 |
| Running Time: 77 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 25000 | | UPC: 00828221250000 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Catherine O'Hara - Voice Of | | Clive A. Smith - Director | | Deborah Harry - Voice Of | | Don Francks - Voice Of | | G. Scott LaBarge - Editor | | Iggy Pop - Voice Of | | John Halfpenny, et. al. - Writer | | Lenora Hume - Cinematographer | | Lou Reed - Voice Of | | Maurice LaMarche - Voice Of | | Michael Hirsh - Producer | | Patricia Cullen - Original Music By | | Patrick Loubert - Producer | | Paul Le Mat - Voice Of | | Susan Roman - Voice Of |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"[It] holds up remarkably well thanks to the music, the smooth, often witty dialogue and the strong graphics and animation." 08/01/2006 p.99The Critical Eye 9 of 10
Rock & Rule is one of cult animation's great mysteries. In many ways, it seemed to have everything going for it, and yet it fizzled at the box office and its video release was tepid at best. Unlike other cult films such as Heavy Metal, Fritz the Cat, and Akira, there are few--if any--screenings of Rock & Rule at colleges and repertory cinemas. And yet the movie has a devout following, despite its low profile...With everything Rock & Rule had going for it, it's a bit bewildering that the movie didn't succeed in the box office. Perhaps the time still wasn't right for such an offbeat animated feature. Perhaps it was perceived as being too adult for the children's market, yet too "soft" for the adult market. - Emru Townsend
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