Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
- flying car
- taxi
- heavy metal
- based on comic
- drug use
- rotoscoping
- adult animation
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Rodger Bumpass
Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice)
John Candy
Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
Jackie Burroughs
Katherine (voice)
Joe Flaherty
Lawyer / General (voice)
- Don Francks — Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice)
- Marilyn Lightstone — Whore / Queen (voice)
- Eugene Levy — Sternn / Male Reporter / Edsel (voice)
- Harold Ramis — Zeke (voice)
- Caroline Semple — Girl (voice)
- Richard Romanus — Harry Canyon (voice)
- Susan Roman — Girl / Satellite (voice)
- Al Waxman — Rudnick (voice)
- Harvey Atkin — Alien / Henchman (voice)
- Glenis Wootton Gross — Whore (voice)
- John Vernon — Prosecutor (voice)
- Directed
- Jimmy T. Murakami, Harold Whitaker, John Bruno, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, John Halas & 4 more
- Written
- Dan O'Bannon, Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 820 ratings
- Studio
- Canadian Film Development Corporation, Columbia Pictures, Guardian Trust Company, Famous Players, Potterton Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1981 · You’re hereHeavy Metal
Where it starts.
Heavy Metal 2000
2000
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
