On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Jesse Welles
- Elinore
- (voice)
Richard Romanus
- Weehawk
- (voice)
David Proval
- Peace
- (voice)
Jim Connell
- President
- (voice)
- (as James Connell)
Steve Gravers
- Blackwolf
- (voice)
Barbara Sloane
- Fairy
- (voice)
Angelo Grisanti
- Frog
- (voice)
Hyman Wien
- Priest
- (voice)
Mark Hamill
- Sean
- (voice)
- (as Mark Hamil)
Peter Hobbs
- General
- (voice)
Tina Romanus
- Prostitute
- (voice)
- (as Tina Bowman)
Susan Anton
- Princess Elinore
- (singing voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Liz Bakshi
- Fairy Mother
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Ralph Bakshi
- Fritz
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Victoria Bakshi
- Fairy Girl
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Charles Gordone
- Alfie
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe horse-like animals had two feet instead of four because it was easier and cheaper to animate.
- GoofsWhen Avatar is telling the president about his brother, the narrator says that Blackwolf has been studying black magic for 5,000 years. But when Blackwolf is introduced, it says that the story takes place 3,000 years later.
- Alternate versionsOn April 30th, 2005, as part of the Ralph Bakshi retrospective at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Bakshi's personal print of the film was shown, which was missing two pieces of narration:
- Susan Tyrrell does not read the opening shot's storybook title in her narration voice-over. In this print, the film's narration starts with "The world blew up in a thousand atomic fireballs...," in the next shot.
- The character of Nekron 99's (AKA Peace's) narrated introduction was also missing from the print.
- ConnectionsEdited from Triumph of the Will (1935)
- SoundtracksOnly Time Will Tell
Performed by Susan Anton
Featured review
This cartoon was one of those in the seventies when animation was almost dead. A few folks revived it with movies like Fritz the Cat, Lord of the Rings, Fire and Ice and Wizards. Although Wizards didn't do well during the prime time, it rocked as a midnight movie.
But, even with the simple plot, engaging characters and sporadic humor, one gets the impression that this movie was not well-planned. There is conventional animation, rotoscoping and overexposed film sometimes being used on the same screen. It also seems that they ran out of money and had to resort to stills with a narrator (nice voice)...
You'd think that this would make the movie worse; however, it gives the movie a charm that a slicker production wouldn't have...
But, even with the simple plot, engaging characters and sporadic humor, one gets the impression that this movie was not well-planned. There is conventional animation, rotoscoping and overexposed film sometimes being used on the same screen. It also seems that they ran out of money and had to resort to stills with a narrator (nice voice)...
You'd think that this would make the movie worse; however, it gives the movie a charm that a slicker production wouldn't have...
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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