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Rock & Rule (1983)

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Rock & Rule
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byClive A. Smith
Produced byMichael Hirsh
Patrick Loubert
Screenplay byJohn Halfpenny
Peter Sauder
Story byPatrick Loubert
Peter Sauder
StarringDon Francks
Susan Roman
Paul Le Mat
Catherine O'Hara
Music byPatricia Cullen
CinematographyLenora Hume
Edited byG. Scott LaBarge
Production
company
Distributed byMGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date
  • April 15, 1983
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
French
Budget$8 million
Box office$30,379

Rock & Rule (known as Ring of Power outside North America) is a 1983 Canadian adult animated musical science fiction fantasy film from the animation studio Nelvana, marking the first time the company has made an animated production for adults. It was produced and directed by the company's founders, Michael HirshPatrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith. The film features the voices of Don FrancksGreg Salata, and Susan Roman. It was the studio's first feature film and the first English language one produced entirely within Canada.

Centering on rock and roll music, the film includes songs by Cheap TrickChris Stein and Debbie Harry of the pop group BlondieLou ReedIggy Pop, and Earth, Wind & Fire. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States populated by mutant humanoids. With John Halfpenny, Patrick Loubert, and Peter Sauderat the helm of its screenplay, Rock & Rule was a heavily derived spin-off of Nelvana's earlier TV special from 1978, The Devil and Daniel Mouse. Its distributor, MGM, acquired United Artists at the time and the new management team had no interest in it. As a result, it was never released in North America except for a limited release in Boston, Massachusetts. It received minor attention in Germany, where it was screened at a film festival. It was funded in part by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which had obtained the Canadian TV rights. A hard-to-find VHS was released at that time, followed by a laserdisc release. The film developed a cult following from repeated airings on HBO and Showtime and the circulation of bootleg VHS copies at comic book conventions booths (with Ralph Bakshi named as director). In 2005, Unearthed Films released a special 2-disc edition DVD of the film.


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