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Rock & Rule (known as Ring of Power outside North America) is a 1983 Canadian adult animated musical science fantasy film featuring the voices of Don Francks, Greg Salata, and Susan Roman. It was produced by Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert and directed by Clive A. Smith from a screenplay by John Halfpenny and Peter Sauder.
Centering upon rock and roll music, Rock & Rule includes songs by Cheap Trick, Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Earth, Wind & Fire. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States populated by animalistic humans. The film was a commercial failure due in large part to its extremely small limited theatrical release by distributor MGM/UA, grossing $30,379 on an $8 million budget. Nonetheless, Rock & Rule has developed a cult following, with public knowledge of the film boosted by the Internet.
Mok Swagger, a legendary rock musician, is on the search for a special voice whose frequencies can unleash a powerful demon from another dimension, his dwindling popularity driving him to destroy the world in vengeance and immortalize himself in the process. Returning to his hometown of Ohmtown, he discovers Angel, a young musician performing with her rock band at a local nightclub. Convinced Angel has the voice he needs, Mok invites the band to his mansion where he kidnaps her and takes her to Nuke York, where his summoning, disguised as a concert, will be performed.
Angel overhears Mok confirming his plans with his computer. At this time, the computer informs Mok that the only way to stop the demon is with "One voice, one heart, one song", but when Mok asks who can do this, the computer replies that there is "no one". Angel tries to escape while her band races to rescue her. After several failed attempts, Mok relocates the summoning to Ohmtown, whose power plant has enough energy for the invocation. Mok forces Angel to sing and open a portal to the demon's dimension. A massive demonic entity emerges from the portal and begins wreaking havoc on all those present.
Omar, Angel's bandmate and love interest, frees Angel from her electronic shackles before the demon can turn on her. Angel tries singing to banish the demon, but her lone voice only pushes him back. Omar then joins in harmony with Angel, and thus the creature is weakened, injured and driven back into its own dimension. As Mok is pulled into the portal, he realizes that "no one" did not mean that the demon could not be stopped; it meant instead that "no one voice" could, acting alone; two voices and two hearts singing as one were needed for the counter-spell. Mok then plunges into the portal's depths as it seals itself shut. The duo continues their song in triumph as the band is announced as the new super rock band sensation.
Rock & Rule was Nelvana's first animated feature film and it was the first Canadian animated feature to be produced in English. The 1971 Canadian film Tiki Tiki and the 1981 Canadian-American co-production Heavy Metal were also produced in English, but Tiki Tiki combined animation with footage from the 1967 Russian live-action film Aybolit-66 while Heavy Metal was an anthology film. Both films were directed by Gerald Potterton. Le Village enchanté, a 1955 production from Quebec, was the country's first overall. The film began production in 1978 as a children's film entitled Drats!. Nelvana used $8 million to finance and produce the film. The premise remained the same, centering on a post-apocalyptic rock band composed of fuzzy mutant creatures who evolved from rats in a world where the human race was wiped out and only the street animals: cats, dogs and rats survived. However, instead of wiring her to the soundboard, Mok transforms Angel into a guitar, and literally plays her to summon the beast. The crew felt that it would be easier to animate cartoony characters but, as the film evolved, they gradually became humans with animalistic features, and Hollywood acquaintances encouraged them to skew the tone towards an older audience.
The film was produced without a well-defined script, so the crew would develop and work on sequences, leaving holes for more layers of the story to be added later.
The cost of production, $8 million in studio resources, nearly put Nelvana out of business. Over 300 Nelvana animators worked on the film. The film went $3 million over budget.
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Rock & Rule
Rock & Rule (known as Ring of Power outside North America) is a 1983 Canadian adult animated musical science fantasy film featuring the voices of Don Francks, Greg Salata, and Susan Roman. It was produced by Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert and directed by Clive A. Smith from a screenplay by John Halfpenny and Peter Sauder.
Centering upon rock and roll music, Rock & Rule includes songs by Cheap Trick, Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Earth, Wind & Fire. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States populated by animalistic humans. The film was a commercial failure due in large part to its extremely small limited theatrical release by distributor MGM/UA, grossing $30,379 on an $8 million budget. Nonetheless, Rock & Rule has developed a cult following, with public knowledge of the film boosted by the Internet.
Mok Swagger, a legendary rock musician, is on the search for a special voice whose frequencies can unleash a powerful demon from another dimension, his dwindling popularity driving him to destroy the world in vengeance and immortalize himself in the process. Returning to his hometown of Ohmtown, he discovers Angel, a young musician performing with her rock band at a local nightclub. Convinced Angel has the voice he needs, Mok invites the band to his mansion where he kidnaps her and takes her to Nuke York, where his summoning, disguised as a concert, will be performed.
Angel overhears Mok confirming his plans with his computer. At this time, the computer informs Mok that the only way to stop the demon is with "One voice, one heart, one song", but when Mok asks who can do this, the computer replies that there is "no one". Angel tries to escape while her band races to rescue her. After several failed attempts, Mok relocates the summoning to Ohmtown, whose power plant has enough energy for the invocation. Mok forces Angel to sing and open a portal to the demon's dimension. A massive demonic entity emerges from the portal and begins wreaking havoc on all those present.
Omar, Angel's bandmate and love interest, frees Angel from her electronic shackles before the demon can turn on her. Angel tries singing to banish the demon, but her lone voice only pushes him back. Omar then joins in harmony with Angel, and thus the creature is weakened, injured and driven back into its own dimension. As Mok is pulled into the portal, he realizes that "no one" did not mean that the demon could not be stopped; it meant instead that "no one voice" could, acting alone; two voices and two hearts singing as one were needed for the counter-spell. Mok then plunges into the portal's depths as it seals itself shut. The duo continues their song in triumph as the band is announced as the new super rock band sensation.
Rock & Rule was Nelvana's first animated feature film and it was the first Canadian animated feature to be produced in English. The 1971 Canadian film Tiki Tiki and the 1981 Canadian-American co-production Heavy Metal were also produced in English, but Tiki Tiki combined animation with footage from the 1967 Russian live-action film Aybolit-66 while Heavy Metal was an anthology film. Both films were directed by Gerald Potterton. Le Village enchanté, a 1955 production from Quebec, was the country's first overall. The film began production in 1978 as a children's film entitled Drats!. Nelvana used $8 million to finance and produce the film. The premise remained the same, centering on a post-apocalyptic rock band composed of fuzzy mutant creatures who evolved from rats in a world where the human race was wiped out and only the street animals: cats, dogs and rats survived. However, instead of wiring her to the soundboard, Mok transforms Angel into a guitar, and literally plays her to summon the beast. The crew felt that it would be easier to animate cartoony characters but, as the film evolved, they gradually became humans with animalistic features, and Hollywood acquaintances encouraged them to skew the tone towards an older audience.
The film was produced without a well-defined script, so the crew would develop and work on sequences, leaving holes for more layers of the story to be added later.
The cost of production, $8 million in studio resources, nearly put Nelvana out of business. Over 300 Nelvana animators worked on the film. The film went $3 million over budget.