Heavy metal / Columbia Pictures presents an Ivan Reitman-Leonard Mogel production ; screenplay by Dan Goldberg & Len Blum ; produced by Ivan Reitman ; directed by Gerald Potterton.

An otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when it encounters its one true enemy will goodness prevail in the universe.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Black Sabbath (Musical group) Cheap Trick (Musical group) Blue Öyster Cult (Musical group) Devo (Musical group) Grand Funk Railroad (Musical group) Nazareth (Musical group) Journey (Musical group) Riggs (Musical group) Trust (Musical group) Columbia Pictures Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Potterton, Gerald, 1931-2022 (Director) Reitman, Ivan (Producer) Mogel, Leonard (Producer) Goldberg, Dan (Daniel) (Screenwriter) Blum, Len (Screenwriter) Bernstein, Elmer (composer (expression)) Bumpass, Rodger (Actor) Candy, John (Actor) Francks, Don, 1932-2016 (Actor) Fagen, Donald, 1948- Felder, Don Hagar, Sammy Nicks, Stevie
Language:	English Portuguese Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Includes English language track, with optional English, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Closed-captioned in English.
Published:	[Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1999]
Series:	Collector's series (Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Heavy metal (Music) > Drama. Heavy metal (Music) Animated films. Musical films. Science fiction films. Fantasy films. Dystopian films. Anthology films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Animated films. Musical films. Science fiction films. Fantasy films. Dystopian films. Anthology films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white rough cut ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	An otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when it encounters its one true enemy will goodness prevail in the universe.
Note:	Based on original art and stories by Richard Corben [and others]. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981. Special features: deleted scenes, artwork of Heavy Metal, production photo gallery, imagining Heavy Metal documentary, Heavy Metal magazine cover gallery, original feature-length rough cut, Carl Macek reading Heavy Metal: the movie.
Call Number:	9W9 D0000819 VideoDVD
ISBN:	0767836316 9780767836319
Credits:	Production design, Michael Gross ; animators, Joanna Fryer ... [et al.] ; editors, Mick Manning ... [et al.] ; music, Elmer Bernstein, conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; songs by Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Blue Oyster Cult, Devo, Donald Fagen, Don Felder, Grand Funk Railroad, Nazareth, Sammy Hagar, Stevie Nicks, Journey, Riggs, Trust.
System Details:	DVD, NTSC ; 5.1 Dolby digital and 2-channel Dolby Surround, widescreen (1.85:1)
Participant or Performer:	With the voices of Roger Bumpass, John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Eugene Levy, Alice Playten, Harold Ramis, Susan Roman, August Schellenberg, Richard Romanus, John Verson, Zal Yanovsky.