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Time Masters (1982)
Directed by René Laloux
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Overview
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves young Piel alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. Onboard Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad, who knows Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Length 75 minutes
Actors
Sady Rebbot | Michel Elias | Monique Thierry | Yves-Marie Maurin | Jean Valmont | Frédéric Legros | Patrick Baujin | Alain Cuny | Yves Brainville | Michel Barbey | Jim Bauman | Michel Paulin | Pierre Tourneur | François Chaumette | Henry Djanik | Nick Storey | Gabriel Cattand | Georges Atlas
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/28/2023 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 7 stars |
| 05/11/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
I love sci-fi fantasy animation created for adults! No shocker that this feels similar to Gandahar and Fantastic Planet (same director) but that’s the type I’m referring to. The ship and character designs are done by Moebius. However, more so than those films, this movie feels like an extended segment in HEAVY METAL. It just drops the viewer into this galaxy allowing the story beats to inform on the history and setup for this rescue mission. And it crams *a lot* into its meager 75min runtime. I could’ve gone for another hour in this universe.
This was the feature film in DKUTV’s Anime World Monday programming. Curious if this was released on home video like those other René Laloux films mentioned. Of course, now I want to view those films again. Couldn’t say for sure if they were featured in clips on NightFlight but they sure seem like something I would’ve seen there.
4 years ago
I feel like Time Masters may have played on Night Flight but Fantastic Planet definitely did, as I watched it multiple times.
Time Masters was available on DVD but it’s out of print. It’s on YouTube however.
4 years ago
I haven’t looked for it but I wonder if there’s a list of all the things that appeared on Night Flight. That’d be a cool archive to peruse.
I picked up my Gandahar dvd from Eureka! way back in the early days. Not sure if they released Time Masters but it seems like they should’ve (I think they also released Fantastic Planet).