Rock & Rule

DEREKG · Post by **DEREKG** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:53 pm

I learned of this flick on fast-rewind.com. I heard it's due for a release on dvd sometime this year. It looks intresting? Can anyone tell me more? I love cartoons of this nature. Is it anything like Heavy Metal?

Anyone???

orestes. · Post by **orestes.** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:06 pm

I enjoyed that movie. I believe I did.

I haven't seen it in a long, long time so I really can't tell you much. I do hope they release it on DVD this yea.r Back in 2003 the rumours were that it was going to be released in 2004!

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:54 pm

Its funny you bring this up, since I am on an email list for this movie that is run through the company that is going to distribute it. I always enjoyed the film, the mouse charcters resemble Mickey, there's a lot of music and its a pretty funky story there. Basically, its a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is a mouse, cat or dog mutant. There's a rock band, and a big bad villain who wants to kidnap the lead singer to use in a demon summoning ritual. ...yup!

Sunset Girl · Post by **Sunset Girl** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:09 pm

The main girl character has the same voice actress as Sailor Moon's Lita/Sailor Jupiter. It seems she has a special voice that Mok (sp?) needs to open up another dimension. It takes place in "Nuke-York," (a version of New York City in which humans have long since died off) and as Mearj says, it is populated by animal mutants instead.

There's a lot of cool stuff there. I believe it was given an R rating. I saw a heavily edited version of the film on late-night TNT about ten years ago. Yeah, it kinda has a Heavy Metal vibe going on. My memory of it is a bit hazy, but I've been dying to see the uncut version of the film ever since.

dvdjunkie · Post by **dvdjunkie** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:33 am

Though "Rock and Rule" was a pretty decent film, I find that "American Pop" was a much better and cohesive movie to watch. The music and story were combined very well to make a great motion picture and, of course, Ralph Bakshi's animation process didn't hurt it at all.

"Rock and Rule" will find a place in my collection, right close to "American Pop" and "Wizards".

maxeythecat · Post by **maxeythecat** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:46 am

Bit of trivia on this movie....the singing voice for the female character is provided by Debbie Harry from Blondie.[/i]

DEREKG · Post by **DEREKG** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:34 pm

I heard it's a 2-disc uncut SE.

We'll just have to wait and see?

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:05 pm

DEREKG wrote:I heard it's a 2-disc uncut SE.

We'll just have to wait and see?

Yeah, there is going to be a regular version and a 2 disc limited edition collector set that has both the American version and Canadian versions of the film. They are putting a lot of work into the set and it'll be released pretty soon.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:06 pm

Well here is some info from the official source:

Stephen here from Unearthed Films with some good news. We have a date
set in stone for the release of Rock and Rule. The release date is
June 7th 2005. If anyone wants to help, let the animation websites,
fans and mags that any of you suscribe to and hang out at know we are
a go for June 7th. Here's a refresher of what's in the dvd.

Rock and Rule Special Edition
New fully restored High Definition Anamorphic transfer in 1:85:1
An enhanced 5.1 Dolby track and cleaned up 2.0 Dolby track
The Making of Rock and Rule Featurette
Commentary with Director Clive Smith.
Intensive sketch gallery
Deluxe animated menu's
Restoration comparisons
Liner Notes

Rock and Rule Double Deluxe Collectors Set
New fully restored High Definition Anamorphic transfer in 1:85:1
An enhanced 5.1 Dolby track and cleaned up 2.0 Dolby track
The Making of Rock and Rule Featurette
Commentary with Director Clive Smith.
Intensive sketch gallery
Deluxe animated menu's
Restoration comparisons

Disc 2
CBC; Original version of Rock and Rule
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
The Making of The Devil and Daniel Mouse Featurette
PDF File of the script
Massive sketch gallery
Alternate Title Sequence
15 Minute workprint ending of Drats
Collectors Booklet

The dvd looks fantastic, Clive Smith helped us with the color
correction and said it looks awesome. It always feels good to know we
hit it on the head. Checked out the whole package and I do have to
say. I am very surprised it looks as great as it does. I'm not
blowing smoke in your faces either. I really do hope everyone enjoys
it when they finally get their hands on it. I pretty sure when you
see it, watch it and go over everything, I think you will notice the
time and effort we put into one of the coolest animated film of all
time.

I hope your all doing well and thanks for all of the support and well
wishes you guys have sent us over the last year. We really appreciate
it and we hope you enjoy Rock and Rule when it comes out June 7th.

Best and thanks,

Stephen Biro
Unearthed Films

orestes. · Post by **orestes.** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:35 pm

New story from Cinescape.com....

http://www2.cinescape.com/0/editorial.a ... j_id=43653

DEREKG · Post by **DEREKG** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:42 pm

Sweet!

Can't wait for June 7th...

DarthBoy · Post by **DarthBoy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:51 am

Anyone here seen this underrated 1983 animated sci-fi gem? it's set in the future where humanity has changed into mutated animals, a rock singer named Mok is after a beautiful singer's voice for he must use to to summon a powerful demon from another dimension in order to take over the world.

It's very entertaining and has a fantastic soundtrack by Earth Wind and Fire, Cheap Trick, Debroah Harry, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop and well animated. If you like animation, i recommend this one!

slave2moonlight · Post by **slave2moonlight** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:49 am

I love those animated features from around this time, like Heavy Metal, American Pop, and Rock n Rule! They're wild and a little trippy, and have great soundtracks! It's cool to see animated films with more adult subject matter that aren't Anime! I will always hold Disney above any other animation, but I love this stuff! Rock n Rule was really interesting! I still don't know if I find the lead female attractive. Hard to get over her being an evolved, hairless rat or something! Very cool film though!

PixarFan2006 · Post by **PixarFan2006** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:16 am

Sadly I have never heard of this movie, but it sounds really weird.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:15 pm

I enjoyed this film as well. It also got a really great DVD release, def worth checking out.

bennyb98 · Post by **bennyb98** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:09 pm

I LOVE this movie!! One of my fav cult classics!! I agree that if anyone has a chance to see this movie they should.

slave2moonlight · Post by **slave2moonlight** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:02 am

Can anyone tell me if they truly did release a 2-disc Rock and Rule DVD here in the U.S.? I remember it on Amazon.com, but it is out of print already (I didn't think it came out THAT long ago), and on Ebay, where you can usually find anything that's ever been sold, I have only seen PAL 2-disc versions. So, did they make an NTSC 2-disc version? I want this film, but I hate to buy a single disc version if a 2-disc might turn up on Ebay at some point, but I don't want a PAL version. I'm unsure what to do about this one...

Elladorine · Post by **Elladorine** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:39 am

Yes, they've released an NTSC two-disc set here in the US. I know for sure cuz I picked it up at a Media Play when it was newly released.

Damn, I miss that store.

slave2moonlight · Post by **slave2moonlight** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:50 pm

Thanks. Well, this one is going to be a pain to get then, ha.

Elladorine · Post by **Elladorine** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:35 pm

Just keep checking back.

There's a new 2-disc R1 set at Amazon right now for like $17 with shipping: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... eimprovemz

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