Title: Wizards

Year Released/Rating: 1977 PG

Starring: Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, Bob Holt

Written By: Ralph Bakshi

Directed By: Ralph Bakshi

Genre: Animation, Fantasy

Star Rating: 3/5 stars

Where I Got It: We own it (it's really J's)

Trivia:

No pencil tests were done on the film because of its low budget. The drawings went straight to the final product.
The "religious" articles in the temple include pinball machines, a Pepsi-Cola sign, a catcher's mitt, an Oscar statuette, a jukebox, and a gold front grill from a Rolls Royce.
Due to the dark imagery from the shadow-animation, this movie is a favorite for Midnight Movie shows around the world, whose primary market are teenagers.
Avatar's mount is wearing socks, although he himself remains barefoot throughout the entire movie.

Summary: On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.

Review:

This is one of those creepy movies J liked as a child. He had to introduce me to it tonight. Wow! All I can say is wow! This was just weird. A pseudo retelling of WWII, I was just stunned throughout the movie. Overall, I am just so lost with this movie. It's weird. At times it seems to be anti-religion. And then we get the Hitler piece. But then there's a fight between technology and religion. I feel like I need to take some drugs before watching this movie, and I still don't know if it would make sense. Definitely a strange pick.