Film Club
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest
- Australia/USA1992
- Bill Kroyer
- 76 BluRay
- G
- Film Club
Screening Dates
- April 17, 2022 11:00
“FernGully shaped a generation … A Silent Spring for the playground set, presenting millennials with their first look at eco-disaster.”
Chantel Tattoli, Vanity Fair
Seventeen years before eco-epic Avatar made box-office history, another film tackled the threat of man-made environmental catastrophe by way of fantasy and cutting-edge animation. Set in an Australian woodland inhabited by magical fairies, Disney-defector Bill Kroyer’s green-message movie revolves around a lumberjack (Christian Slater) accidentally made pint-sized by a well-meaning young sprite (Samantha Mathis). He then joins the fairies’ efforts to eradicate a pollution monster (Tim Curry) unleashed by humans clearcutting the forest. Robin Williams, in his first animated role, is the zany voice of a rapping lab bat. Elton John’s original song “Some Other World” marked the Rocket Man’s first contribution to a cartoon soundtrack. Kroyer, an early adopter of CGI, bucked convention by marrying digital and hand-drawn techniques. FernGully was screened at the UN General Assembly on Earth Day, 1992.
“Funny, pretty, touching, scary, magical stuff … It’s worth planning a family trip to FernGully.”
Hollis Chacona, Austin Chronicle
Acknowledgments
Screening sponsored by Vancouver Mom and MAKE Vancouver.
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Note
In recognition of Earth Day 2022 (April 22) and the legion of young activists demanding climate action now, Film Club is pleased to present this green-themed kids’ movie, originally scheduled to screen in 2020 but cancelled due to the first wave of COVID-19.