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From the director of FANTASTIC PLANET and GANDAHAR. This is a trippy French animation in the style of Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki. René Laloux, the director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Les Maîtres du temps, his penultimate animated feature film, in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius). On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel a young boy alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar's shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel... Les Maîtres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission, previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Booklet, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Making Of, Remastered, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: From the director of FANTASTIC PLANET and GANDAHAR. This is a trippy French animation in the style of Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki. René Laloux, the director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Les Maîtres du temps, his penultimate animated feature film, in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius). On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel a young boy alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar's shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel... Les Maîtres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission, previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision. ...Time Masters ( Les Maîtres du temps ) ( Herrscher der Zeit )
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film freaked me out when I was a little boy. I saw it on BBC2, and when we got to the end with its shocking twist... I think that may have been the moment I really fell in love with science fiction.
Anyway time passed, I couldn't remember what the film was called and thought it was japanese, until I was looking at something about Moebius, the legendary French artist of the Incal and Blueberry and the Airtight Garage etc. etc. and realised that this was that film I had loved and lost.
So how does it stand up twenty years later? Well, the animation isn't as smooth as some of the stuff you get these days, but it has a strong design sense and distinct imagination that simply is never done in live action sci fi.
A little boy is trapped on a lethal planet after his father dies after a meeting with those rotten hornets. With only a microphone for company he travels across the planet facing bizarre natural threats. The microphone connects him to a spaceship carrying a heroic pilot and a spoilt prince who has stolen a fortune and his sister. They try to keep the boy safe while they travel across the galaxy to gather him up. Along the way they catch up with an expert on the planet, an old man who was attacked by those rotten hornets. They also face various threats that keep them from rescuing the boy.
To go any further will spoil the ending. I should say that as with Moebius' comic strips the ending comes out of left field - the plot is a string of adventures against the tension of whether the travellers will get to the boy in time - and isn't quite as incredible as I remember it (but I also think I'm slightly misremembering the film as well) but is still pretty fun.
It is still a great film though. I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of things like Labyrinth and the original Star Wars and all those late 70s/early 80s sci-fi and fantasy films. You know, back when they were adventures in metaphysics about the nobility of the soul, instead of thinly-veiled allegories about 9/11 and the war of terror.
Anyway time passed, I couldn't remember what the film was called and thought it was japanese, until I was looking at something about Moebius, the legendary French artist of the Incal and Blueberry and the Airtight Garage etc. etc. and realised that this was that film I had loved and lost.
So how does it stand up twenty years later? Well, the animation isn't as smooth as some of the stuff you get these days, but it has a strong design sense and distinct imagination that simply is never done in live action sci fi.
A little boy is trapped on a lethal planet after his father dies after a meeting with those rotten hornets. With only a microphone for company he travels across the planet facing bizarre natural threats. The microphone connects him to a spaceship carrying a heroic pilot and a spoilt prince who has stolen a fortune and his sister. They try to keep the boy safe while they travel across the galaxy to gather him up. Along the way they catch up with an expert on the planet, an old man who was attacked by those rotten hornets. They also face various threats that keep them from rescuing the boy.
To go any further will spoil the ending. I should say that as with Moebius' comic strips the ending comes out of left field - the plot is a string of adventures against the tension of whether the travellers will get to the boy in time - and isn't quite as incredible as I remember it (but I also think I'm slightly misremembering the film as well) but is still pretty fun.
It is still a great film though. I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of things like Labyrinth and the original Star Wars and all those late 70s/early 80s sci-fi and fantasy films. You know, back when they were adventures in metaphysics about the nobility of the soul, instead of thinly-veiled allegories about 9/11 and the war of terror.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I'm in the I-saw-the-English-version-in-1987 club too. I searched high and low for the English version. The BBC didn't have it and the commissioner's office put me on to Eureka Video who told me that, even if the English dubbing was found and the rights were not an issue, it would not be cost-effective to print a new batch of DVD's containing the English soundtrack anyway. So I bought the original French version. You know, I'm glad I did. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Even with subtitles. This cartoon has stayed in my mind since 1987. It really is a top notch piece of work. Big thumbs up.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Rene Laloux, director of the absolutely stunning Fantastic Planet, strikes again with this animated Euro space-jaunt, joining forces with artist Moebius to present a tale in which our heroes struggle across space in a desperate attempt to reach the planet Perdide, where a young boy is stranded and under threat from some truly abominable hornet creatures.
You know when you finally see something you haven't since childhood,and it turns out to be just as good as you remember? Well, that was definitely my experience of `The Time Masters': I first saw this as a boy and seem to recall it was on tv more than once over a comparatively short space of time, etching itself into my mind as a result. In fact, as an adult, I would say I enjoyed the film even more this time around, finding myself able to better appreciate its wonderfully off-kilter atmosphere and becoming less frustrated by the from-out-of-left-field ending. It's not really a film to watch for the plot (which is essentially two sets of picaresque adventures), more for the striking visuals (the faceless alien Xul angels are a standout) and the often unsettling mood.
The film looks great, and the DVD comes with an extensive booklet by Craig Keller, analysing and critiquing the film and Laloux's recurrent themes: whilst the interview with Moebius is very welcome, I can't say I always warm to Keller's tone in the rest of the booklet. For me, there's a fine line between erudition and pretention, and this frequently crosses it. His somewhat facetious comparison between Wah-Wah the Ouin-Ouin and Jar-Jar Binks is rather unwelcome as well, given the charming nature of the former. Still, there's plenty here to get your teeth (or your razor-sharp proboscis) into.
Overall, an excellent, trippy piece of cinema, not quite as cohesive as Fantastic Planet but very welcome nonetheless. Watch out for that ending though. It's about as memorable as it gets, but... well, just watch it.
You know when you finally see something you haven't since childhood,and it turns out to be just as good as you remember? Well, that was definitely my experience of `The Time Masters': I first saw this as a boy and seem to recall it was on tv more than once over a comparatively short space of time, etching itself into my mind as a result. In fact, as an adult, I would say I enjoyed the film even more this time around, finding myself able to better appreciate its wonderfully off-kilter atmosphere and becoming less frustrated by the from-out-of-left-field ending. It's not really a film to watch for the plot (which is essentially two sets of picaresque adventures), more for the striking visuals (the faceless alien Xul angels are a standout) and the often unsettling mood.
The film looks great, and the DVD comes with an extensive booklet by Craig Keller, analysing and critiquing the film and Laloux's recurrent themes: whilst the interview with Moebius is very welcome, I can't say I always warm to Keller's tone in the rest of the booklet. For me, there's a fine line between erudition and pretention, and this frequently crosses it. His somewhat facetious comparison between Wah-Wah the Ouin-Ouin and Jar-Jar Binks is rather unwelcome as well, given the charming nature of the former. Still, there's plenty here to get your teeth (or your razor-sharp proboscis) into.
Overall, an excellent, trippy piece of cinema, not quite as cohesive as Fantastic Planet but very welcome nonetheless. Watch out for that ending though. It's about as memorable as it gets, but... well, just watch it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great presentation on dvd
Firstly the film looks (never seen this in widescreen!) and sounds (front speakers dominated surround) AMAZING on this dvd. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. R. V. Ennis
thank you google
all i could remember about this film was the ending and the twist. I too saw the english dub in the late 80s. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Am Furniss
Worth the wait
I remember seeing this on TV when I was much younger, probably the mid to late 80s around the time I saw the animated version of the Lord of the Rings. Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by Owzat
Laloux and Moebius
If you like SF-comics from the 1980s, Moebius, Heavy Metal and so on, you will probably like Les Maitres du temps. Read more
Published on 23 July 2008 by MarkusG
a film review
The fourth emergency service: the metaphysical rescue mission. A young boy is stranded on a strange planet with a microphone as his only connection to the universe. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2007 by Mr. T. J. Bacon
French Again !!!
This is the third, or fourth release of this fantastic animation. However, rather than use the BBC's English dubbed soundtrack, we are again stuck with English Subtitles. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by Mr. J. P. A. Witts
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