The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Samantha Mathis
- Crysta
- (voice)
Christian Slater
- Pips
- (voice)
Robin Williams
- Batty Koda
- (voice)
Jonathan Ward
- Zak
- (voice)
Grace Zabriskie
- Magi Lune
- (voice)
Geoffrey Blake
- Ralph
- (voice)
Robert Pastorelli
- Tony
- (voice)
Cheech Marin
- Stump
- (voice)
Tommy Chong
- Root
- (voice)
Townsend Coleman
- Knotty
- (voice)
Brian Cummings
- Ock
- (voice)
Kathleen Freeman
- Elder #1
- (voice)
Janet Gilmore
- Fairy #1
- (voice)
Naomi Lewis
- Elder #2
- (voice)
Danny Mann
- Ash
- (voice)
- …
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "FernGully" forest depicted in this movie was based on Australia's rainforests. The cartoonists who worked on this movie spent time in the real rainforests to help inspire their drawings.
- GoofsA running gag is that Batty, being a bat (and thus short-sighted) keeps running into things. Yet Batty is a fruit bat: these are day animals with quite good sight, particularly useful to spot berries and fruit to feed on.
- Quotes
Elder: Now, Crysta, aren't you a little old to believe in human tales?
Batty Koda: Human tails? Humans don't have tails. They have big, big bottoms that they wear with bad shorts. They walk around going, "Hi, Helen".
- Crazy creditsSpecial thanks to the United States Postal Service for their efforts to raise environmental awareness.
- SoundtracksLife Is a Magic Thing
Performed by Johnny Clegg
Music and Lyrics by Thomas Dolby
Produced by Hilton Rosenthal
Johnny Clegg appears courtesy of EMI Records Limited
Featured review
I hate getting a film you loved as a child and watching it as an adult only to find it's completely lost it's magic over time. Having pushed all my videos to the back of a dark cupboard, I hadn't actually watched the film in years until I bought it last week on DVD.
Ferngully has it's problems, some of the songs were written with the days music heavily in the forefront so they haven't really stood the test of time. The overall message of taking care of the environment will seem heavy handed to an adult, although I remember feeling inspired by it as a child.
That aside I cannot vault the voice acting, Tim Curry, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, they all deliver great performances. The animation is terrific and looks very much like Disney movies of the time. The stories hero's are compelling to watch, you really do care about what happens to them as it progresses to the climax, all this is woven together with touching little moments in the animation and a clever and funny set of supporting characters.
Will children today enjoy it? I'd say let them watch it, everyone has their own tastes and preferences and it's no different with children. They'll either like it or they won't.
I'm not sure if an adult who missed it as a child will enjoy it, again I think it depends on the person, but if this was a part of your childhood, it might be worth seeing it again I think it still definitely has a place in my heart.
Ferngully has it's problems, some of the songs were written with the days music heavily in the forefront so they haven't really stood the test of time. The overall message of taking care of the environment will seem heavy handed to an adult, although I remember feeling inspired by it as a child.
That aside I cannot vault the voice acting, Tim Curry, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, they all deliver great performances. The animation is terrific and looks very much like Disney movies of the time. The stories hero's are compelling to watch, you really do care about what happens to them as it progresses to the climax, all this is woven together with touching little moments in the animation and a clever and funny set of supporting characters.
Will children today enjoy it? I'd say let them watch it, everyone has their own tastes and preferences and it's no different with children. They'll either like it or they won't.
I'm not sure if an adult who missed it as a child will enjoy it, again I think it depends on the person, but if this was a part of your childhood, it might be worth seeing it again I think it still definitely has a place in my heart.
- Bifrostedflake
- Jun 20, 2009
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- FernGully, las aventuras de Zak y Crysta
- Filming locations
- Australia(FAI Films)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,650,296
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,549,338
- Apr 12, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $32,710,894
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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