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La Planète sauvage

FILM · 1973 · XC

La Planète sauvage

Directed by
René Laloux
Runtime
72 min
Studio
Argos films, Les Films Armorial, ORTF

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On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

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  1. #001

    Although La Planète sauvage was designed in France, it was actually animated in Czechoslovakia.

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  2. #002

    One reason the co-production took so long to complete was the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, which caused delays.

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  3. #003

    La Planète sauvage was the first animated film to be rated PG in the United States.

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  4. #004

    The film was an international co-production between companies in France and Czechoslovakia. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 delayed production.

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  5. #005

    La Planète sauvage was in production for five years.

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  6. #006

    The film won the Special Award at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

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  7. #007

    In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine named it the 36th greatest animated film of all time.

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  8. #008

    In August 2010, Eureka released a restored high-definition version of the film on Blu-ray with special features.

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  9. #009

    The film was reported to have been seen by a total of 809,945 people in France.

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  10. #010

    A working title during development was "Sur la Planete Ygam" (On the Planet Ygam), where much of the story takes place. The actual title is the name of Ygam's moon.

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  11. #011

    The film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #820. It is currently one of six animated films released by Criterion.

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  12. #012

    A short scene from the film is watched by Jennifer Lopez's character in the 2000 film The Cell.

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  13. #013

    In 2006, Eureka Entertainment released the film on DVD in the United States as number 34 in the Masters of Cinema series.

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  14. #014

    The hip-hop group A$AP Mob samples the music from the film's "Meditation Scene" (on YouTube) for their song "Young N**** Living." It can be found on their album "Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends" (2016).

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  15. #015

    The film was released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment on February 16, 1999.

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  16. #016

    It is the first of three feature films directed and written by René Laloux, the second being The Time Masters (1982), also adapted from a novel by Stefan Wul. The wait was shorter for his last feature film, Gandahar (1987), adapted from a novel by Jean-Pierre Andrevon.

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