Heavy Metal

(Heavy Metal)

 Credits

Cast

Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") / Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Don Francks
Girl (segment "Grimaldi") (voice)
Caroline Semple
Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
Richard Romanus
Girl (segment "Harry Canyon") / Satellite (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
Susan Roman
Rudnick (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
Al Waxman
Alien (segment "Harry Canyon") / Henchman (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
Harvey Atkin
Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon") / Dan (segment "Den") / Den (segment "Den") / Robot (segmen
John Candy
Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
Glenis Wootton Gross
Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") / Queen (segment "Den") (voice)
Marilyn Lightstone
Katherine (segment "Den") (voice)
Jackie Burroughs
Ard (segment "Den") (voice)
Martin Lavut
Norl (segment "Den") / Taarak (segment "Taarna") (voice)
August Schellenberg
Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn") (voice)
John Vernon
Sternn (segment "Captain Sternn") / Male Reporter (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") / Edsel (segment
Eugene Levy
Lawyer (segment "Captain Sternn") / General (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Joe Flaherty
Hanover Fiste (segment "Captain Sternn") / Dr. Anrak (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Roger Bumpass (Rodger Bumpass)
Regolian (segment "Captain Sternn") (voice)
Douglas Kenney
Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)
George Touliatos
Navigator (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Zal Yanovsky
Woman Reporter (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Patty Dworkin (Patty Dworkin)
Senator (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Warren Munson
Gloria (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Alice Playten
Zeke (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Harold Ramis
Barbarian Leader (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Vlasta Vrana
Elder (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Mavor Moore
Boy (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Thor Bishopric
Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Len Doncheff
Bartender (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Cedric Smith
Councilman (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Joseph Golland
Councilman (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Charles Joliffe (Charles Jolliffe)
Councilman (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Ned Conlon
Hot Dog Vendor
Robby the Robot (*)
Loknar (voice)
Percy Rodrigues (*)

Director

Director
Gerald Potterton
Segment director
John Bruno
Segment director
John Halas ("So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Segment co-director
Julian Harris ("Captain Sternn")
Segment director
Jimmy T. Murakami ("Soft Landing")
Segment director
Barrie Nelson ("B-17")
Segment co-director
Paul Sabella ("Captain Sternn")
Segment director
Jack Stokes ("Den")
Segment director
Pino Van Lamsweerde ("Harry Canyon")
Segment director
Harold Whitaker ("Grimaldi")

Writing credits

Screenplay
Dan Goldberg (Daniel Goldberg)
Screenplay
Len Blum
Writer
Dan O'Bannon (Original story segment "Soft Landing")
Writer
Dan Goldberg (Story segment "Harry Canyon") (Daniel Goldberg)
Writer
Len Blum (Story segment "Harry Canyon")
Writer
Richard Corben (Original story segment "Den")
Writer
Berni Wrightson (Original story segment "Captain Sternn") (Bernie Wrightson)
Writer
Angus McKie (Original story segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Characters and situations
Jean Giraud (*) (Segment "Taarna")

Producer

Sequence producer
Vic Atkinson (Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17")
Sequence producer
John Coates (Segment "Soft Landing")
Associate producer
Michael Gross (Michael C. Gross)
Sequence producer
John Halas (Segment "Grimaldi")
Associate producer
Richard Hawley
Sequence producer
Jerry Hibbert (Segment "Den")
Associate producer
Peter Lebensold
Executive producer
Leonard Mogel
Associate producer
Lawrence Nesis
Producer
Ivan Reitman
Sequence producer
W.H. Stevens Jr. (Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17")

Music

Music
Elmer Bernstein

Editor

Segment "Den"
Ian Llande
Segment "Soft Landing"
Mick Manning
Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17"
Gerald Tripp

Production design

Production designer
Michael Gross (Michael C. Gross)

Art direction

Segment "Den"
Pat Gavin

Production management

Production manager
Dominic Anciano (Segment "Soft Landing")
Production manager
Francis Gallagher (Live action shoot)
Production manager
Valerie Gifford (Segment "Taarna")
Post-production supervisor
Dan Goldberg (Daniel Goldberg)
Unit manager
Andrew Gryn (Live action shoot)
Production manager
Susan Kapigian (Segment "Captain Sternn")
Production manager
Jack King (Segment "Grimaldi")
Production supervisor
Christine Larocque
Production manager
Philip Lynch (Segments "Grimaldi" and "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Assistant production supervisor
Elizabeth Murdoch
Production manager
Bob Yuile (Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17")

Assistant director

Assistant director
Bob Yuile (Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17")
First assistant director
Richard Hawley (*)

Art department

Designer
Chris Achilleos (Segment "Taarna") (Christos Achilleos)
Designer
Neal Adams (Segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Designer
Brent Boates (Segment "Taarna")
Designer
Christian Bénard (Segment "Taarna")
Designer
Howard Chaykin (Segment "Taarna")
Storyboard artist
Kurt Conner (Segment "Taarna")
Original art
Richard Corben (Segment "Den")
Storyboard artist
John Dorman (Segment "Taarna")
Storyboard artist
Jeffrey Gatrall (Segment "Taarna")
Storyboard artist
Rusty Gilligan
Designer
Juan Giménez (Segment "Harry Canyon")
Storyboard artist
Juan Giménez (Segment "Harry Canyon")
Designer
J.S. Goert (Segment "Taarna")
Designer
Blake James (Segment "B-17")
Storyboard artist
Sherman Labby (Segment "Taarna")
Storyboard artist
Brian Larkin (Segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Designer
Angus McKie (Segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Original art
Angus McKie (Segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Storyboard director
Lee Mishkin (Segment "B-17")
Designer
Phillip Norwood (Segment "Taarna")
Designer
Mike Ploog (Segments "B-17" and "Taarna") (Michael G. Ploog)
Designer
Alex Tavoularis (Segment "Taarna")
Storyboard artist
Hank Tucker (Segment "Taarna")
Designer
Ira Turek (Segment "Taarna")
Designer
George Ungar (Segment "Taarna")
Original art
Thomas Warkentin (Segment "Soft Landing")
Storyboard artist
Harold Whitaker (Segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Designer
Charles White III (Segment "Taarna")
Original art
Berni Wrightson (Segment "Captain Sternn") (Bernie Wrightson)
Designer
Corny Cole (*) (Segment "Neverwhereland")

Sound department

Sound effects editor
Marc Chiasson
Sound effects editor
Rod Crawley
Sound re-recordist
Austin Grimaldi
Sound re-recordist
Joe Grimaldi
Assistant sound editor
Joanne Hovey
Sound effects editor
Joanne Hovey
Synthesized sound effects
Peter Jermyn
Post sync sound effects
Andy Malcolm
Post sync sound effects
Peter McBurnie
Dialogue editor
Tony Reed
Assistant sound editor
Nick Rotundo
Supervising sound editor
Peter Thillaye
Assistant sound editor
Gordon Thompson (Gord Thompson)
Sound effects editor
Gordon Thompson (Gord Thompson)
Foley recording mixer
Don White
Re-recording mixer
Don White

Visual effects

Model construction
Jerry L. Allen (Segment "Taarna")
Model construction
Judy Allen (Segment "Taarna")
Model construction
Terry Allen (Segment "Taarna")
Travelling shot
Don Amundson (Segment "Taarna")
Special effects
Barry Atkinson (Segment "B-17")
Special effects
Lee Atkinson (Segment "B-17")
Airbrush artist
Rudolfo Azaro (Segment "Soft Landing") (Rodolfo Azaro)
Model construction
Brian Borthwick (Segment "Grimaldi")
Technical artist
Brian Borthwick (Segments "Grimaldi" and "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Director of special effects
John Bruno
Special effects
Gordon Coulthart (Segment "Harry Canyon")
Airbrush artist
Mick Crane (Segment "Soft Landing")
Effects animator
Lee Dyer (Segment "Taarna")
Model construction
Vance Frederick (Segment "Taarna")
Travelling shot
Alex Funke (Segment "Taarna")
Animator
Dale Herigstad (Main title)
Camera effects
Wayne Kimball (Segment "Taarna")
Animator
John LePrevost (Main title) (John Leprovost)
Background painter
Michele Moen (Special effects)
Camera effects
Harry J. Moreau (Segment "Taarna") (Harry Moreau)
Camera operator
Maxwell Morgan (Multiplane) (Max Morgan)
Special effects
Rex Neville (Segment "Den")
Special effects
Peter Petronio (Segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
Background painter
Philip Phillipson (Special effects)
Model photography
Arthur Provis (Segment "Grimaldi")
Background painter
Bob Schaefer (Special effects) (Robert Schaefer)
Camera operator
Gregory Schafer (Multiplane)
Background painter
Eric Semones (Special effects)
Model construction
Scott Sinclair (Segment "Taarna")
Animator
Jay Teitzell (Main title)
Model construction
Tim Tondreault (Segment "Taarna")
Painter
Lisa Atkinson (*)
Special effects
Ben Ballon (*)
Maintitle animation element cinematography
Christopher Dusendschon (*) (Bo Gehring Associates)

Camera

Assistant camera
André Beaulieu (Live action shoot)
Camera operator
Peter Bromley (Segment "Taarna")
Camera assistant
Peter Brown (Segment "Taarna")
Camera assistant
Michèle Carrier (Segment "Taarna")
Camera assistant
Gabriel Caya (Segment "Taarna")
Camera operator
Peter Jones (Segment "Den")
Camera operator
Serge Langlois (Segment "Taarna")
Camera operator
Claude Lapierre (Segments "Captain Sternn" and "Taarna")
Still photographer
Warren Lipton (Live action shoot)
Camera operator
Graham Orrin (Segment "Den")
Camera operator
Peter Petronio (Segment "Grimaldi")
Camera operator
Richard Potterton (Video)
Camera operator
Jean Robillard (Segment "Taarna")
Camera operator
Peter Turner (Segments "Soft Landing" and "Den")
Camera operator
Paul Van der Linden (Live action shoot)
Camera operator
Richard Wolff (Segment "Den")
Camera operator
Robert Edward Crawford (*) (Rostrum camera)
Gaffer
Ray Evans (*)
Camera operator
Ron Haines (*) (Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17")

Editorial department

Editing assistance
Peter Aries
Supervising editor
Janice Brown
Editorial consultant
Jeff Bushelman
Editing assistance
Thomas Cadieux
Editing assistance
Marc Kaskouski
Assistant editor
Jason Levy
Editorial consultant
Eva Ruggiero
Editing assistance
Gary Toole

Music department

Executive producer
Irving Azoff (Soundtrack album)
Conductor
Elmer Bernstein
Orchestrator
Peter Bernstein
Music editor
Jeff Carson
Producer
Bob Destocki (Soundtrack album)
Recording engineer
Keith Grant
Musician
Jeanne Loriod (Ondes martinot)
Orchestrator
Christopher Palmer
Composer
Gary Pihl (Additional music)
Orchestrator
David Spear
Musician
Bruce Dickinson (*)

Other crew

Production secretary
Christina Asimacopoulos
Assistant
Nicole Beaudry-Pilon (Gerald Potterton)
Production assistant
Gerard Brunet (Live action shoot)
Production assistant
Michèle Carrier (Live action shoot)
Model
Carole Desbiens (Live action shoot)
Production secretary
Jacqueline Johnson
Production assistant
Michael Larocque (Live action shoot)
Production assistant
Christian Lecour
Production secretary
Wendy Loblaw
Title designer
Burke Mattsson
Production coordinator
Joe Medjuck
Production assistant
Richard Potterton (Live action shoot)
Production assistant
Irene Rappaport (Live action shoot)
Coordinator
Clennell Rawson (Segment "Den")
Production assistant
Nick Roberts (Segments "Harry Canyon" and "B-17")
Technical advisor
David B. Simpson (Segment "Taarna")
Production assistant
Tracy Stundon
Story
Joel Thingvall (Editor)
Script assistant
Debby Tiffin
Marketing consultant
Craig Miller (*)

(*) uncredited