bless 'em all is a 1948 british musical comedy film starring hal monty and max bygraves , the latter in his screen debut .

three men meet when they are called up for the second world war and fight together in the battle of france .

it is on the british film institute 's 75 most wanted list of lost films ; only a two-and-a-half minute trailer was known to survive at the time .

however , a reader notified bfi that a cut-down version titled be kind sergeant was being offered for sale on ebay .

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bless ' em all ( film ) <EOT> beverley sisters & the syd lawrence orch . , on cd “bless ’em all” ( pickwick , 1995 )

it’s not that director black , his creative team and his cast are not working hard , bless ‘em . but badham’s film worked because of a alchemical brew specific to film .

they say there ' s a troopship just leaving bombay , bound for old blighty shore heavily laden with time expired men , bound for the land they adore . there ' s many an airman just finishing his time , there ' s many a twerp signing on . you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all . bless em all , bless em all , the long and the short and the tall bless all the sergeants and w . o . ones , bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons , ' cos were saying goodbye to them all , as back to their billets they crawl you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all they say if you work hard you ' ll get better pay we ' ve heard all that before clean up your buttons and polish your boots scrub out the barrack room floor there ' s many a rookie has taken it in , hook line and sinker an ' all you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean so cheer up my lads bless ' em all . bless ' em all , bless ' em all , the long and the short and the tall , bless all the sergeants and w . o . ones , bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons , ' cos were saying goodbye to them all , as back to their billets they crawl you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all now they say that the sergeant ' s a very nice chap , oh what a tale to tell . ask him for leave on a saturday night and he ' ll pay your fare home as well . there ' s many an airman has blighted his life through writing rude words on the wall you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean so cheer up my lads bless ' em all bless ' em all , bless ' em all , the long and the short and the tall , bless all the sergeants and w . o . ones , bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons , ' cos were saying goodbye to them all , as back to their billets they crawl you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all nobody knows what a twerp you have been , so cheer up my lads

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i wrote “bless ’em all” while serving in the old r . n . a . s . at dunkirk in 1916 [ actually , his service record indicates that he joined in january 1917 ] . and , furthermore , it wasn’t “bless . ”

chain lightning ( 1950 ) - - ( movie clip ) bless . . .

numerous postwar films about the late conflict used bless ’em all to establish atmosphere or to quote the era . in the captive heart ( 1946 ) , a british film set in a prisoner - of - war camp in germany and starring michael redgrave , pows sing bless ’em all in their compound . it is heard briefly in the us army air force drama twelve o’clock high ( 1949 ) , starring gregory peck and dean jagger , and in chain lightning ( 1950 ) , humphrey bogart and eleanor parker are among the singers gathered around a piano in a wartime london nightclub . also in 1950 , in the blue lamp , the famous british police film starring dirk bogarde , a drunk serenades a police station with a snatch of the song . in 1951 , director john ford chose to include bless ’em all in his documentary about the korean war , this is korea !

old dan , though , is not a man to be trifled with . " just let ' em try it , " he snarls , " just let ' em know we have the biggest and the fastest , just let ' em know we ' re not too chicken to use them . . . "

in captains of the clouds ( 1942 ) , a technicolour film about hardy canadian bush pilots going off to war and partly shot on location in canada , james cagney and alan hale sing and dance a spirited version of bless ’em all . also in 1942 , a very young robert stack and the rest of his squadron of “polish” flyers sing bless ’em all around a piano on their english airfield in ernst lubitch’s to be or not to be , starring jack benny and carole lombard . that same year , the song makes an appearance in the frank randle comedy , somewhere in camp . in 1944 , bless ’em all appears in the film version of the oscar wilde short story the canterville ghost , starring charles laughton as the ghost , and robert young , margaret o ' brien , and reginald owen , and in the comedy english without tears , starring michael wilding and margaret rutherford .

numerous postwar films about the late conflict used bless ’em all to establish atmosphere or to quote the era . in the captive heart ( 1946 ) , a british film set in a prisoner - of - war camp in germany and starring michael redgrave , pows sing bless ’em all in their compound . it is heard briefly in the u . s . army air force drama twelve o’clock high ( 1949 ) , starring gregory peck and dean jagger , and in chain lightning ( 1950 ) , humphrey bogart and eleanor parker are among the singers gathered around a piano in a wartime london nightclub . also in 1950 , in the blue lamp , the famous british police film starring dirk bogarde , a drunk serenades a police station with a snatch of the song . in 1951 , director john ford chose to include bless ’em all in his documentary about the korean war , this is korea !

fred godfrey holds the distinction of having written two of the twentieth century’s most famous wartime singalong songs , both icons of their time for generations of english - speaking people : world war one’s take me back to dear old blighty and world war two’s bless ’em all .

the new couplets formed the basis of a second version , called bless ’em all no . 2 , which formby recorded in february 1941 . as with the first version , however , godfrey’s name again did not appear in the composing credits of formby’s regal zonophone disc .

bless ’em all still surfaces in odd places : paul mccartney , no less , sings a snatch of the song in his 1984 film give my regards to broad street , and tommies sing it around a piano ( what an original idea ! ) in the academy - award - nominated 2007 film atonement , starring james mcavoy , keira knightley , and vanessa redgrave , whose father michael appeared in a film that used the song more than half a century earlier .

subsequently , bless ’em all became a hit around the english - speaking world at war — including in the united states , where americanized lyrics were supplied by al stillman ( who would go on to write the words for such great hits as juke box saturday night , moments to remember , no , not much ! , chances are , and teacher , teacher ) . before long , bless ’em all began to be used in films whenever the script called for a group of people to gather around a piano for a singalong , especially if the setting was wartime london .

another which turned up , although not in its original form , is bless ’em all ( robert jordan hill , 1949 ) . an eagle - eyed british film enthusiast contacted us when he spotted a print for sale on ebay entitled be kind sergeant which turned out to be a cut - down version of the film . this kind of ‘repurposing’ was quite common among smaller production companies who would then rerelease the films as short programmer fillers .

long after it was listed on the bfi’s list of ‘most wanted’ missing films , bless ‘em all was finally tracked down in belgium’s cinematheque royal . the somewhat scratchy , well - worn 35mm print that was found there , which features distinctive burnt - in french and dutch subtitles , was transferred into the bfi’s collection in late 2014 . it is currently the only film copy known to exist .

all in all , this is a film of distinct contrasts . when it ' s good it ' s absolutely fabulous . but , when it ' s overdoing the 3d and cgi , it ' s tedious .

but “bless ’em all” in its raw state did not occur to me as a publishing proposition , and it was left to the ingenuity of young jimmy hughes , frank lake and mr . [ s . ] vanlier , of keith prowse , to make it so respectable that it might have come straight from the vicar’s tea party !

perhaps the most pleasing non - film find was donated by a collector who was trying to sell some of his memorabilia . a screenplay he had from the 1971 film nobody ordered love ( robert hartford - davis ) didn’t find a buyer , so he very generously passed it to us . this particular film is actually about the making of a film and , unusually , a script of the fictional ‘film within the film’ came with it .

although a degree of controversy surrounds the writing of bless ’em all , godfrey always claimed to have come up with the song during world war one while serving with the royal naval air service . in a letter published in the daily mirror on 2 april 1941 , in response to a query about the song’s origins , he relates the following story :

as the cast reassemble to give us a rousing final rendition of christmas together , the snow begins to fall and scrooge hoists tiny tim onto his shoulder where he closes the film with the words that were , after all , written for him - " god bless us every one . "

the central message here isn ' t so much " god bless us , everyone " as " god save us , everyone . "

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——— , bless ’em all no . 2 ( regal zonophone mr - 3441 [ & other numbers ? ] , 1941 ) ; reissued on lp “george formby and his ukelele” ( world record club sh - 151 ) ; reissued on 5 - cd set “george formby , the war and postwar years , volume 2 of the jsp compilation” ( jsp cd - 1902 , 2006 )

bless ’em all was also used in two wartime films about the us marines , who adopted the song as their unofficial anthem . in guadalcanal diary ( 1943 ) , starring lloyd nolan , william bendix , and anthony quinn , bendix and other marines sing it while digging a gun pit on that infamous island — unusually , they sing the british lyrics . and in marine raiders ( 1944 ) , the song is used as a recurring theme in the scenes set in australia — at one point , stars pat o’brien and robert ryan sing it in a melbourne club . a wartime documentary entitled tunisian victory ( 1944 ) , co - directed by frank capra and narrated by burgess meredith ( among others ) , also interpolates bless ’em all in the soundtrack .

us printing issued in conjunction with the 1942 film to be or not to be .

the uk reprint for the 1961 film the long and the short and the tall .

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daniel appears as confused as we are . after all , like us , he ' s not had the benefit of marley having dropped by to put all this into context .

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( 1969 ) , in which it is sung by the film’s star , warren mitchell .

either that , or the film ' s budget would only stretch to one musical number .

but , i digress . back to the future . . . . sorry , film .

thus scrooge , in the robustly miserable form of albert finney , waltzed onto the screen , accompanied by a cast of all singing , all dancing , classically trained authentic working - class cockneys .

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to its purposes — as in a new zealand all - blacks rugby “captains” tv commercial from 2007 .

all in all , this is a well made and well acted adaptation of the tale , and the sets and locations succeed wonderfully in conveying a sense of the age in which the story is set .

this rare calvert film was loaned to us by cohen media and has been scanned and preserved digitally .

it is , so the credits claim , the earliest known version of a christmas carol on film .

all in all , though , this is a genuine piece of dickensian film history and , as such , is well worth watching , if only for its curiosity value . its antiquated feel certainly adds to the atmosphere - and who needs ghosts when you ' ve got a particularly annoying collection of cratchit children ?

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us printing issued in conjunction with the 1942 film captains of the clouds , with americanized lyrics by al stillman .

found ! material on the film had been misfiled on the bfi’s own database and was located after an audit .

found ! the director of the film , henri helman , generously donated his own personal print to the bfi .

but these are just niggling points and , all in all , this was such a satisfying re - working of the story that i ' m surprised it hasn ' t been shown every christmas since it first aired in 2000 .

since then , we have had scores of emails and letters from film enthusiasts reporting sightings of the films and offering material . many members of the public sent emails along the lines of “that film isn’t missing , i’ve got it on dvd ! ” however , while it’s great to know that a film has survived on tape or dvd , this doesn’t mean it’s out of danger . many such bootleg copies derive from television screenings here or abroad ; the film will have been transmitted from a tape format , meaning the film material it originally came from could be long gone .

a number of fred godfrey’s songs have turned up on the silver screen over the years , sometimes in unexpected places . bless ’em all has been used numerous times in films set in world war two , while other godfrey songs have helped to evoke the music hall era . in only a couple of instances , for max miller and george formby , was godfrey commissioned to write songs for a particular film . godfrey songs have the distinction of being heard in three films that either won or were nominated for the academy award for best picture : cavalcade ( 1933 , winner ) ; twelve o’clock high ( 1949 ) ; and atonement ( 2007 ) .

found ! a print turned up at paramount’s archive , and the studio generously donated a digital file of the film .

another title that surfaced on dvd after our call - out . the archive now holds digital material on the film .

and , in all honesty , anthony walters makes a really convincing tiny tim , so much so that i think his depiction of the character is one of the best , if not the best i ' ve watched . so , in closing , may i say , god bless him , whatever he ' s doing now .

one of the most gruesomely memorable of all british anti - smoking promos depicts fat oozing out of nonchalant smokers ' cigarettes .

the publicity generated by last summer’s announcement of the discovery in new zealand of a british silent film on which hitchcock had worked shows that there is a great public interest in cinematic treasure troves . while the print of the white shadow , a film directed by graham cutts in 1923 , isn’t complete , it is a missing piece in the jigsaw of british film history .

then , too , we used to shove a piano up on to an old lorry and go and do concerts for the troops up the line . as there were no ladies present “bless ’em all” became a sort of national anthem . archie glen also sang a new song of mine called “down texas way” at one of our dunkirk ( 1916 , if you please ) concerts [ again , the actual year seems to have been 1917 , as down texas way was published that year ] . i sent it to my publisher and it sold half a million copies .

all in all though , this version makes a good effort at re - telling the story , and its target audience - of which , given the fact is was made in 1969 , i was one - would , no doubt , have loved it .

fred godfrey receives credit in this 1961 australian reprint issued in conjunction with the film the long and the short and the tall .

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all in all , whilst not an outstanding version , this is certainly a reasonable adaptation , beautifully illustrated throughout , and it manages to cram dickens story into a mere twenty five minutes without losing too much of either the atmosphere or the moral of the original .

" i ' m the dead , " the stranger continues , " all the dead . we ' re quite a stew . "

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every year , around early december , i prepare myself for my dickens christmas walk by both reading the book and watching the film .

the earliest version i have been able to track down is this incomplete silent film by robert w . paul that dates from 1901 .

the holy grail of our most wanted list – hitchcock’s second silent film the mountain eagle – hasn’t yet come to light , but the bfi and film enthusiasts everywhere remain hopeful that it , along with the other ‘lost’ films , may one day be restored to the screen .

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barrymore , however , did get to introduce the film ' s trailer which was billed as a " fireside chat " with lionel barrymore .

" i ' m sorry mr jones , " carole replies , " but mr cohen would only let us film outside his grocery shop if we let his grandson appear in the film . and the lad ' s got a lovely voice , don ' t you think ? '

the glitzy , genial , star - studded , screwball - y bastard son of barton fink . both are set at the fictional war - era capitol studios , both pit vulgar hollywood titans against the hollow nobility of the creative class . ( the coens have always been neutral in this clash , god bless & apos ; em . they love taking the piss out of both . ) but whereas barton fink is a brilliant , kafkaesque black comedy , hail , caesar ! is… lightly amusing ?

there is no way to gauge how good the film will be . following the success of films like straight outta compton , there is a chance that it could turn out some huge numbers at the box office . but there are also black biopic failures that stand out as well , like wendy williams’ television film about the late aaliyah . the poor casting choices for that film were the talk of black twitter for weeks .

found ! who would have thought the belgians were fans of max bygraves ? a subtitled print of the film was located at the belgian cinematek .

we get a final " god bless us , every one ! " from tiny tim , before the camera pans in on the faces of various cute cratchit children , and the credits roll to bring another version of a christmas carol to an end .

but , all good things must come to the end , and so too must this outing of scrooge . so , it ' s with a heavy heart that you bid a tearful farewell to sixty minutes of your life that you ' re never going to get back , as you watch tiny tim struggle to his feet and bring the festivities to a close with a rousing " god bless us , everyone ! "

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a 16mm print was purchased by the rights holder , and the film is now available on dvd . the bfi national archive would still like to preserve material .

in yet another departure from the original story , the film ' s last line isn ' t the immortal tiny tim utterance , " god bless us . every one ! " , but , rather , it is left to colin baker to deliver the lyrics from one of the production ' s musical numbers , " sing a song of christmas , sing it in your heart . let the light of christmas fill your heart . "

it set me wondering about all the different film adaptations there must have been over the years , and so i decided to begin researching the various celluloid incarnations of ebenezer scrooge by compiling a list of the many adaptations of a christmas carol and , having done so , i set about watching as many of them as i could .

the first film to use this huge fred godfrey hit was , oddly , a swedish production called trötte teodor ( 1931 ) , where it is given the title var har du vatt i natt ? it is also heard in the 1933 british film comedy that’s my wife , starring the now - forgotten claud allister , frank pettingell , and the delightful betty astell ; in beloved enemy ( 1936 ) , starring merle oberon , brian aherne , donald crisp , and a young david niven ; and on the soundtrack of the 1948 film of terence rattigan’s play the winslow boy , starring robert donat . the song was revived once more for the 2015 film the dressmaker , starring kate winslet .

it ' s a huge relief when the film cuts back to scrooge who continues his homeward journey through the snow hurling rasping insults at every man and dog he meets .

but , all joking and cynicism aside , carol for another christmas does have a certain nostalgic charm about it and the performances from the various actors are gripping , albeit depressing .

so , although this is not the best version of the dickens classic , it is certainly a quality adaptation and belongs fairly high up in the top ten all time versions .

( 1969 ) , in which it is sung by the film’s star , warren mitchell . it has also appeared in television shows , including a 1966 episode of the british series

noël coward uses this song , performed by seaside singers , to quote the edwardian era in cavalcade , his academy award - winning 1933 film starring diana wynyard and clive brook .

indeed , theater patrons around the world have been seduced in advance by fond memories from their youth or middle - age , flashing back on the 1977 film by john badham .

and so scrooge sets off on his journey through his past and present which , to be honest , although beautifully shot , is much like other film versions of the story .

but it all comes right ( or goes wrong ) in the end - except for sir derek jacobi , whose efforts to reclaim his role are cut short by the sudden , and dramatic , arrival of dame diana rigg , whose attempt to recite tiny tim ' s , " god bless us , every one ! " , is hijacked by robert , who is , in turn , interrupted by the abrupt arrival of ellie morris , back in her intended role as tiny tim .

" will tiny tim live , " scrooge enquires of the spirit , and it ' s all you can do to stop yourself shouting at the screen " please god no . "

once inside , all is hustle and bustle , as a group of jolly carolers urge the milling throng to , " harken while you may , for christmas day is near . "

i have , you see , been watching the many film versions there have been of the charles dickens classic in an endeavour to find the best movie adaptation of a christmas carol .

thus are we treated to one of the most unusual introductions to ebenezer scrooge , or as he is in this case , daniel grudge , ever to have been committed to film .

this stylishly creepy film was the british selection for cannes in 1974 but for the years since has only been available on poor vhs copies . then , in 2014 , a negative was discovered…

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i don ' t think i have ever borne witness to a more un - scrooge - like scrooge in all of the film versions that i have sat through ; and boy have i seen some un - scrooge - like portrayals . even scrooge mc duck , bore more of a resemblance to dickens ' s misanthropic miser , and he had feathers and a huge bill to contend with .

saturday night live – the musical is and always will be a license to print money . the initial 1998 london stage version moved two years later to broadway where it played 501 performances . it then had 38 , count ‘em , 38 separate full - fledged productions and extensive tours across a dozen countries including this one , and three versions aboard cruise ships .

daniel then treats fred to a terrific updating ( well an updating to 1964 and the cold war years ) of scrooge ' s berating of all and sundry at the beginning of the original carol .

kenneth more turns in a splendidly jocular portrayal of the ghost of christmas present and proceeds to get scrooge so drunk on the milk of human kindness ( which looks suspiciously like red wine ) that it ' s a wonder he doesn ' t wake up on christmas morning with the mother of all hangovers and proceed to throw up all over the little boy he shouts down to from his bedroom window .

in the atmospheric opening scene of this 1999 outing for a christmas carol , a victorian hearse , pulled by two black horses , and followed by two figures , dressed all in black - and sporting , if i might say , two particularly splendid stove - pipe hats - picks its way across the snowy summit of a hill to which skeletal trees cling tenaciously , as a blizzard rages all around .

, starring james mcavoy , keira knightley , and vanessa redgrave , whose father michael appeared in a film that used the song more than half a century earlier . though associated particularly with world war two ,

all that aside though , this is a terrific version of the carol and the songs , although not particularly memorable , are most certainly catchy and you find yourself humming them at the most inopportune of moments .

being forced to repeat christmas eve , however , gives scrooge the opportunity to try his hardest to reform several times , each time making a clumsy hash of it until it all comes right in the end .

now , i don ' t know about you , but i always find that a song helps in these situations ; and , sure enough , scrooge ' s mother launches into a tear jerker entitled , " god bless us every one . " she should be thankful that tiny tim doesn ' t have her imprisoned for stealing his catch phrase .

this song was written for george formby , jr . ’s 1943 film get cracking . the lad with the ukulele performs it sitting atop a home - made “tank” that is meant to help repel the invader .

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we then follow scrooge through his christmas morning redemption , before bob cratchit does a news reporter - type piece to camera , in which he informs us that scrooge was as good as his word etc . etc . and tiny tim , riding on scrooge ' s shoulder , closes the whole affair with a joyous " god bless us , every one . "

this big godfrey hit is heard in the 1946 british film gaiety george , starring richard greene and ann todd , and , somewhat remarkably , in the 2017 blockbuster wonder woman , starring gal gadot and chris pine .

this is an ongoing project and , eventually , it is my intention to have a review of every film version of a christmas carol , so please be sure to check back regularly for updates and new reviews .

and , it has to be said , as opening sequences go , it is gripping and quite spooky . if they ' d kept this momentum going we ' d have a genuine marrow chiller of a film .

mgm ' s determination to make this a " family friendly " film meant that they took certain liberties with the original storyline as they attempted to tone down what they saw as the unsuitable elements of the dickens narrative .

some of “run all night” doesn’t make a lot of sense and i wished for a little more grit and a little less polish in some of its darker beats ( although viewers should be warned that this piece doesn’t shy away from extreme violence at times ) . there’s also a fine line between entertainment and being a bit too on - the - nose when you choose to set a shoot - out in an irish bar to the pogues , but the film had won me over by that point . and that’s when you really know an action film has worked overall—when its flaws are beaten down like the guys who choose to cross jimmy conlon by what works .

there were also cries of “what about . . ? ” and some compelling arguments for additions , among them the herbert wilcox film the little damozel ( 1933 ) and bob kellett ’s 1974 comedy all i want is you… and you… and you… both of these titles , along with more than 400 other british films missing from the national collection , were on a long list of ‘wants’ which had to be whittled down to 75 during the process .

in 1935 , seymour hicks reprised the part he had made his own in thousands of stage versions , plus the 1913 film adaptation , and played the title role in this , the first talking version of the dickens classic .

you find yourself just waiting for the first custard pie to be thrown but , instead , we get the film ' s only musical number when the assembled guests rise to their feet and give a stirring rendition of " god save the queen . " at which point the film cuts to the starving , scrabbling poor outside the kitchen window who are also standing to attention and singing along as well ! how ' s that for gritty social realism ?

one of the great advantages that animation has over human - acted movies , is that the director can use the magic of the medium to do things that are impossible with the more traditional and commonplace methods of film making .

the second spirit to appear is the ghost of christmas past . there is a genuinely moving sequence when scrooge places a comforting , transparent arm around his younger self as they sing " i ' m all alone in the world "

the missing 1923 film love , life and laughter , considered one of the finest british features at the time and part of the bfi most wanted search for 75 ‘missing’ british films , has been found at an archive in amsterdam .

on coming to the door , mrs cratchit exclaims , " it ' s a prize turkey " and you can ' t be sure whether she ' s referring to the bird or the film that you ' ve just sat through .

" i ' m all of your aef ' s , " comes the reply , " also the bef ' s , the huns , the ruskies , " and your heart sinks as you realise that the sermonising is far from over .

by bill hirschman talent , energy and enthusiasm strut across the broward stage door production of saturday night live – the musical . unfortunately , this company does not have enough of those virtues to rescue this misconceived material that should stayed a film .

just how creepy the film is going to be becomes evident from the outset , when the camera zooms out from the wizened , white face of a very dead jacob marley , his jaw bandaged shut , and two pennies covering his eyes .

we then follow scrooge on his homeward journey , in the course of which he encounters jane krakowski , jesse l . martin and geraldine chaplain , all of whom try to encourage him to be a better person and help out their various causes .

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the film version i have always watched is the 1951 adaptation starring alastair sim , largely because a ) i consider it the finest version ever made and b ) because it brings back happy childhood memories , of when it was always on tv .

it wasn ' t until audiences found " magnolias " that harling and the others involved with the production realized it had the trappings of a comedy . " all the women i knew were really funny , " harling said of his approach to the setting that surrounds the tragedy at the story ' s center . " they all love one - liners and they talk in bumper stickers , and they’re sharp , funny women . " martindale still regales him with memories of their surprised reactions to the audience ' s reception . " i just saw her not too long ago , " he said . " she’ll say , ' remember when we just didn’t realize we were gonna get all those laughs ? we thought we were doin’ a drama ! ' "

" i ' m , i ' m , ssssssorry , mr jones " , she stammers , as the director fixes her with a stare , so wilting , that it brings a decided flush to her cheeks , " but the vicar said we could only use his churchyard if we let his sons appear in the film . and , it ' s not like it ' s cost us anything ; after all , the parish ladies guild knitted their costumes out of used washing up bottles . "

daniel , though , is having none of this lily - livered liberalism , and his parting " christmas present " to his nephew is a homily in which he tells him to put all his energies into " developing the fastest bombers and the most powerful missiles on earth , they ' ll provide a lot more security for our young , and for the rest of the world ' s young than all of your debating societies , forums , treaties and other forms of surrender and handout . . . "

bette davis . the 80 - year - old actress wanted to invite harling for tea at her hotel near columbus circle . davis hadn ' t yet seen the play , but elizabeth taylor had . ( police were forced to shut down the street outside the theater because so many people were rubbernecking taylor ' s arrival . ) davis wanted to play ouiser , and she suggested taylor for m ' lynn and katharine hepburn for clairee . " it was fantastic , " harling recalled . " if i ever write a book , it’s a complete , incredible chapter . she basically , bless her heart , wanted to show that she was up and at ‘em and doing it . there was nobody else and she was looking fabulous . " luckily for harling , it was in someone else ' s hands to break the news to davis that the movie would be casting younger women .

a hit for billy williams , “the man in the velvet suit , ” this take - off on the wacky animal dances of the era ( the turkey trot , the grizzly bear , the fox trot — about the only one that survived ) was revived in the zany gene wilder film , the adventures of sherlock holmes smarter brother ( 1975 ) , where it is sung and danced to by wilder , madeleine kahn , and marty feldman . it is also heard in the 2014 australian film tracks .

although the show was originally broadcast in colour , the only recording of it was preserved by kinescope , which consisted of a film camera being placed in front of a black and white television set in the studio , in order to record the show .

i suppose it was inevitable that , sooner or later , somebody would make a blue film version of the charles dickens classic . the only real surprises are that a ) it took till 1975 and b ) it ' s only ever been done once .

suddenly , however , marley ' s disembodied head appears , and begins darting around the tableau ; and you find yourself admiring his nerve at turning up , uninvited , at the last supper , when he is , after all , as dead as a doornail .

you can picture the cast and crew freezing , looks of nervous concern etched across all their faces , as david jones shimmies down the drainpipe from the rooftop , on which his director ' s chair is precariously perched , and strides over to the little boy .

following belle ' s rejection of him , there is a scene , which is in the book , but which is often left out of film versions , when the ghost of christmas past tells scrooge to " look , and see the happiness you have missed . " we then witness belle as the happily married , doting mother of so many children , i counted at least sixteen , that , deep down , scrooge must have been thanking his lucky stars that she gave him the old heave ho all those years ago .

we ' d had oliver and pickwick and so the time seemed right to give dickens christmas classic the full razzle - dazzle musical treatment - they had a head start with this one since dickens had , after all , written it in staves as opposed to chapters .

for example , second fiddle , the last film by britain’s most prolific director maurice elvey , was regarded as a fairly average domestic comedy on its release but its gender politics are interesting to a modern audience , dealing as it does with women’s position in the workplace .

however , it sticks extremely closely to dickens ' s 1843 story , unlike many dramatizations that have gone before it ; and it ' s certainly an original and ground breaking adaptation in which the recreations of victorian london more than compensate for the film ' s shortcomings .

in all honesty , this scene just doesn ' t work , and you begin to realise the restrictions of computer generated wizardry . this scene required a pathos that , at present at least , only human actors can portray and the animated characters are more annoying than poignant .

the look that scrooge shoots towards the front door says it all . but , it ' s too late , there ' s no escape . he ' s trapped , hemmed in by the stepford cratchits and , as the orchestra strikes up , and tim takes a deep breath , scrooge ' s left hand closes in on the back of the boy ' s neck and you can see the torment etched into his features as he fights the urge to drive tim ' s face hard into the table and end the torment once and for all .

lasting just over 13 minutes , this adaptation , made in 1910 and directed by j . searle dawley for thomas edison ' s film production company , this version makes a reasonable go at presenting the important aspects of dickens story , and the ghosts themselves are well attempted .

there may be no movie that better epitomizes the bond of female friendship than " steel magnolias . " released 25 years ago this week , it ' s become a touchstone - - mothers share the film with their daughters , teen girls turn to it as a sleepover staple and men of all ages find themselves taken with the tale of six brassy southern ladies ( sally field , dolly parton , shirley maclaine , daryl hannah , olympia dukakis and julia roberts ) faced with one grave tragedy . initial reviews were mixed , but it became 1989 ' s 14th highest - grossing film nonetheless . today , you can ' t turn on a television set without finding it somewhere . we caught up with robert harling , who adapted the movie from his 1987 play , to learn just how much " steel magnolias " means to him .

“run all night” is also subtly elevated by a top - notch team behind the camera , especially editor craig mckay , a two - time oscar nominee for “ reds ” and “ the silence of the lambs . ” for at least an hour , “run all night” hums—to be fair , there’s a bit of a sag in the middle and the entire piece runs too long at nearly two hours . but take note of the way mckay and collet - serra orchestrate a great sequence in a subway station , creating a rhythm between the cops trying to find mike and the bad guys coming after jimmy . or look at the great car chase scene , which is shot in a bit too much close - up ( as are a few of the fights ) , but has a visceral pace to it that makes it impossible to look away . or watch one of the final sequences in a train yard and the way it perfectly fits together to build tension . there’s a tempo to “run all night” that really serves as the entertaining foundation of the whole film , and it’s what so many boring action films lack .

in april 1963 , the un announced that its new foundation would be producing a series of six movies , each of which would air simultaneously on all three us television networks without , thanks to an investment of $ 4 million from the xerox corporation , the need for commercial breaks .

scrooge then leaves the counting house , pausing to retrieve his top hat from his long - suffering assistant , and informs cratchit that , in lieu of the fact he ' ll be taking christmas day off , he ' d better be at work all the earlier the next day .

a strong supporting cast backs george c . scott ' s fantastic portrayal of scrooge and , i have to say , i consider this to be one of the all time great versions , and one that certainly has the right mood and feel to both the settings and the performances .

although i ' ve not been able to track down a full online version , there are several clips from the film that can be viewed at the turner classic movies site here . if you would prefer to watch the full uncensored version ( ! ) it is available on amazon .

our appeal hasn’t always turned up film material , but we have also received a lot of information and related material on several of the titles . alan rothwell , star of linda ( don sharp , 1960 ) , sent us some images scanned from his own collection ; the family of actress moyna vawser , who has a small part in michael powell ’s the man behind the mask ( 1936 ) , provided us with photos of her appearance ; and a collector in america shared a spanish postcard advertising the silent film love , life and laughter ( george pearson , 1923 ) .

but , who really cares about liberties when you have such a first rate film version as this . it ' s well acted , well told , well presented and , as it draws to a close , you find yourself most certainly wanting to ask for more - oops wrong book !

thankfully , the moment passes , and scrooge sets about paying his annual christmas eve visit to the local brothel where , surrounded by a bevvy of scantily clad beauties , he tucks in to a massive portion of turkey , waited on by erica , the aforementioned daughter of his dead partner , whilst the pipe smoking madame , martha , bemoans the fact that he could have his pick of any of her girls but " all you do is eat . " you can see her point , how would he feel if all she ever did when she visited his saloon was roger the barman ?

this re - telling is narrated by michael redgrave in a tone that is so spookily reminiscent of the old pathé news reels , reporting on the devastation of the london blitz , that your first reaction on hearing the introduction is to dive for cover and await the wail of the all clear siren .


slayers – the motion picture , also known as slayers perfect ( or slayers the movie : perfect edition ) and originally released in japan simply as slayers ( スレイヤーズ ) , is a 1995 japanese comic fantasy adventure anime film written by kazuo yamazaki , based on an original story by hajime kanzaka , and directed by yamazaki and hiroshi watanabe .

it was the first animated entry released in the slayers media franchise and was acclaimed by critics .

in the film , young sorceresses lina inverse and naga the serpent reunite to go on vacation to the magical island of mipross , but they soon find that things there are not quite what they seem and a mighty evil force might be behind this .

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slayers the motion picture <EOT> an ad for slayers : the motion picture ost in the september 1995 issue of animedia .

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what is the official name of the first movie ? " slayers : the motion picture " or just " slayers . " " slayers perfect " is a fan - made name that is not official .

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slayers the motion picture , also known as slayers perfect ( or slayers the movie : perfect edition ) and originally released in japan simply as slayers ( スレイヤーズ ) , is a 1995 film written by kazuo yamazaki , based on an original story by hajime kanzaka , and directed by yamazaki and hiroshi watanabe .

the many different villains featured in the slayers motion picture are some of the best things about the slayers franchise , as each movie has its own unique group of baddies . some films have more , some less , but each is just as fun and enjoyable as the last bunch .

slayers – the motion picture , also known as slayers perfect and originally released in japan simply as slayers ( スレイヤーズ ) , is a 1995 japanese comic fantasy adventure anime film written by kazuo yamazaki based on an original story by hajime kanzaka , and directed by yamazaki and hiroshi watanabe . the movie was the first film in the slayers saga and was well received by critics .

i encourage all those who are reading who have even a passing interest in what you’ve just read , to please check out the slayers motion picture , it honestly does deserve your attention and admiration as one of the far better examples of anime feature films from the 1990s .

i’m watching slayers the motion picture and i am getting flooded with all kinds of nostalgia . this was one of the very first anime movies i ever saw . it captivated me and influenced me so much as a kid . its been about eight years since i last saw this movie .

even if you ' ve never seen the other parts of the series , give slayers : the motion picture a try because it is a self - contained story with some of the most side - splitting scenes you ' ll see in anime . anyone for seeing nagah ' s disperspectived dragon going on a rampage again ?

slayers : the motion picture ( japanese : 劇場版スレイヤーズ romaji : gekijōban sureiyāzu , gekijōban meaning " movie version " ; often known by fans as slayers perfect ) is the first film in the slayers franchise . it follows the adventures of lina inverse and naga the serpent to stop the evil mazoku joyrock by traveling back in time to save a colony of elves with the help of an old sage , rowdy gabriev , who is actually one of gourry gabriev ' s ancestors .

for @ glittercanblog ! for their follower picture glitter asked for lina inverse , lead character of the amazing slayers anime series . i admit my knowledge of slayers is limited to the original series and the ‘motion picture’ , but lina is such a wonderful , energetic female lead . it’s strange she doesn’t get mentioned much when people talk about strong female leads in tv shows . lina’s magical ability was off the charts and she was determined to get what she wanted out of life . nice gal : d

breaking off from the 1995 television series , slayers the motion picture— also known as slayers perfect , and directed hiroshi watanabe — takes a different turn by following the events of the young hot - headed sorceress , lina inverse , before she ever met gourry , amelia , or zelgadis . taking stories from the alternative slayers book series , lina inverse instead meets up with an old acquaintance named naga the white serpent , who claims to be both lina’s rival and her traveling partner . and the two set off on a mutual journey to discover the secrets of the island known as mipross : the ancient home of the elves .

at last , a slayers movie ! of course , it ' s based on the oav series and not the tv series , so there isn ' t any gourry , amelia , or zelgadis to be found , but still . . . a slayers movie ! these were the thoughts that went through my mind as i eagerly put the tape into the vcr . and for once , my expectations were met - - slayers : the motion picture offers all of the knee - slapping antics that the tv series had to offer , but with theatrical - quality art and animation .

" slayers text , vol . 1 : the ruby eye ( paperback ) "

in all , slayers : the motion picture is a self - contained story built of the same elements as the series . if you ' re not already familiar with slayers , this isn ' t all that bad a place to start , and although the mix of weirdness and relatively serious fantasy isn ' t for everybody , it ' s quality entertainment if you ' re in the right mood . slayers fans , on the other hand , will find everything they ' ve come to love in a somewhat more attractive package and sans most of the backup characters .

the original soundtrack slayers special : the motion picture " s " was released in japan by starchild records on july 24 , 1997 . it is a collection of takayuki hattori ' s background music ( bgm ) from slayers special that was later also used for the second ova series , slayers excellent . besides these , it contains the full versions of the opening themes ( opening ) and closing ( ending ) as well as a special version of the opening theme . the vocal songs including the ending theme " kagirinai yokubou no naka ni " were performed by megumi hayashibara . they were later included in the cd collection the best of slayers vol . 2 ( from ova , movie & game ) .

there is nothing better than a quick , by the numbers show to review . slayers : the motion picture is just such a film . devoid of any real depth , slayers : tmp is still a charming , entertaining romp that will leave anime fans who crave substance disappointed but win the hearts of those who are just looking for a good time . it should especially appeal to those who like their d & d done up with a dash of humor .

two of them are the color variations , as shown in the last picture . they were imported from japan , left in storage for many years , and arein excellent condition .

to now go back to talking about megumi for just a moment . miss hayashibara’s entry for the ending theme song to the slayers motion picture is entitled , “midnight blue , ” a much darker chocolate track compared to the milk chocolate tracks that you’ll hear in slayers return and slayers great : if you get my meaning . there’s more grit and a more “weird” angle with this song . i also find it a bit more rough , perhaps a slight bit more dated sounding with the particular synth sounds utilized in its answer section of the sort of question ( lyric ) answer ( synth riff ) sections of the chorus .

as you might have guessed by the title , slayers : the motion picture is by no means the first product in the slayers franchise . but unlike other anime movies , this is not a summary of a longer series or a sequel relying on previous events . it has no influence on the rest of the series , nor does the rest of the series influence it in any meaningful way , and its place in the timeline is mostly indeterminate . ( various websites assure me it’s a prequel , but there is nothing in the film to indicate that . ) therefore , it makes as good an entry point as any to the series .

a soundtrack cd for slayers : the motion picture was released in japan by king records in 1995 and in north america by a . d . vision ( adv music ) in 2003 . the film ' s theme song " midnight blue " was released as a single cd ( kida - 108 ) by starchild records on july 21 , 1995 and included in megumi hayashibara ' s 1996 album bertemu . the songs were also later included in the cd collection the best of slayers vol . 2 ( from ova , movie & game ) .

this is the first of five slayers theatrical movies , and the only one without a subtitle ; the other four are ( in order ) : return , great , gorgeous , and premium . it hit theaters while the original slayers tv series was still running , and in the slayers timeline is a prequel to that series .

naga and lina will surly cause more mayhem in these ova episodes of slayers .

slayers kishi taru mono wa . . . what aknight should be . . .

a series of five slayers role - playing video games were released exclusively in japan between 1994 and 1998 for different platforms . there are two different 16 - bit games released in 1994 and titled simply slayers ( including one for the super famicom ) , followed by three 32 - bit console games : 1997 ' s slayers royal , and 1998 ' s slayers royal 2 and slayers wonderful . in addition , some slayers characters are featured in 2012 ' s heroes fantasia [ 47 ] and in the doujin game magical battle arena .

i talked at length about the brilliant and atmospheric songs written by megumi hayashibara for the ending themes of the slayers films and ovas , as well as the tv series . but i may not have talked much , if at all , about the orchestral composer for the slayers films .

this is the amazing true story of buffy and the friends , vampires , slayers , and demons who changed television forever .

i wouldn’t call the slayers motion picture a masterpiece , though if i was just a little more into it , i actually think i could call it a masterpiece , as it far exceeds the boring and overused clichés , lifeless and unappealing characters , and uninteresting settings of escaflowne the movie , vampire hunter d : bloodlust , lupin the 3 rd : the columbus files , and perhaps even cowboy bebop : knocking on heaven’s door . but that last one is very debatable , i just don’t tend to like it very much .

contains : slayers parody / slayers tiny and yamainu 4 ! this is a honka bonka sexy comic compilation ! featuring ( 3 ) : garv x filia . featuring : gourry x lina . format : hentai love doujinshi . item title : st slayers trilogy .

slayers : complete seasons 4 & 5 ( blu - ray / dvd combo ) .

the self - titled first season of the anime is a derivative of the light novel ' s first three volumes . slayers next was adapted from the events of volumes 4 - 8 , whereas slayers try is an original story . a fourth season , slayers again , was rumored following the success of try , but early scheduling conflicts caused interest in the project to dissipate . [ 21 ]

now , go behind - the - scenes of these legendary series that ushered in the new golden age of television , with the candid recollections of writers , creators , executives , programmers , critics and cast members . together they unveil the oftentimes shocking true story of how a failed motion picture became an acclaimed cult television series , how that show became a pawn between two networks , and the spin - off series that was as engaging as everything that came before .

slayers : the motion picture was produced by j . c . staff in co - production with kadokawa bunko . unlike the later films in the series , this one was not directly written by the sayers creator hajime kanzaka . the movie makes a passing reference to manga / anime dragon half : at one point in the film , naga encounters a group of slime - halves and tells them to go play with some dragon - halves ; there are apparent similarities between naga and princess vina ( who is a slime - half in the dragon half manga ) and between lina and mink ( the eponymous dragon - half ) .

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in north america , slayers special was initially sold as two separate titles , slayers : dragon slave and slayers : explosion array on vhs by licensee adv films . [ 4 ] [ 42 ] all three episodes were later compiled into slayers : the book of spells , shipped on november 21 , 2000 . [ 43 ] adv films released all the ovas to vhs and dvd in both north america and the uk . [ 44 ]

it ' s not a ploy to get you to double - dip on a classic anime title . ok , maybe it is , but when adv gives one of its titles essential anime status , they do it for a reason . slayers : the motion picture is a great title from a well - loved franchise . if you already have the 2000 version , you could probably do without the new one , even with a more accurate translation . if you don ' t have this title , then it is most definitely recommended .

questions or comments ? contact us . ©1997 - 2011 marc & akemi marshall . information most recently updated 2000 - 10 - 10 . page generated sat nov 22 10 : 21 : 35 2014 slayers : the motion picture is copyright © 1995 kanzaka hajime - araizumi rui / kadokawa shoten publishing co . , ltd - bandai visual co . , ltd - marubeni corporation - king record co . , ltd . any images are the property of their respective rightsholders , and included for review purposes only under the fair - use clause of us copyright law .

from the bestselling authors of the critically acclaimed two - volume series the fifty - year mission , comes slayers & vampires : the complete , uncensored , unauthorized oral history of buffy the vampire slayer & angel .

slayers the motion picture was met with a very positive critical reception , athrough sometimes with reservations regarding some of the film ' s aspects . [ 6 ] dvd talk ' s chris tribbey " definitely recommended " this " great title from a well - loved ranchise , " adding that " when adv gives one of its titles essential anime status , they do it for a reason . " [ 7 ] urltoken ' s chris beveridge gave this " very recommended " film a near - perfect score of a - . [ 8 ] urltoken ' s luis cruz offered a more moderate praise , giving it a score of b and writing , " slayers is certainly a franchise worthy of the ' essential ' moniker . the first motion picture provides a good introduction to the main character of the series and to the humor and action you will find in it . " [ 9 ] megan lavey from that same website gave it a b + . [ 10 ] adam " omega " arnold from animefringe also rated it a b + , writing that " great characters and fun situations make for an unforgettable viewing experience . " [ 11 ]

there isn’t much more you need to know beyond that . slayers has plenty of humour , magic , action , modern references , and fun characters to keep you entertained throughout . yes , the plot is typical for a morning cartoon , but the humour elevates slayers above the rest .

recommendation : watch it , even with the mid overall quality . the humour in slayers is enough to warrant a viewing . don’t feel intimidated by the length of the numerous sequels , for the first season has enough to satisfy .

on whom was jiras based ? jiras was not modeled after starfox or any other character . his appearance was modeled after takashi watanabe ' s cat , holly ( even though jiras isn ' t a cat ; he ' s a red fox ) . there is a picture of holly on the studio nekonanban slayers try memorial website . click here , and scroll to the bottom of the page .

fox kids won the rights to broadcast slayers but eventually did not air the anime since it would be too heavy to edit it for content . the first north american television broadcast of the slayers was february 17 , 2002 on the international channel . [ 31 ] in 2009 , mvm films began releasing the series in the united kingdom on a monthly basis . the first series was released on four dvds between january 5 , and april 6 , 2009 . the first volume of slayers next was released on may 11 , 2009 . [ 32 ]

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what ' s the fourth series of slayers about ? for the last time - there is no fourth series ! a couple of years after try ended , takashi watanabe , the director , issued a statement that he was happy to see so many slayers fans after its end , and that he hoped to either make a new series of slayers or lost universe . however , this never happened . in fact , chances were better for a new lost universe than a new slayers - the second lost universe was in the planning process , but was frozen because of insufficient funding .

slayers creator hajime kanzaka has originally created the characters of lina and luna ( lina ' s unseen sister in slayers ) as the heroines of his science fiction story back when he was in high school . [ 2 ] while creating her visual design , slayers illustrator and visual designer rui araizumi was inspired when he by chance came upon a vintage film with the actress audrey hepburn on tv . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

now if you have not read through my introductory post on the overall franchise of the slayers ( “the slayers franchise” > > > ) , i suggest that you go do so : as it lays the ground work for all further discussions into the world of the movies and tv series . i cover the universe , the show’s deity system , how magic , monsters , and demons function , the characters , the humor , and the music . all of which is necessary in order to go into each specific film and ova without repeating information .

lina has a petite body type and is 147 cm ( 4 feet 10 inches ) tall ; her headands cover a mole on her forehead . [ 3 ] despite her supposed to be having a very flat chest , so much she can be confused for a boy , lina is often depicted by araizumi with larger breasts due to his personal preferences , [ 3 ] which would be then carried over to much of other media too . lina ' s appearance whilst wearing her homeland ' s folk clothing in the film slayers : the motion picture is a nod to ranma saotome , the titular character from ranma 1 / 2 , who too ( like lina ) is voiced by megumi hayashibara in japanese .

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, noting the second part to in her opinion be the most funny and the third one to be the weakest .

slayers anthology was released to mark the 25th anniversary of slayers novels in january 2015 . it is a compilation of six stories , one of which was written by kanzaka and five by fan writers . it is illustrated with previously unpublished pictures by araizumi and contributing artists . [ 11 ]

a fourth anime series , slayers revolution , premiered in japan on july 2 , 2008 . [ 22 ] megumi hayashibara , the voice actress for main character lina inverse , performed both the opening and ending theme songs . [ 23 ] the new plot is told across two 13 - episode arcs and follows an original storyline that has subplots based on events in the novels , with series director takashi watanabe and production studio j . c . staff reprising their duties from the three original tv series . [ 24 ] a fifth slayers series titled slayers evolution - r is the second 13 - episode arc of slayers revolution and was aired on at - x starting on january 12 , 2009 in japan . [ 25 ]

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the story takes place in 1999 , the year of destiny , and the beginning of the end of the world . the future of the universe rests on one young man , kamui shiro , who must destroy either the . . . see full summary »

rui araizumi - fujimishobo . slayers dra - mata - dragon magazine special . this artbook has a fantastic collection of artwork for the slayer series , containing pictures of the main characters along with various settings .

the series was adapted into an add - on for the japanese role - playing game magius ( slayers magius rpg ) . [ 4 ] in 2003 , guardians of order published a licensed role - playing game the slayers d20 using the d20 system , [ 45 ] as well as three guidebooks including pages of game statistics in their " big eyes , small mouth " game system for the tv series ' major characters , spells and weapons . [ 46 ] a collectible card game slayers fight ( スレイヤーズふぁいと ) was developed by org and published by kadokawa shoten between 1999 - 2001 .

in the slayers tv series , gourry and lina are both the subject of an attempt at cloning , which spawns a number of miniature , super deformed versions of them both . the clones fight to humorous effect , and after the mini linas win , they all disintegrate .

god get that stupid us thinking out of your head that things produced later are automatically sequels . the graph is as correct as it is . there are basically 2 arcs in slayers . the lina + nagi one and the lina + others one . the movies ( besides premium ) + ova are the nagi bit the rest is the other bit timeline wise the nagi bit is the past of lina hence it ' s omg prequel .

i don’t think naga really contributes as much to the motion picture as she does to each of the later entries . her dialogue is far more sparse here , and her involvement in the plot is almost non - existent , as lina is singled out half - way through the film to be the chosen - one ( of sorts ) who will set things right by traveling back in time to kill joyrock , and thus return things back to the way they were supposed to be . and what’s more , when lina finally does travel back in time through a time - vortex , naga flies along with her , but then gets separated in the void , and doesn’t return until lina has finished her job and starts to fly back through the portal to the present . so essentially , naga is arbitrarily exempt from the story for about 10 minutes near movie’s end just because the writers couldn’t come up with something important for her to do .

lina is also the main protagonists through the entire official series of the uncanonical slayers role - playing video games from the 1990 , and further appears as a player character or an avatar option in the role - playing video game heroes phantasia , [ 19 ] with naga in the action video game magical battle arena , [ 20 ] with gourry in la tale , [ 21 ] and with both naga and gourry in the role - playing video game granblue fantasy . [ 22 ] the audio drama slayers kita kaette ex # 4 , which provides a closure to the entire slayers saga , features the retired lina and naga , both now elderly in their eighties ( with almost all other characters already deceased ) and vacationing together while still quarrelling and fighting each other .

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lina was one of the most popular anime characters of the late 1990s and has since retained a sizable fan following . there have been also characters based on or inspired by her in both slayers and in other works .

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the character depicted is lina inverse . this is from the very beginning of the first episode of slayers try , with lina waking up at her inn and stretching . this is a very rare and unusual shot of lina not wearing her regular sorceress outfit .

each special ova was released on the vhs and laserdisc between july 25 , 1996 , and may 25 , 1997 , before being released together on the dvd in 2000 . after that , both ova series were released , along with the five slayers , in a dvd pack in 2006 . in 2010 , the two series were released again on the dvd in the " emotion the best " collection .

they also did this with her much earlier , when lina spends a good amount of time in the movie dreaming and getting visions of the old man roudy gabriev ( who’s actually gourrey’s uncle i believe ) , who sends lina on this quest to kill joyrock in the first place . now normally you wouldn’t be able to bring lina and naga together during these scenes without them taking place when lina is awake : as i’m sure naga would have the skills to bring herself inside lina’s visions and see what she is seeing . although what’s funny is that it is clearly shown ( once again in the slayers special ) that lina and naga can communicate with each other by thought , thus giving them a connection which could , in theory , allow the two to share dream states . unless of course , them speaking to each other without talking was just supposed to show that the two can communicate by facial expressions alone . either way , i think we could have done with a lot more naga the serpent in the motion picture , as it was the first introduction of naga on screen . so why would you decide to down - play her role ?

at the beginning of the main series , lina meets a swordsman named gourry gabriev and a chimera boy named zelgadis greywords . lina encounters and destroys a part of the mazoku lord shabranigdo with her ultimate giga slave spell , which draws power from the lord of nightmares , [ 17 ] the highest deity of the slayers universe , but has no plans to ever use it again after almost ending the world . [ 3 ] she befriends a princess named amelia wil tesla seyruun and the priestess sylphiel nels lahda . she later meets a mysterious priest xellos and gets caught between chaos dragon gaav and hellmaster phibrizzo . in the anime - exclusive series slayers try , lina is recruited by the dragoness filia ul copt to save the world . in slayers revolution , lina gets arrested on false pretense which later comes leading her on a journey against another incarnation of the demon beast zannafar . she also meets an odd little creature named pokota , who too has the ability to use the dragon slave .

the art is deliberately reminiscent of the games . the characters look good and the battle scenes , though short , are nice and intense . unfortunately , the backgrounds are kind of dull .

even more , in this case mostly lifelike , clones of lina were created by xellos ' master zellas metallium in the video game slayers . one of them , who believes herself to be the real lina , is a playable character and the game ' s initial protagonist .

in australia and new zealand , madman entertainment released slayers special as a part of their 2006 collection slayers ova collection . it was also distributed by yamato video in italy ( in a dubbed version made by dea digital editing audio , written by benedetta brugia and directed by federico danti ) and by ova films in germany .

history went horribly wrong a very long time ago when the inhabitants of the island of mipross were viciously slaughtered . and by the luck of several linear events , short - statured ' master mage , lina inverse and scantily clad nahga the serpent find themselves the holders of discount tickets to the hot springs on mipross island fighting demons , conjuring spells , and doing nothing less than saving time itself from being turned towards the path it took as the demon joyrock forced his serpentine hand , sort of . in the literal since , the movie preludes the ova and tv series because the wizard rowdy is a member of the clan that spawns lina ' s companion gourry in the slayers tv series .

the dvd features a . d . vision ' s classic highly interactive menus ' with special features consisting of informative character bios , three slayers trailers : jelly ' s revenge mix , latin lingo mix , slayers ova mix , a slide show of stills , and the dvd credits . plus the usual assortment of scene , language , and subtitle selection along with adv previews . but , don ' t let the dvd - rom logo fool you . this feature is nothing more than a program that connects the viewer to the adv films web site .

when all is said and done , i suppose my description of this film was more detached and technical than passionate . and that’s mainly because i find myself appreciating and respecting this film far more than i lovingly enjoy it . that’ll be more when we get to slayers return and slayers great , as i have plenty to say about the plot and humor in those entries .

in the science fiction themed lost universe , kanzaka ' s another media franchise , the traits and personas of lina and gourry were mixed together to create its male protagonist , kain blueriver . [ 23 ] several different versions of lina populate the slayers world itself , due to various plots :

bottom line - - if you ' re a slayers fan ( and who isn ' t ? ) , this movie will give you everything you ' re expecting - - no more , no less . if you ' ve never been introduced to the slayers before , this movie is still fun , and you won ' t feel lost not having previously been exposed , either .

all films were produced by j . c . staff and licensed for home video release in north america by adv films . slayers return was adapted into a manga version .

in july 1998 , central park media announced they had licensed the manga for distribution in north america . [ 14 ] on june 15 , 1999 , slayers : medieval mayhem was released . [ 15 ] the four - volume series slayers special was published between october 12 , 2002 , and june 25 , 2003 . [ 16 ] [ 17 ] a seven - volume series super - explosive demon story followed between july 9 , 2002 and december 1 , 2004 . [ 18 ] [ 19 ] finally , slayers premium was published in north america on july 5 , 2005 . [ 20 ]

citing production reasons and using phrasing that indicates that it’ll be some time before any potential future solicitation is made again , it looks like the bandai visual japan plans for the slayers movie and ova box set is pretty much dead in the water . retailers have been updated with this information and solicitations are being removed from the storefronts to reflect that the plan is canceled outright .

central park media licensed and distributed the anime in north america under the software sculptors label on vhs and laserdisc between 1996 and 1998 , collected in eight volumes . [ 26 ] it was a commercial success for central park , which led them to license slayers next and slayers try ; next was first shipped from april 1999 in a similar format . a box set of the first four volumes was released in july 1999 , and a box set of the second four volumes in october . [ 27 ] slayers try was released later in 2000 . the first three seasons were subsequently re - released on dvd ( in season box sets ) . months before central park ' s license for the anime properties expired , funimation entertainment was able to obtain the license and it aired as part of the new owner ' s programming block on colours tv , as well as the funimation channel . [ 28 ] the first bilingual dvd box set after funimation ' s rescue of the license was released on august 27 , 2007 retaining the software sculptors - produced english dub . [ 29 ] a boxset of slayers , next and try was released by funimation on august 4 , 2009 . [ 30 ]

lina and gourry have traveled with each other ever since they met , and they have been featured in every form of slayers media that takes place in the timeline after they meet . lina appears to fall in love with gourry , once even risking the destruction of the universe in order to save him . [ 18 ] there is a distinct lack of romantic development in the series , even after it is affirmed that lina and gourry love each other . kanzaka addressed this by jokingly stating that he is not adept in writing romantic scenes . the final climax of slayers next , the second season of the slayers tv series , the two characters share a kiss , though they cannot later recall the incident . however , both gourry and lina remember that something important had happened between them . in any media taking place after the two met , they have been featured together and should they ever get separated , are never apart for too long .

but as far as this film goes , as i’ve tried to express thus far , it’s a beautiful start to this franchise of slayers films . it has all of the elements that will be further expanded upon in the three following films ( slayers premium ( movie 5 ) is complete garbage , but we’ll get to that later ) . the plot and story is decently set - up and paced . the characters are fun , especially the villains . you learn just enough about lina , and will learn more about naga later on in the other films . the music is solid , and in fact many of the songs and themes featured here will be carried over into all of the later films . some songs are even reused in their entirety . so it will all soon become very familiar by the time you reach the ovas .

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this illustration book has a fantastic collection of scenes from the movie , artwork of the characters and monsters within the movie and setting lineart . i have shown one side in the photos to show you the condition .

, approximately 10 months following broadcast of the final episode of the original anime series .

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slayers was originally serialized in dragon magazine in 1989 as a short story series written by hajime kanzaka , and with artwork by rui araizumi . [ 4 ] the serialized chapters were then published as slayers light novels across 15 volumes from january 25 , 1990 to may 15 , 2000 . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] on september 7 , 2004 , tokyopop began publishing the light novels in english , [ 9 ] ending with the released of volume 8 on january 2 , 2008 . [ 10 ]

this first film take on the ever - popular slayers series is more of the same dumb fantasy fun with a liberal sprinkling of actual plot that made the series as popular as it is . fine art it ain ' t , but it does amuse , as long as your tastes aren ' t too refined .

you may also become aware by movie 3 ( slayers great ) that lina has a bit of a self - conscious issue with her breast cup size . during the tv series it was emphasized quite regularly that lina was flat chested , a fact that was of great irritation and concern to lina , and that even the slightly younger amelia had a much fuller pair in comparison . so enter naga the serpent , who has a voluptuous set of breasts that are always bouncing in lina’s face , and you can see why lina would have a bit of a weakness and a quick temper regarding her lack of cleavage . although she almost never has even a passing interest in a man , or a woman during the entire show’s run . so perhaps she’s interested in a fuller pair simply to feel more typically attractive and woman - like . interestingly though , after looking at the entire franchise from beginning to end , the motion picture is the one entry where lina’s boobs are actually bigger than any other on - screen iteration of her character , and yet this is also the only instance where lina is seemingly given a way of improving her breast size by way of a secret pond that makes things grow . unfortunately the only thing the pond does is make things grow “old : ” thus it is primarily used by a local farming community to quickly ripen their crops . lina is rightly pissed .

aleksandra janusz ( ina , błękitna czarodziejka ) , " slayers nie tylko w tv : filmy kinowe oraz serie oav . " kawaii 40 ( october–november 2002 ) , p . 12 - 15 .

in the film slayers great , a super deformed , giant , toylike fighting golem named " piko - piko lina - chan " is constructed in a distorted image of lina ' s that emphasises her kawaii ( cute ) attributes , much to lina ' s dismay and anger as she believed she had been chosen to model for its creation because of her ( self - imagined ) great beauty . it is also featured in the video game slayers royal 2 . [ 24 ]

funimation licensed both slayers revolution and slayers evolution - r for american release ; the episodes in japanese with english subtitles were uploaded to youtube , as well as funimation ' s website in july 2009 . [ 34 ] funimation contracted nyav post to produce the english version of the series , with dialogue being recorded in both new york city and los angeles . nyav post was able to reunite most of the original central park media main character cast for the new season . however , michael sinterniklaas replaced david moo as xellos . [ 35 ] other notable characters , such as sylphiel , prince phil , and naga the serpent were also recast with new voice actors .

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in anime essentials : every thing a fan needs to know , gilles poitras wrote : " more humorous and less serious looking than the characters in the lodoss war series , the stars of slayers provide action and laughs . " [ 50 ] in the anime encyclopedia : a guide to japanese animation since 1917 , helen mccarthy similarly called it " the antidote to the deadly serious record of lodoss war , with a cynical cast modeled on argumentative role - players . ( . . . ) ridiculing its own shortcomings , slayers has successfully kept a strong following that watches for what some might call biting satire , and others bad workmen blaming their tools . " [ 51 ]

the first volume of the slayers series was published in january 1990 . so far it has 50 volumes in total ( original series : 15 volumes , special series : 30 volumes , the ongoing smash . series : five volumes ) , and its total print has reached over 18 million copies , as of july 2015 . [ 48 ] of the various media which make up the slayers franchise , the anime has by far reached the largest audience and is considered to be one of the most popular series of the 1990s . [ 4 ] as it is a parody of the high fantasy genre , the series ' s driving force lies in comic scenarios alluding to other specific anime , or more general genre tropes and clichés . due to the series ' comedic nature , less development is given to plot and characters , which some consider predictable . nevertheless , the series ' focus on humor and entertainment and " old school " anime feel make it a nostalgic classic to many . [ 49 ]

in december 2009 , funimation announced that the first slayers revolution boxset would be released on march 16 , 2010 . [ 36 ] funimation released the first four english - dubbed episodes of slayers revolution to youtube on january 19 , 2010 . [ 37 ] they have also uploaded the first two english - dubbed episodes of evolution - r to youtube and released evolution - r on dvd in june 2010 . funimation released both slayers revolution and evolution - r on blu - ray on september 21 , 2010 [ 38 ] both seasons were later re - released together in a dvd / blu - ray combo pack . [ 39 ] both revolution and evolution - r made their north american television debut when they began airing on the funimation channel on september 6 , 2010 . [ 40 ]

when adv films first acquired the rights to the film , they originally had contacted lisa ortiz , who had been the eglish voice of lina inverse in the slayers tv series , to reprise her role in the film . but at the last second , lisa had to turn down the part because of scheduling conflicts ; and adv films was forced to open up a last minute casting call for lina , and cast cynthia martinez , who made her acting debut as lina in the film . in the english dub , the voice actor playing joyrock makes several references to looney toones characters . [ 1 ] the dubbed version was written , directed and produced by matt greenfield , based on a translation by dan kanemitsu .

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doesn’t look great ; morning kids’ cartoon quality , but don’t let that get in the way . the deformed style and colouring match the humour , so it doesn’t detract from the experience .

this is the first time for the eight titles to get blu - ray releases , following the dvd box in november 2006 . the blu - ray versions are newly remastered from the original 35mm negative films . the 41 , 040 yen ( about 337 us dollars ) set contains :

the technical aspects of the movie are quite a departure from the tv series , which at best had simply average art and animation . while _ still _ not nearly as good as other theatrical releases , it ' s quite a ways beyond anything we ' ve seen before that featured lina and company . the spells look even more spectacularly destructive , the scenery is even more picturesque , and lina is even cuter than before . visually , this is a real treat for the slayers fan .

slayers : tmp is not going to cause any brain cramps , but it is still fun and is a little above some of the fluff out there . go into it with that expectation , and i think you ' ll find it an enjoyable introduction .

in the slayers universe , the ultimate being is the lord of nightmares , the creator of at least four parallel worlds . an artifact known as the claire bible contains information about the lord of nightmares ' task to regain its " true form " , [ 5 ] which is only attainable by destroying these worlds and returning them to the chaos that it itself is . for unexplained reasons , though , the lord of nightmares has not acted upon this desire by itself so far . on each of these worlds are gods ( shinzoku , lit . " godly race " ) and monsters ( mazoku , lit . " demon race " ) , fighting without end . should the gods win the war in a world , that world will be at peace . should the monsters win , the world will be destroyed and returned to the sea of chaos .

the stadium where hitomi first meets folken and is drawn into the world of gaia is modeled on the historic and famous kasumigaoka national olympic stadium ( kokuritsu kasumigaoka rikujo kyogijo ) in the shinjuku ward of tokyo , where the 1964 summer olympics were held . some of the most distinctive elements in the stadium , such as the colored rows of seats , large scoreboard , lights , and field track are directly visible in the film . the stadium was demolished in 2015 to make way for a new stadium constructed for the 2020 olympics . another visible shinjuku landmark in the film is the tokyo metropolitan government building , which hitomi sees from the train while she is out shopping with her friend yukari .

i love this movie ! it has all the hilarious antics we love about lina inverse and her obnoxious rival naga . since this is a prequal to the tv series , the usual main characters gourry , zelgadis , and amelia do not make an appearance . if you want to watch something fun and full of high fantasy , this slayers movie is for you !

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in this prequel movie to the slayers televison series , lina inverse travels to mipross island with her rival / traveling companion naga the serpent . while they originally came for the hot springs , they soon find them selves mixed up in a conspiracy involving a mazoku named joyrock . years ago , he killed all of the elves that inhabited the island and absorbed their power . they are soon joined by an old mage named rowdy gabriev , who was in love with one of the elves slaughtered and also wants to defeat joyrock .

japanese online retailers including amazon japan and animate have listed the digitally - remastered blu - ray box of the five anime films and two ova series based on hajime kanzaka ' s popular light novel series in 1990s , slayers , for a release on october 30 , 2015 . as reported , it was originally scheduled for february 27 , 2015 , but was cancelled three months before it . the reason for the cancellation was explained as " an issue on production " at the time .

straight up , slayers is hilarious . from gourry’s inability to remember names , to lina doing more harm than good with her signature spell ‘dragon slave , ’ to priestess sylphiel’s voice acting , slayers is packed with laughs . gourry having to marry a warrior – gourry as the bride – to secure safe passage across the sea , only to face an effeminate dragon , had me in stitches . and the voice work in english makes it even funnier . hearing pokémon’s brock as gourry makes the dim - wittedness all the better ; it truly seems as if brock is roleplaying a knight . ash as a little girl ? perfect . professor oak as a bandit burned by lina to the point where he now looks like a mummy ? couldn’t be better . even sylphiel’s weak performance , makes it all the funnier .