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The Film

Starting in 1981 Hanna Barbera had come up with the idea of an animated TV special for ABC titled Rock Odyssey. The film would be shelved because of violent and graphic imagery until the mid-1980s where the project would resume production. The film would feature many popular songs by Jerry Lewis, The Beatles, and Wham! being covered by their own singers. It take's you through a tour with the history of rock, The Jukebox voiced by Scatman Crothers is your host. It begins by explaining the story, about a supernatural woman named Laura who has come to Earth in the 1950s. The film goes on to show her with various love interests, never aging and slowly going through time until her time ends in 1987. She comes back to the old diner, later on, missing her past. She becomes a business woman later in a corporation and has found another man to love. Taking a taxi, she returns home, losing a bet with one of the warlocks from her dimension. She becomes upset and starts missing her relationships from the past. The first she dumped, the next was killed in Vietnam, the next in sea, and the last she left to go home. The film finally ends with the likenesses of all of her past loves combined into the true companion. Surprisingly, though uncredited Rock Odyssey was co-directed by Robert Taylor. The same man who directed the first R-Rated animated film, The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat.

The Music

Many songs are highly recognizable, some by The Beatles, others by Elvis Presley. There was a small argument over whether or not the film should use the original songs. But in the end, Robert Taylor had decided to do something "fresh" and record covers of the songs himself with a hired band. The film received low reviews, never being released on VHS or DVD later in the future. It never was aired on television again since 1987 until 2010 on Boomerang Southeast Asia.

The Availablity

There is a copy of this film available for viewing in the Library of Congress, but there is nowhere to buy it or watch it publically. There are copies of the movie on youtube and Dailymotion, but they are both in low quality, split into pieces, and missing scenes. It is highly unlikely that this film will see the light of day again to the public. Warner Brothers now own Hanna Barbera and have seemingly completely forgotten about its existence, or has chosen to ignore it.

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