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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bY2ixqKAbw1qDFQZ7_sS0_L2FehvHmv_ Link to the Spanish dub of the movie]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bY2ixqKAbw1qDFQZ7_sS0_L2FehvHmv_ Link to the Spanish dub of the movie]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VrdeueOU1BLLtn20JdmXUELr0Oe8dJxA Link to the Ziggy Stardust cut]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Odyssey The Wikipedia page on ''Rock Odyssey''.] Retrieved 24 Aug '18
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Odyssey The Wikipedia page on ''Rock Odyssey''.] Retrieved 24 Aug '18
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1382663/ The IMDb page on ''Rock Odyssey''.] Retrieved 24 Aug '18
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1382663/ The IMDb page on ''Rock Odyssey''.] Retrieved 24 Aug '18
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VrdeueOU1BLLtn20JdmXUELr0Oe8dJxA Link to the English Ziggy Stardust cut]


==Refrences==  
==Refrences==  

Revision as of 03:24, 27 August 2018

Title .jpg

Title card.

Status: Partially Found

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 businesswoman 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.

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, in Spanish (due to them being recorded from a TVE airing, although the songs are still in English.) and missing scenes. However, on August 25, 2018, LWM user EL_PRESIDENTE found the movie in high quality, although that copy is in Spanish too. The full 90 minute English version remains lost, though there is a low-quality English version available, made from various sources by LWM user Ziggy Stardust. It is made from as many available online scenes as possible but was edited together before the Spanish dub's discovery, so the quality is less than satisfactory. 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.

Gallery

A still from the movie

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