Light Years (Gandahar) is a 1987 animated film by French director René Laloux, based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon's 1969 novel Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar (The Machine-Men versus Gandahar).. An English dub was produced by Miramax in 1987 and released to theaters the next year. Like many of their productions, it featured a celebrity cast. Noted sci-fi author Isaac Asimov helped to translate the film.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Original Actor | Dub Actor |
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Sylvain | Pierre-Marie Escourrou | John Shea |
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Airelle | Catherine Chevallier | Jennifer Grey |
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Metamorphis | Georges Wilson | Christopher Plummer |
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Ambisextra | Anny Duperey | Glenn Close |
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Blaminhoe | Jean-Pierre Ducos | Earl Hammond |
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Council Spokeswoman | Christine Paris | Sheila McCarthy |
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Apod | ¿? | Alexander Marshall |
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Optiflow | ¿? | Paul Shaffer |
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Maxum | ¿? | Earle Hyman |
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Octum | ¿? | Teller |
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Chief of the Deformed | ¿? | Penn Jillette Earle Hyman |
   
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The Heads | ¿? | Dennis Predovic Bridget Fonda Chip Bolcik Sheila McCarthy |
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Shayol | ¿? | David Johansen |
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The Collective Voice | Olivier Cruveiller | Terrence Mann |
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The Metal Men | ¿? | Chip Bolcik Alexander Marshall Kevin O'Rourke Ray Owens Dennis Predovic |
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Announcer | ¿? | Jill Haworth |
| Historian | ¿? | Bridget Fonda | |
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Gemnen | ¿? | Charles Busch |
Notes[]
- The English dub replaced much of the original music by Gabriel Yared with a new score by Jack Maeby, Bob Jewitt and Jim Klein. Around 6 minutes was also cut from the runtime, mainly scenes involving sexual content.
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
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| StarMaker | 1994 | 
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NTSC | United States | 
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| Vidmark Entertainment | 1996 | ||||
| 1997 | |||||
External Links[]
- Light Years on the Internet Movie Database