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Metal Gods From Plutonia

Gerald Potterton, director of the National Lampoons big-budget animated production. Heavy Metal, considered the peculiar personality change which overtook several of his films illustrators. Guys who were used to drawing bunny rabbits really liked killing thirtgs and drawing naked women," he stated with a degree of astonishment.

November 1, 1981

Metal Gods From Plutonia

CREEMEDIA

HEAVY METAL

(Columbia Pictures)

Directed by Gerald Potterton

by

Toby Goldstein

Gerald Potterton, director of the National Lampoons big-budget animated production. Heavy Metal, considered the peculiar personality change which overtook several of his films illustrators. Guys who were used to drawing bunny rabbits really liked killing thirtgs and drawing naked women," he stated with a degree of astonishment.

Potterton and several of the other principals behind Heavy Metal were meeting with groups of national press for a chat the day after wed seen the films premiere. It had been a lavish introduction, complete with a party at New Yorks Guggen heim Museum that included a surprise performance by Cheap Trick, one of the films musical contributors. In fact. Cheap Trick seem to have established a second career for themselves in providing movie music, adding Heavy Metal to a list which includes Roadie and a minor sleaze classic called Over The Edge.

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