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• La Planete Sauvage | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £31.23   |  Saving you £-9.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ren Laloux's mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi animated feature won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and is a landmark of European animation. Based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en srie [Oms by the dozen], Laloux's breathtaking vision was released in France as La Plante sauvage [The Savage Planet]; in the USA as Fantastic Planet; and immediately drew comparisons to Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Planet of the Apes (both the 1968 film and Boule's 1963 novel). Today, the film can be seen to prefigure much of the work of Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) due to its palpable political and social concerns, cultivated imagination, and memorable animation techniques. La Plante sauvage tells the story of Oms, human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called Draags. The story takes place on the Draags' planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms — and begins to organise an Om revolt. The imagination invested in the surreal creatures, music and sound design, and eerie landscapes, is immense and unforgettable. Widely regarded as an allegorical statement on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, Fantastic Planet was five years in the making at Prague's Jiri Trnka Studios. The direction of Ren Laloux, the incredible art of Roland Topor, and Alain Goraguer's brilliant complementary score (much sampled by the hip-hop community) all combine to make La Plante sauvage a mind-searing experience. Special Features: New high-definition master with optional English subtitles Laloux’s five short films Les Dents du singe (1960), Les Temps morts (1964), Les Escargots (1965), Comment Wang-Fo fut sauv (1987), and La Prisonnire (1988) Laloux sauvage (2003) a 27-minute documentary about Laloux The alternate USA dub track for La Plante sauvage The complete soundtrack for La Plante sauvage 56-page colour booklet featuring rare production sketches, an interview with Laloux, and a new essay by Craig Keller

• Ulysses 31 - Vol. 3 | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  ""Ulysses Ulysses soaring through all the galaxies In search of Earth flying in to the night."" Volume Three of Ulysses 31 features the final episodes from the outer space animation series. Will our titular hero make it to the Kingdom Of Hades and return to Earth? Episodes Comprise: 1. The Hidden Truth 2. The Magician in Black 3. Rebellion on Lemnos 4. The City of Cortex 5. Calypso 6. Strange Meeting 7. The Lotus Eaters 8. The Kingdom of Hades

• Fantastic Planet | DVD | (26/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fantastic Planet tells the story of ""Oms"" human-like creatures kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called ""Traags"". The story takes place on the Traags' planet Ygam where we follow our narrator an Om called Terr from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escapes enslavement from a Traag learning device used to educate the savage Oms - and begins to organise an Om revolt. The imagination invested in the surreal creatures music and sound design and eerie

• Fantastic Planet | Blu Ray | (02/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  La Plan''te Sauvage tells the story of Oms human-like creatures kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called Draags. The story takes place on the Draags' planet Ygam where we follow our narrator an Om called Terr from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms - and begins to organise an Om revolt. The imagination invested in the surreal creatures music and sound design and eerie landscapes is immense and unforgettable. Widely regarded as an allegorical statement on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia Fantastic Planet was five years in the making at Prague's Jiri Trnka Studios. The direction of Ren'' Laloux the incredible art of Roland Topor and Alain Goraguer's brilliant complementary score (much sampled by the hip-hop community) all combine to make La Plan''te Sauvage a mind-searing experience.