Metal Messiah (1977)
- Directed by
- Tibor Takács
- Genre
- music, science fiction
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rating
- 3.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A space alien with a rock star look comes to Earth to stop humanity from destroying itself with rock music. He fights an evil concert promoter who wants to make money off the decadence he preaches against.
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What happens
Metal Messiah is a Canadian rock opera musical science fiction film, directed by Tibor Takács and released in 1977. An adaptation of Stephen Zoller's theatrical stage musical, the film centres on a space alien (David Jensen) who comes to earth to save humanity from destroying itself with the decadence of rock music, but must battle an evil concert promoter (John Paul Young) who wants to continue to profit from society's hedonism, and coopts the Messiah to perform as a rock star before attempting to destroy him. Most of the film's cast were real Toronto-area rock musicians; Young was the lead singer of The Cardboard Brains, while Jensen was the lead singer of Kickback. Steven Leckie of The Viletones had been cast as the Messiah, but the role was recast to star Jensen. The film was screened in 1977, before screening in 1978 at the Montreal International Festival of 16mm Cinema. The film faced some criticism for being out of step with the youth culture of its time; the original play was based on the glam rock scene of the mid-1970s, although by the time of the film's release the leading edge of the live music scene had shifted toward punk rock. Zoller received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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