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Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken (1995)

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken poster
Directed by
Takamitsu Kawamura, Saburo Hashimoto, Kazuo Terada
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, adventure film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Ancient stone gargoyles come to life in modern New York City. They fight crime and protect the city while trying to find their place in a world that fears them.

mythicdarkaction-packednoirfast-paceddramaticsuspensefulwhimsical

What happens

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken is a 1995 American animated urban fantasy superhero film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The film is actually the five-episode pilot ("Awakening") of the animated television series Gargoyles edited into one long feature film, being roughly 92 minutes in length. As a result, numerous scenes from the original broadcast episodes were cut due to time constraints. In addition, a number of scenes were also moved around and some dialogue was changed. The episodes were produced and aired in 1994, and the film was released to laserdisc and VHS in February 1995 and featured an interactive VHS/LD board game. The pilot episodes have been released to DVD as part of Gargoyles: Season 1. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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