Director: Rene Laloux

Stars: Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont

The result of a joint production between France and Czechoslovakia, Fantastic Planet might as well have been beamed in from some place in deep space, way past what regular viewers are accustomed to.

In the world of the film, humans have been enslaved by red-eyed blue giants called the Draag. The plot is the story of the human revolt.

The imagery is surreal, something like Salvador Dalí meets Pieter Bruegel the Elder, more likely to inspire nightmares than keep kids rapt in front of the tube on a Saturday.