The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Samantha Mathis
- Crysta
- (voice)
Christian Slater
- Pips
- (voice)
Robin Williams
- Batty Koda
- (voice)
Jonathan Ward
- Zak
- (voice)
Grace Zabriskie
- Magi Lune
- (voice)
Geoffrey Blake
- Ralph
- (voice)
Robert Pastorelli
- Tony
- (voice)
Cheech Marin
- Stump
- (voice)
Tommy Chong
- Root
- (voice)
Townsend Coleman
- Knotty
- (voice)
Brian Cummings
- Ock
- (voice)
Kathleen Freeman
- Elder #1
- (voice)
Janet Gilmore
- Fairy #1
- (voice)
Naomi Lewis
- Elder #2
- (voice)
Danny Mann
- Ash
- (voice)
- …
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "FernGully" forest depicted in this movie was based on Australia's rainforests. The cartoonists who worked on this movie spent time in the real rainforests to help inspire their drawings.
- GoofsA running gag is that Batty, being a bat (and thus short-sighted) keeps running into things. Yet, Batty is a fruit bat: these are day animals with quite a good sight, particularly useful to spot berries and fruit to feed on.
- Quotes
Elder: Now, Crysta, aren't you a little old to believe in human tales?
Batty Koda: Human tails? Humans don't have tails. They have big, big bottoms that they wear with bad shorts. They walk around going, "Hi, Helen".
- Crazy creditsSpecial thanks to The United States Postal Service for their efforts to raise environmental awareness.
- SoundtracksLife Is a Magic Thing
Performed by Johnny Clegg
Music and Lyrics by Thomas Dolby
Produced by Hilton Rosenthal
Johnny Clegg appears courtesy of EMI Records Limited
Featured review
Might have been forgotten, but its message remains timeless and its substance underrated.
20th Century Fox's animated fantasy film might have been lost in the early/mid-1990s, but its message remains timeless and its substance underrated. Beautiful animation, fitting voice actors and well-thought musical numbers all weave a wonderful story about an Australian rainforest inhabited by fairies, one of which befriends lumberjack Ward who is unwittingly playing a part in destroying FernGully. Mathis is perfectly sweet as the curious fairy who tries to guide her new human friend into understanding the damage his kind is inflicting on the natural world, and what a great importance it is to preserve nature; Williams is hilarious as Batty Koda, though his role now seems sort of like an underwhelming version of Genie from ALADDIN; and Curry is chilling even as a cartoon character! ***½ (out of four)
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Ferngulli: Oxirgi yomg'ir o'rmoni
- Filming locations
- Australia(FAI Films)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,650,296
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,549,338
- Apr 12, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $32,710,894
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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