09/30/2026
MORELAND THEATER ANIMATION WEEK: “HEAVY METAL”
The Moreland Theater is proud to present an exciting slate of cult classic and deep cut animated films from the 1970’s and ‘80s for one week only!
“HEAVY METAL” is a 1981 adult oriented animated anthology film based on the sci-fi/fantasy comic magazine of the same name and featuring a rock soundtrack stacked with major stars of the era.
MORELAND THEATER ANIMATION WEEK: “THE LAST UNICORN”
Based on the 1968 novel of the same name and produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in American-Japanese co-production, this 1982 fantasy family film is the story of a unicorn (Mia Farrow) learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly (Robert Klein), that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all of the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly’s words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick (Alan Arkin), a second-rate magician, Molly Grue (Tammy Grimes), a middle-aged woman who dreamt all her life of seeing a unicorn, and the gallant and loyal Prince Lir (Jeff Bridges). Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of Lir’s adoptive father, King Haggard (Sir Christopher Lee).
MORELAND THEATER ANIMATION WEEK: “AN AMERICAN TAIL”
Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by animation legend Don Bluth, this musical comedy-drama follows Fievel, the youngest in a family of Russian-Jewish mice in the 19th century, who gets separated as they immigrate to America and must set out on a journey to be reunited with them.
MORELAND THEATER ANIMATION WEEK: “RACE FOR YOUR LIFE, CHARLIE BROWN!”
Based on Charles Schultz’s iconic “Peanuts” comic strip, this is a 1977 feature film from Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson (the creators behind the previous Peanuts TV specials and feature films) with an original screenplay by Schultz inspired by his own family vacation rafting Oregon’s Rogue River. The Peanuts gang, including Snoopy and Woodstock, have gone off to summer camp. After a few days of the usual summer-camp activities, they all take part in a rafting race. Battling treacherous rapids, wild animals, and bullies from a rival camp, the teams make their way downriver to the finish line.
MORELAND THEATER ANIMATION WEEK: “AMERICAN POP”
Directed by animation legend Ralph Bakshi, this adult oriented jukebox musical drama follows four generations of the Belinskys, a Russian-Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
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