Product Description

Orson Welles (voice), Leonard Nimoy (voice), Judd Nelson (voice), Eric Idle (voice) There's an evil new force in the universe. A monster planet that devours everything in its path.....and it's heading for the small planet of Cybertron, where a unique race of transforming robots continue to fight a civil war, a war between good and evil that has raged for millions of years. The evil Decepticon Transformers, led by the maniacal Megatron have sworn to crush their enemies the Autobots. To this end, they have relentlessly pursued them across the galaxy from planet Cybertron to planet Earth and back again. But the heroic Autobot Transformers and their courageous leader Optimus Prime, are not easily defeated...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16522 in DVD
• Model: PPA1412
• Released on: 2003-06-02
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Animated, Colour, Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

Synopsis
In the year 2005, the Autobots and the Decepticons are still locked in battle, but a deadly new force enters the fray--a giant killer planet known as Unicron (voiced by film legend Orson Welles). The heroic Autobots must fight for their own survival and to save their home planet from destruction. A classic of 1980s animation, based on the popular TV series, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE features a star-studded array of vocal talent, including Welles, Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Eric Idle, and Casey Kasem.

Customer Reviews

Transform and roll out!!
Ahh! Wonderful day of the 80's. Getting out of bed at 8:00am on a saturday morning to watch this great new cartoon show were cars and planes turn into robots, HOW COOL IS THAT?
So after such success with the TV shows and the fabulous toy range (I was lucky enough to get Prime for christams on the year of release!) it seemed only a matter or time before the big movie outing was to take place. Were we disapointed? NO WE WERE NOT! It had it all, big fights, great 80's soundtrack, a planet sized transformer and even the death of Optimus Prime!
A story that deals with the principals of change, re-birth and fulfilment of one true destiny. The details of the story have already been written here so I will skip that part. The movie has a much darker and more adult feel than the TV shows and hence a little more realism is injected for the viewing adults.
The animation still stands up well and looks good all the way through, even in these days of CGI, although some little mistakes can be seen, see if you can spot them!
For many years due to the advent of modern CGI I often wondered when somebody out there was going to give Optimus Prime and Megatron the royal treatment and bring them back for us to see again in new spangly CGI, my wish has been granted and its on its way with the new Transformers The Movie.

So, after you have taken your little ones to see the new movie, dig this one out and watch it again with them and bring back those halcyon days of Waker Day and the guy with the big mallet!

Pure nostalgia
I loved this film as a kid, and guess what??? on recent rewatching I find I still do.
It has an excellent eighties rock soundtrack, featuring a song about drug addiction, although I didn't realise it at the time.
The animation was excellt at the time and still stands up today.
The film is a real tear jerker, the death of Optimus Prime.

What a Classic!
In my lifetime I have watched many cartoons, including their movie versions.
When I first hooked up to Amazon the first one I remebered straight away was this movie.
As a kid, I watched it constantly on video as growing up I had so many transformer figures you could lose count.
The idea of vehicles, dinosaurs and guns morphing into fighting robots was so entertaining as a young kid it was great.
Though slightly dated looking, the cartoon has a brill story, lots of action and plenty of weird and wonderful characters to keep you entertained for its entire showing.
Definately a classic cartoon from generations ago, those of you that like this type of thing should go and buy it.