FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
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A young fairy and a shrunken logger must unite to protect their rainforest home from a malevolent pollution entity.
The story
Crysta, a curious young fairy living in the secluded rainforest of FernGully, encounters a young logger named Zak after she accidentally shrinks him to the size of a fairy. While the fairies of the forest have lived in harmony with humans in the past, they were driven away by the spirit of destruction, Hexxus. Now, as the threat of industrial destruction looms, Crysta and the shrunken Zak must navigate the dangers of the forest and work together to protect their home from the encroaching loggers and the malevolent entity that feeds on pollution.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Crysta, a young fairy in the secluded FernGully, finds a young logger named Zak after she accidentally shrinks him. They bond while traveling to find a way to restore his size, unaware that Zak's presence has led to the release of Hexxus, a spirit of destruction, who is being unleashed by a nearby logging operation. When the truth of the impending destruction is revealed, the two must face the threat together. After a series of sacrifices and a final confrontation where Crysta uses a seed to trap Hexxus within a new tree, the forest is saved. Crysta becomes the new leader of the fairy clan, and Zak is restored to his human size, while the humans are driven away from the land.
- First release year
- 1992
- Runtime (minutes)
- 76
- Production countries
- Australia; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Bill Kroyer
- Writers
- Jim Cox · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Samantha Mathis · Crysta; Jonathan Ward · Zak; Tim Curry · Hexxus; Robin Williams · Batty Koda; Christian Slater · Pips; Grace Zabriskie · Magi Lune
- Genres
- animated; musical; fantasy
- Tone and mood
- musical; fantasy
- Premise and plot tags
- environmental; size change
- Source material / true-story basis
- FernGully stories by Diana Young
- Franchise connections
- FernGully
- Reception
- The film received mainly positive reviews and was considered a moderate financial success at the box office and in home video sales.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 67% · scale: percentage · review count: 18; CinemaScore · score: A · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- It was the first animation role for Robin Williams.; The film used 40,000 frames of computer-generated graphics.; The film was shown at the United Nations General Assembly on Earth Day.
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