The Cosmic Eye is a 1986 American animated independent[1] science fiction film directed by Faith Hubley and featuring the voices of Dizzy Gillespie, Maureen Stapleton and Jack Warden.[2]

Plot

A trio of homeward-bound space musicians, suffering from acute nostalgia on their space boat The Cosmic Eye, decided to take a turn over the Milky Way and sympathetically helping Earth while watching several films about contacting life in the cosmos and yearning for peace.[3]

Voice cast

Release

The film was released on VHS months before theatrically playing in New York City on June 6, 1986.[4] It was released on VHS again in 1990 from Buena Vista Home Video, and 1993 by Lightyear Video.

Reception

Vincent Canby of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, calling it “an unusually pretty film but, like its title, it's also a bit intimidating.”[4]

Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, writing that it “is as joyous and heartening a movie as you’ll find all year. This eye winks, flutters, stares unabashedly and sees to the heart.”[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BAM "Indie '80s' film series: 'Decline II,' 'Spinal Tap,' 'River's Edge,' 'Let's Get Lost' & more - BrooklynVegan". Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  2. ^ "Turner Classic Movies". Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  3. ^ "Sundance Institute". Archived from the original on 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  4. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (June 6, 1986). "SCREEN: 'COSMIC EYE,' ANIMATION AND MUSIC". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Wilmington, Michael (November 18, 1986). "MOVIE REVIEW : A BIG, WARM, WONDERFUL WORLD IN 'COSMIC EYE'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmic_Eye
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