Ferngully: the Last Rainforest
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bill Kroyer
Samantha Mathis
Robin Williams
Tim Curry
Cheech Marin
Thomas Chong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
There's magic in the rainforest and it's called FernGully. Deep in the heart of the forest awaits a paradise filled with tiny sprites, winged fairies and tree spirits who all live in joyful harmony. But when their home is threatened by humans, one courageous sprite gives her all to save it.
Director
Bill Kroyer
Cast
Samantha Mathis
Robin Williams
Tim Curry
Cheech Marin
Thomas Chong
Tone Loc
Lauri Hendler
Rosanna Huffman
Harvey Jason
Dave Mallow
Paige Pollack
Holly Ryan
Gary Schwartz
Christian Slater
Jonathan Ward
Grace Zabriskie
Geoffrey Blake
Robert Pastorelli
Townsend Coleman
Brian Cummings
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Kathleen Freeman
Janet Gilmore
Naomi Lewis
Danny Mann
Neil Ross
Pamela Adlon
Anderson Wong
Crew
Eric J Abjornson
Rodney Adler
Mike Alcovlovmre
Franci Allen
Ron D Allen
Carmen Alvarez
Carmen Alvarez
Jessica Ambinder-rojas
Gary Andrews
Craig Armstrong
Craig Armstrong
John A Armstrong
John A Armstrong
Meelis Arulepp
Wilma Baker
Tina Baldwin
Keith Bambury
Alan Banks
Josh Baran
Anne Marie Bardwell
Bronwen Barry
Paul A Bauman
Kathy Baur
Lisze Bechtold
Doug Bennett
Bibo Bergeron
Scott Bern
Elsie Beuerle
David Bifano
Keith Bilderbeck
Bob Birchard
Mary L K Bloomquist
Bonnie Blough
Noah Blough
Judy Boasberg
Charlie Bonafacio
Marzette Bonar
Charlie Bonifacio
Roberta Borchardt
Sheldon Borenstein
Douglas Botnick
David B Boudreau
David Bowers
Denise Bradshaw
David Brewster
David Brewster
David Brewster
Marie Bro
Carmen Brooks
Peter Brown
Sheila Brown
Wanda Brown
Jan Browning
Jan Browning
Ken Bruce
Brenda Brummett
Jimmy Buffett
Character Builders
Susie Burke
Susie Burke
Geoff Bywater
Mike Cachuela
Mike Cachuela
Ed Callahan
Nancy Carrig
Judy Cassel
Kathleen Castillo
John Chamberland
Joan Boodnick Chang
Suzanne Ellen Chapman
Mark Chavez
Claude Chiasson
Roger Chiasson
Roger Chiasson
Anthony Christov
Wesley Chun
Visanu Chuthai
Tony Claar
Charlotte Clark-pitts
Adre Clavel
Johnny Clegg
Jeremy Colin
Joan Collins
John Laurence Collins
Brett G Cook
Brett G Cook
Robert Cort
Carol Corwin
Jesse Cosio
Emil Cossetto
Irene Couloufis
Lorraine Couzzi
Jim Cox
Jim Cox
Laura Craig
Janet Cuddy
Phil Cummings
Tim Curry
Sybil Cuzzort
Dan Daly
Steve Damiani
Shirley Daniels
Kevin Davis
Zack Davis
Sandy De Crescent
Dave Demorest
Michael Demur
Pete Denomme
Hope Devlin
Hope Devlin
Angela A Diamos
Rose Dibuccio
John Diemer
Thomas Dolby
Jeff Dowd
Shegeko Doyle
Judy Drake
Rich Draper
Shelly Dremman
David Dunnet
Sheena Easton
John Eddings
John Eddings
John Eddings
Ralph Eggleston
Ralph Eggleston
Ralph Eggleston
Ralph Eggleston
Larry Elin
Ruth Elliot
Joe F Elliott
Dawn Erickson
Shahin Ersoz
Geoffrey C Everts
Peter Faiman
Albert Falzon
Mette Fenger
Thomas Fenger
Ted Field
Robert Fitzgerald
Stefan Fjeldmark
Stefan Fjeldmark
Stefan Fjeldmark
Eve Fletcher
David Foster
Simon Franglen
Doug Frankel
Doug Frankel
Dixie Fraser
Kevin Fraser
Melissa Freeman
Frank Frezzo
Tony Fucile
Tony Fucile
Tony Fucile
Chuck Gammage
Chuck Gefre
Chuck Gefre
Sari Gennis
Sari Gennis
Peter Gentle
Mike Genz
Kim Nam Gi
Michael Giaimo
Rob Gibbs
Janet Gilmore
Susan Goldberg
Gayle Goldin
James H Goldin
Fred Goldring
Jonathan E Goley
Maria Gonzalez
Maria Gonzalez
Jamie Graham
Val Green
Ellen Greenblatt
Peggy Gregory
Peggy Gregory
Alex Greychuck
Wilma Guenot
Annie Guenther
Bret Haaland
Bret Haaland
Bret Haaland
Kendra Haaland
Mary Jane Hadley
Kim Hagen-jensen
Terry Hall
Brendan Hanley
Ladonna Hanover
Dolores Hansen
Karen Hansen
Karen Hansen
Michael Helmuth Hansen
Gary Harden
Lynn Harden
Richard Harper
Barbara Harris
Ko Hashiguchi
Daniel Haskett
Film Details
Technical Specs
Articles
Robert Pastorelli (1954-2004)
Born on June 21, 1954 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Pastorelli had dreams of becoming a boxer, but when he was just 19, he was involved in a near fatal car accident that forced him to choose another career. By the late '70s, he chose acting. After doing some theater in New York, Pastorelli found work on both television: Barney Miller, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues; and film: Outrageous Fortune, Beverly Hills Cop II (both 1987), where his beefy frame and Runyonesque demeanor almost always had him play thugs and hoodlums.
In 1988, he found fame when he was cast opposite Candice Bergen as Eldin, the house painter who could never quite finish the job in Murphy Brown. Pastorelli's likable raffishness countered well with Bergen's icy charms, and he stayed on for six seasons.
After Murphy Brown, Pastorelli continued to play variations of the streetwise character, but this time to considerable comic effect in films like: Sister Act 2 (1994), Eraser, and Michael (both 1996). He returned to television impressively when he starred in the short-lived, but critically lauded Americanized version of the British Television hit Cracker. Pastorelli had just completed work on the Get Shorty (1995) sequel Be Cool with John Travolta, which is scheduled for release later this year. He is survived by a daughter.
by Michael T. Toole
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Robert Pastorelli (1954-2004)
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 10, 1992
Released in United States on Video August 28, 1992
Released in United States February 1992
Released in United States April 22, 1992
Film was the first animated feature to screen out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (out of competition) February 13-24, 1992 as a "work-in-progress".
Completed shooting mid October 1991.
Began shooting August 13, 1990.
Character voices recorded August 4-11, 1990.
4% of the film's gross expected to fund projects that address the issue of rainforest preservation.
Film noted: "On behalf of the actors and producers and in appreciation of assistance given by the Smithsonian Institution, FAI is directing funds from the proceeds of 'FernGully' for projects of benefit to the world's environment."
Released in United States Spring April 10, 1992
Released in United States on Video August 28, 1992
Released in United States February 1992 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (out of competition) February 13-24, 1992 as a "work-in-progress".)
Released in United States April 22, 1992 (Shown to United Nations General Assembly in celebration of Earth Day April 22, 1992.)