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| runtime = 80 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $2 million〔Aubrey Solomon, ''Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History'', Scarecrow Press, 1989 p258〕 | gross = $9,000,000 }} ''Wizards'' is a 1977 American animated post-apocalyptic science fantasy film about the battle between two wizards, one representing the forces of magic and one representing the forces of industrial technology. It was written, produced, and directed by Ralph Bakshi. ''Wizards'' is notable for being the first fantasy film made by Bakshi, who was previously known only for urban films such as ''Fritz the Cat'', ''Heavy Traffic'' and ''Coonskin''. It grossed $9 million theatrically from a $1.2 million budget, and has since become a cult classic. ==Plot== In the beginning of the story, Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war. Only a handful of humans have survived, while the rest have changed into mutants who roam the irradiated wastelands. In the idyllic land of Montagar, fairies, elves, and dwarves live in peace. During a celebration of 3,000 years of peace, Delia, queen of the fairies, gives birth to twin wizards: Avatar, who spends much of his boyhood entertaining his mother with beautiful visions, and Blackwolf, who spends his time torturing small animals. After many years, Delia dies, and Blackwolf tries to seize her rule; but Avatar expels him. Years later, Blackwolf has become ruler of Scortch (a semi-irradiated zone), where he restores ancient technology. He tries to attack Montagar twice, but is foiled both times. Blackwolf then discovers an old projector and reels of Nazi propaganda footage, which he uses first to inspire his own soldiers and later to distract the elves, whom his own people can then overcome. In Montagar, Avatar has become a tutor training the local president's daughter Elinore, when the president is assassinated by Necron 99, a robot sent by Blackwolf. Defeated by Avatar, Necron 99 loses the desire for war and Avatar changes the robot's name to Peace. Having learned Blackwolf's plan, Avatar, Elinore, Peace, and the elvish spy Weehawk set out to Blackwolf's base Scortch One to destroy his projector. In a forest inhabited by fairies, Peace has an intuition that something is amiss shortly before the group is accosted by the leader of the fairies, Sean. Weehawk realizes that Peace is missing, when an unseen assassin kills Sean and kidnaps Elinore. Avatar and Weehawk search for Elinore in the forbidden Fairy Sanctuary, but Weehawk falls into a chasm and insists that Avatar leave him. Weehawk is rescued from a giant mutant by Peace. As Weehawk rests, exhausted from the battle, Avatar locates Elinore, who is on trial for killing Sean, and proves his own intentions by refusing to retaliate when wounded. The fairy king thereupon teleports Avatar and Elinore to a snowy mountaintop. Lost there, they are rejoined by Weehawk and Peace. They join the encamped army of an elf General preparing to attack Scortch One the following day, but Blackwolf launches a sneak attack that night, and a battle-tank approaches the camp. Peace fires on the tank, but Elinore kills him. She jumps into the tank and escapes as Avatar and Weehawk watch in confusion. The next day, Avatar and Weehawk enter Scortch One by ship while the General leads his elf warriors to distract Blackwolf's forces; Weehawk tracks Elinore while Avatar goes after Blackwolf. Weehawk nearly kills Elinore, but she explains that Blackwolf has been controlling her mind ever since she first touched Peace. Blackwolf declares his magic superior to Avatar's and demands his surrender; whereupon Avatar offers to show Blackwolf a trick he learned from their mother. Avatar then pulls a pistol from his sleeve and kills Blackwolf. Upon Blackwolf's death, his castle collapses. With the projector destroyed, the mutants give up fighting; and with Montagar's safety secured, Weehawk returns home, while Avatar and Elinore decide to start their own kingdom elsewhere. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wizards (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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