Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997) USA
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Director:John Hays, Brad Rader, Chuck Patton
Studio:Hbo Home Video
Writer:John Leekley, Todd McFarlane
Rating:4.5
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2007-03-06
Purchased On:2007-06-03
ASIN:6304698763
UPC:0026359142529
Price:$9.98
Awards:Won 2 Primetime Emmys, Another 2 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:Spawn
Release:2007-07-23
IMDb:0118475
Duration:147
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French
Features:Animated
John Hays, Brad Rader, Chuck Patton  ...  (Director)
John Leekley, Todd McFarlane  ...  (Writer)
 
Keith David  ...  Spawn (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Richard A. Dysart  ...  
Michael Nicolosi  ...  Clown (11 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dominique Jennings  ...  Wanda Blake (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Victor Love  ...  Bobby (12 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kath Soucie  ...  Additional Voices (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
James Keane  ...  Sam Burke (17 episodes, 1997-1999)
Michael McShane  ...  Gareb (17 episodes, 1997-1999)
John Rafter Lee  ...  Jason Wynn (17 episodes, 1997-1999)
Denise Poirier  ...  
Ronny Cox  ...  
Ming-Na  ...  
Ruben Santiago-Hudson  ...  
Robert Forster  ...  
James Hong  ...  
Jennifer Jason Leigh  ...  
Debbi Morgan  ...  
Eric Roberts  ...  
Kurtwood Smith  ...  
Khandi Alexander  ...  
Richard Dysart  ...  Cogliostro (18 episodes, 1997-1999)
Summary: Adult, stylish, and more than a little mean, this full-length animated tale has one very strong thing going for it--it knows how to milk cool. The animation is superior to anything recently devoted to a superhero...or super antihero, in this case. Al Simmons was a government assassin before he was burned to death and sent to hell (plot summary's starting out nicely, isn't it?). After making a particularly bad deal with the devil--to lead Satan's dark armies in exchange for seeing his wife again--Spawn is let loose upon the world. He immediately whacks three mob hit men, making his presence known and getting himself into all sorts of trouble. Spawn is also visited by the Clown, an obese, disgusting Beatrice, guiding our third-degree-burned Dante through this hellish, topside world. There are other nasty characters, but in this first segment a very gratuitous inclusion of a child murderer goes too far for even this mature fare. Spawn isn't fun; there's very little joy in any of this. But the point isn't fun--it's brutal, adult-comic style. And there's plenty of it. --Keith Simanton