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SOLVED - What's this film? Live action with animated scenes

posted 9 months ago by shaft121 (5)
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Hoping someone can help! I'm trying to find the name of a film from the 80s-90s, probably more 90s.

There are only two distinct sections I remember. One is the live action scene where a guy in a hazmat/Astronaut suit is walking around either a ruined city or industrial area. The second part is animated and involves a whale flying through the air/space.

It ISN'T any of the following -
Heavy Metal
Animatrix
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Fantastic Planet
Cool World

[–] oscarhowe (189) 9 months ago

Fantasia 2000 from 1999 is animated and has flying whales. Could you be merging two movies from memory?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZcW1mrPH4

[–] shaft121 (5) 9 months ago

No, definitely not that.

[–] oscarhowe (189) 9 months ago

12 Monkeys from 1995 fits the astronaut/hazmat scene.

https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/12-monkeys-why-terry-gilliams-movie-is-so-relevant-today.html

[–] DoctorThirteen (10627) 9 months ago

I thought that.

[–] shaft121 (5) 9 months ago

Yeah, definitely not this film

[–] keybored (2654) 9 months ago

You sure it isn't THGTTG?

https://youtu.be/Qrv9c-udCrg

[–] shaft121 (5) 9 months ago

Absolutely positive. The whales were more flying through the night sky rather than space itself

[–] oscarhowe (189) 9 months ago

Treasure Planet 2002 has flying whales

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133240/

[–] movieace11 (1301) 9 months ago

I think you're talking about the same movie (or are you the redditor as well?):
https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/p1i2g6/tomt_movie_movie_that_had_a_giant_flying_whale/

But no solution here...

[–] shaft121 (5) 9 months ago

You absolute star! That wasn't me but it definitely was answered in that thread. The film in question is In The Aftermath (1988) as seen on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ZBzLLjCX4 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206827/

Thank you so much!!

[–] movieace11 (1301) 9 months ago

Yay!

[–] oscarhowe (189) 9 months ago

Glad you found it.

Good lead - movieace11

[–] movieace11 (1301) 9 months ago

btw the flying fish look like Coelacanths, not whales. luckily the redditor also remembered them as whales :)