Screenplay by
Jim Cox
Music Composed by
Alan Silvestri
Theatrical Release Date
April 10, 1992
DVD Release Date
February 19, 2002
Production Companies
FAI Films, Youngheart Productions
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox
Ferngully is a spectacular rainforest where a bat named Batty, whose radar has gone haywire, joins together with Crysta, Pips and the Beetle Boys to save their world from the evil Hexxus. Ignoring the warnings of her friends, Crysta, the curious tree fairy, explores the world beyond Ferngully. She discovers Zak, a human who is helping to demolish the rainforest. Once Zak sees the beauty and magic of Ferngully, he vows to save it. But it may be too late. The diabolical Hexxus is on the loose and is intent on destroying all of Ferngully.
Crysta's father
Crysta, don't you think you're a little old to believe in human tales?
Batty
Human tails? Humans don't have tails. They have big, big bottoms that they wear with bad shorts
and walk around saying "Hi, Helen."
Batty
Are you sure?
Zak
I'm positive.
Batty
Only fools are positive.
Zak
Are you sure?
Batty
I'm positive. Oh! I fell for it!
Batty [Batty Rap lyrics]
Yo - The name is Batty
The logic is erratic
Potato in a jacket
Toys in the attic
I rock and I ramble
My brain is scrambled
Rap like an animal
But I'm a mammal
I been brain-fried - electrified
Infected and injectified...
Vivisectified... and fed pesticide!
My face is all cut-up
'cos my radar's all shot-up
Nuurse! I need a checkup from the neck-up
I'm batty...
They used and abused me
Battered and bruised me
Red wires - green wires
Stuck 'em right through me
So hear my batty word
Exercise a little prudence
When dealing with humans
'Cause I'm a real fruit bat
And I'm ready to rap - I'm ready to snap
I suffer from sciatica and chapped lips
And jock itch - like a rocket in my pocket
And I need to scratch - but now I can't stop it
I'm batty - I'm batty - It's my batty rap
It's my batty rap
It's my batty rap
Robin Williams
Batty Koda
Samantha Mathis
Crysta
Tim Curry
Hexxus
Christian Slater
Pips
Jonathan Ward
Zak
"Do you believe in humans?"
They live in a secret world touched by magic and surrounded by nature, and the only human who has ever been there, must now fight to save it.
Dates
August 13, 1990 - October 1991
Spain
August 14, 1992
Australia
August 27, 1992
Netherlands
February 18, 1993
Sweden
April 3, 1993
Finland
October 8, 1993
Japan
August 13, 1994
Canada
FernGully - Les aventures de Zak et Crysta (French title)
Finland
FernGully - viimeinen sademetsä
Hungary
FernGully: Az utolsó esöerdö
Spain
FernGully: las aventuras de Zak y Crysta
Germany
Ferngully - Christa und Zaks Abenteuer im Regenwald
Sweden
Ferngully - den sista regnskogen
Italy
Ferngully le avventure di Zak e Crysta
La foresta incantata
Netherlands
Ferngully, het laatste regenwoud
France
Les aventures de Zak et Crysta dans la forêt de FernGully
Greece
Oi iroes tou teleftaiou dasous
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Gross
$24,650,296 (USA)
$8,060,598 (international)
$32,710,894 (total)
Opening Weekend
$3,549,338 (1,400 theaters)
Widest Release
1,663 theaters
