Heavy Metal 2000

Heavy Metal 2000
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Directed by	Michael Coldewey Michel Lemire
Screenplay by	Robert P. Cabeen Carl Macek
Based on	The Melting Pot by Kevin Eastman Simon Bisley Eric Talbot
Produced by	Jacques Pettigrew Michel Lemire
Starring	Michael Ironside Julie Strain Billy Idol
Cinematography	Bruno Philip
Edited by	Brigitte Brault
Music by	Frederic Talgorn
Production company	CinéGroupe
Distributed by	Columbia Tristar Home Video
Release date	July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Heavy Metal 2000 (also known as Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² outside North America) is a 2000 Canadian adult animated science fantasy film produced by Jacques Pettigrew and Michel Lemire, and directed by Michael Coldewey and Lemire. Starring the voices of Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, and Billy Idol, the film is the follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, which is based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot. The film was made by CinéGroupe, a studio based in Montreal, Quebec. It received negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.