Shout! Factory to bring restored version of animated feature ‘FernGully: The Last Rainforest’

To celebrate thirty years of magic in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Shout! Factory is giving a new lease of life to the beautiful animated film. It will be released on 23 August with a brilliant master created from a brand-new 4K scan and restoration of the original film elements.

Deep in the heart of the forest awaits a paradise filled with tiny sprites, winged fairies, tree spirits, and all kinds of animals who live together in joyful harmony. But when their home is threatened by humans, one courageous sprite must give her all to save it!

The film features an all-star voice cast, including Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, and Tone Loc. FernGully: The Last Rainforest is directed by Bill Kroyer while Robert W. Cort, Jim Cox, Jeff Dowd, Peter Faiman, Ted Field, Richard Harper, Tom Klein, Brian Rosen, William F. Willett and Wayne Young serve as the producers.

FernGully: The Last Rainforest by Shout! Factory is an iconic classic for kids of all ages, presented here in a special 2-disc, 4K restored version. The Blu-ray + DVD version includes the following bonus features:

1. New introduction with director Bill Kroyer, including never-seen-before pencil, character and animation tests
2. Audio commentary with Bill Kroyer, art director Ralph Eggleston and coordinating art director Susan Kroyer
3. Seed Of The Story – script-to-screen comparison with optional commentary by  screenwriter Jim Cox
4. From Paper To Tree – making-of featurette
5. Behind The Voice: Toxic Love – multi-angle scene study
6. Original featurette
7. If I’m Gonna Eat Somebody (It Might As Well Be You) music video 
8. Theatrical trailers and TV spots