''The Golden Blaze'' is a 2005 American
animated superhero film written by
Archie Gips and directed by
Bryon E. Carson. The feature, starring the voices of
Blair Underwood and
Michael Clarke Duncan, had a limited theatrical run making it the second flash animation ever to be theatrically released, after
Mexico's ''
Magos y Gigantes
''Magos y Gigantes'' (known as ''Wizards and Giants'' in English) is a 2003 Mexican animated fantasy-comedy film produced by Ánima Estudios and 20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios) and released on November 19, 2003. This is the f ...
'' in 2003, and the first in the
United States. The film is animated and stylized like a
comic book. It also took top honors at the prestigious 2005
Giffoni International Film Festival
The Giffoni International Film Festival is an Italian children's film festival which takes place annually in Giffoni Valle Piana, Campania. It began in 1971. The Giffoni International Film Festival typically has around 100,000 guests and has ha ...
.
The film had a limited theatrical release on April 29, 2005, and released to DVD on May 10, 2005.
Plot
The bond between son Jason Fletcher and father Gregory Fletcher, known throughout their town as "The Fletcher Flops", strengthens after an accident with one of Gregory's inventions grants him the superpowers of Jason's comic book hero, ''The Golden Blaze''. They then fight the richest man in the town; who, by the same accident; turned into the villain from Jason's comic book. The golden blazes catchphrase was "let the light of justice show the way"
Cast
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Blair Underwood as Gregory Fletcher/Golden Blaze
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Khleo Thomas as Jason Fletcher/Sure Shot
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Michael Clarke Duncan as Thomas Tatum/Quake
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Ricky D'Shon Collins
Rickey D'Shon Collins (born January 17, 1983) is an American actor, most notable for providing the voice of Vince LaSalle in Disney's '' Recess''. He also voiced Tucker Foley in the Nickelodeon show ''Danny Phantom''.
Career
He has done voice ...
as Leon
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Neil Patrick Harris as Comic Shop Owner
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Sanaa Lathan as Monica
References
External links
Interview with Blair Underwood about the film*
2005 films
2005 animated films
2000s American animated films
2005 fantasy films
African-American animated films
American children's animated science fantasy films
American children's animated superhero films
American animated feature films
American flash animated films
2000s animated superhero films
2000s English-language films
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