Product Details

• Actors: DJ Q-Bert, Yogafrog, D-Styles, Flare, Buckethead
• Directors: DJ Q-Bert, Yogafrog, Syd Garon, Eric Henry
• Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Closed-captioned, Digital Sound, Director's Cut, Subtitled
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, German, French, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Finnish, Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Thud Rumble Ltd.
• DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000060PDJ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,065 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "DJ Qbert's Wave Twisters" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

It seems every generation must have its own animated pop music film. The 1970s brought us "The Wall." In the '80s, it was "Heavy Metal." In the '90s...okay, they're running a little late in the '90s; some sort of millennial jet lag or something, so we had to wait for 2001 and "Wave Twisters." It was worth the wait. - --Merle Bertrand, FILMTHREAT

Product Description

An eye-popping, hip-hop-meets-Hanna-Barbera animated adventure synched skratch for skratch with DJ QBert's turtable masterpiece of the same name, this sci-fi-/kung fu epic seamlessly integrates dazzling visuals to original musical compositions. The Inner Space Dental Commander must fulfill his destiny by reviving the "Lost Arts" (breakdancing, rapping, graffiti and skratching), so he and his posse (mischievouc droid Rubbish, lovely assistant Honey, and B-Boy Grandpa) battle their way through an increasingly surreal collection of villains, pratfalls, and boobytraps. Sampling from a wide variety of techniques from traditional cell animation to 3D to photo collage, Wave Twisters takes the Fantasia concept to the next, dizzying level!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Audio-Visual Treat... A Visual Brain Cartridge, March 4, 2005

By	Matthew Jaworski (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

From the collective minds of Doug Cunningham and DJ Qbert blasts forth this wicked delicacy. This is no second rate animated Hip-Hop afair, as 'Wave Twisters' was selected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to be included in its archive for digital moving images. I can view this little masterpiece repeatedly and never tire. A blind person could thoroughly enjoy this, as the audio sector of this film is spellbinding space-age turntablism and beats of the highest level. Each track from QBert's bad-ass 'Wave Twisters' album has been carefully illustrated, second-by-second, frame-by-frame. Not just illustrated, but in fact given a dynamite story involving an evil dentist, the red worm, and heros; culminating in a final showdown. It's about the ongoing battle between the dark, unelightened forces, and those trying to perpetuate the Lost Arts. This is a high quality capsule, that was unfortunately not given nearly the exposure it deserved. It is not a stretch to put this film in the same category as 'Heavy Metal', or 'Yellow Submarine'. 'Wave Twisters' is akin to those two films (but containing a wicked Turntablist/ Space-Age Hip-Hop soundtrack). If you are at all into Hip-Hop or QBert, then this is an essential purchase. Even if you are not, the dazzeling animation and clever storyline make it a worthwhile purchase as well. Fight the Power!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Qbert is the man!, June 3, 2001

By	Seth Webber (Havre de Grace, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Qbert: Wave Twisters the Movie [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've been wanting to see this movie for a really long time, and I finally got the chance the other night. Man! This movie is so awesome! If you're a fan of turntablism, then you are going to wet yourself. The movie takes Qbert's Wave Twisters album and puts it to a funky story about intergalatic war and the dentist that's going to save all the b-boys and b-girls. The animation fits so well with the music that you just find yourself sayin "Oh Damn that was so phat" over and over. And if you do like the movie then pick up the album so you can relive those tight beats and crazy scratches over and over again. Qbert is one of the greates turntablists that has ever lived, and probably will ever live.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece, September 1, 2003

By A Customer

This has most or all of the music for DJ Qbert's album of the same name. There is animation for every song, which creates sort of bizzare story as the DVD goes along. The animation is not brilliant but is does go perfectly with each piece of music and the characters have a hip, cool style as do the vehichles they ride around in. This is truly one of the most all time greatest "hip/hop-DJ" DVDs ever. I can't imagine any one who likes this type of music that would not fall in love with this DVD and watch it over and over.