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1985 Rush-inspired cartoon The Body Electric now online

Fri, Mar 2, 2012@8:36PM | comments removed/disabled

The Body Electric was a Canadian animated TV movie from 1985 that featured a Rush soundtrack. The plot for the 30-minute film combines themes from several Rush songs, most notably The Body Electric and 2112. Here's the synopsis from IMDB.com:

Red Sector A was a paradise...for a man's machines. The domed city was home to the last of the human race, where they lived in comfort, served by their robotic servants. Until one day a mysterious force turns the robots against their masters, and the machines cast the people out of Red Sector A into the wastelands outside. Years later, the robots have collapsed into dust without human maintenance, leaving two young people - Woody and Andrea - to live in the city. But the city is on the verge of a exploding as the shield generator approaches meltdown. Andrea and Woody have a few hours to escape Red Sector A, but the unknown force that caused the revolution is still present, and has it's own plans for them.

The soundtrack includes portions of the following Rush songs: Red Sector A, Hemispheres, 2112, Cygnus X-1, Different Strings, Jacob's Ladder, The Fountain of Lamneth, The Body Electric, Working Man and Marathon. The film finally found it's way to YouTube late last year and you can watch it below or at this link (thanks to Eric at Power Windows for the heads up).

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