New on Blu-ray: TIKI TIKI (1971) - From the Director of HEAVY METAL - 4K Restoration

Product Description: An unclassifiable animated odyssey from the director of Heavy Metal.

A group of monkeys, including a director loosely inspired by Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider persona, struggle through various trials and tribulations while making an epic adventure film in this psychedelic and satirical look at the Hollywood counterculture of the early ’70s. Directed by celebrated animator Gerald Potterton – who earned multiple Oscar nominations for his work at the National Film Board of Canada, contributed to Yellow Submarine, and later directed Heavy Metal – this is an outrageous and inspired feat of cinematic imagination.

An unlikely hybrid of analogue animation and live action Soviet fantasy film, TIKI TIKI repurposes extended passages from Rolan Bykov’s eye-popping 1967 phantasmagoria Aybolit-66 as the film within the film, employing irreverent comic dubbing and cutting to subvert the original intent. The result puzzled and thrilled ’70s audiences in equal measure and turned heads by winning Mosfilm art director Aleksandr Kuznetsov a Canadian Film Award. An unapologetically eccentric experience that has earned comparisons to H.C. Potter’s Hellzapoppin', TIKI TIKI remains one of the most sought-after animated enigmas of its era.

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Director: Gerald Potterton

Starring: Jean Shepherd, Peter Cullen

Genre: Animation, Satire, Comedy

Runtime: 71 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Canadian International Pictures

Home Video Release Date: August 25, 2026

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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Newly scanned and restored in 4K from the original 35mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the three-track master mix
New audio commentary featuring Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and film historian Jason Pichonsky
New interview with producer Murray Shostak
New interview with animator Paul Driessen
Fantasia Q&A (2024, 15 min.) – Shostak and film historian Chris Seguin at the Fantasia International Film Festival
Potterton Productions demo reel (1972, 23 min.)
Five short films directed by Potterton: Super Bus (1969, 6 min.), The Remarkable Rocket (1975, 25 min.), Canada Vignettes: Winter - Starting the Car (1979, 2 min.), Canada Vignettes: Winter - Dressing Up (1979, 1 min.), and George and the Christmas Star (1985, 24 min.)
Making Movie History: Gerald Potterton (2014, 5 min.) – The filmmaker reflects on his early years at the National Film Board of Canada
Three NFB short films with animation by Potterton: Huff and Puff (1955, 7 min.), Fish Spoilage Control (1956, 9 min.), and It’s a Crime (1957, 13 min.)
Original theatrical trailer
Theatrical re-release trailer
Booklet featuring a new essay by animation historian Ross Anderson and a new essay on Aybolit-66 by filmmaker/educator Olga Egovora
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles