Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (Japanese: インターステラ5555 Intāsutera Fō Faibu, "Four Five") is a feature Japanese-French film with no spoken dialogue that was released to theaters on December 1, 2003. The film is the visual realization of Discovery, an album by Daft Punk. Each track from the album has been animated as an episode in the story of the abduction and rescue of an interstellar pop band. The film was produced by Daft Punk, Cédric Hervet and Emmanuel de Buretel along with Toei Animation, under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto. The film has a run time of 68 minutes.

Summary
A band of blue skinned Humanoids from a distant planet are abducted and taken to Earth where thier memories are altered and they produce music for a powerful producer. However a pilot from their planet, and a fan of thier music recieves word of the abduction and sets off to free them. He succeeds in breaking the mind control of all save one, his favorite arist. He's fatally wounded during pursuit by the producer's robotic henchmen. The woman, his favorite arist, is rescued and brought to him and he passes on. Seeking to recover thier stolen memories the group travels to the producer's estate where they uncover his ancient past- his roots in alchemy and that he's been abducting artists from across space since Earth's antiquity. After foiling his plan for world domination trhough music they set out to take their memories from the studio, where they are actually kept. One of them is caught by securitiy but the tazer causes his blue alien form to materialize. Eventually, with restored memory, and what they gathered the band is able to obtain the aid of Earth in returning home. The spirit of the producer tries to stop them but the spirit of the man who cam to save them stops him and they return. From their homeworld they broadcast music to Earth becoming an interstellar sensation.

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