Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
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Directed by	Bernard Deyriès Kimio Yabuki
Produced by	Jean Chalopin Andy Heyward Victor Villegas
Written by	Howard R. Cohen Jean Chalopin
Starring	Bettina Bush Patrick Fraley Peter Cullen Robbie Lee Andre Stokja David Mendenhall Rhonda Aldrich Les Tremayne Mona Marshall Jonathan Harris Marissa Mendenhall Scott Menville Charles Adler David Workman
Music by	Haim Saban Shuki Levy (Score) Howard R. Cohen (Lyrics)
Edited by	Yutaka Chikura
Production companies	DiC Entertainment Hallmark Cards Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 15, 1985 (1985-11-15)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States France Japan
Language	English
Box office	$4.9 million

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is a 1985 American animated fantasy film co-directed by Bernard Deyriès and Kimio Yabuki, and released on November 15, 1985 by Warner Bros., and produced by DiC Entertainment and Hallmark Cards. It is the only film to feature the greeting card character, Rainbow Brite; she also appeared in a few television specials prior to its release, and later in a Kideo TV series.

In the film, Rainbow Brite tries to bring spring to an Earth that is already facing a perpetual winter. She must stop a wicked princess who wants all of Spectra, a planet-sized diamond through which all the light in the universe has to go through.

The film did not receive advance screenings upon its release, and fared weakly among critics. It grossed almost $5 million at the United States box office, after opening with $1.8 million. It was released on VHS in 1986 and on DVD in 2004.

When Rainbow Brite (Bettina Bush) and her magical horse, Starlite (Andre Stojka), go to Earth to start spring, they meet Stormy (Marissa Mendenhall), another magical girl who controls winter with her horse, Skydancer (Peter Cullen). She, however, doesn't want to end her winter fun, so Rainbow battles her for control over the season. She proves to be no match for Rainbow and Starlite, who outrun her and head off to Earth. When they arrive, they meet up with Brian (Scott Menville), the only boy on Earth who can "see" them.

Once Rainbow tries to start spring, however, her power weakens and winter remains. Brian becomes worried that spring will never come and senses that all of humanity is losing hope. Even Stormy is confused. Reassuring Brian that they will do what they can to return spring, Rainbow and Starlite return to Rainbowland.

Rainbow is paid a visit by On-X (Pat Fraley), a strange robotic horse with rockets for legs.