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Plot summary
The Nohrin leave their own world when its natural resources run out and settle on Jhamora, which the ground-dwelling Lokni allow them to share. Sedessa leads Nohrin who consider themselves superior and want Lokni territory. Delgo's parents are killed in the fighting that follows. King Zahn rebukes Sedessa for the war. She poisons the Queen and nearly kills him. She is sent into exile and her wings are cut off. Elder Marley raises Delgo and teaches him about stones that hold magic. Delgo grows up resentful of the Nohrin. He meets Nohrin Princess Kyla.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Delgo (2008)
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- Delgo was a historic box-office bomb: despite an estimated $40 million budget, it grossed less than $1 million after opening on more than 2,000 screens with almost no marketing, losing an estimated $46 million.
- Delgo holds the record for the lowest-grossing computer-animated film ever made, earning just $915,840 worldwide and beating the previous record held by 2006's Doogal, which made $7.2 million in the United States.
- In 2009, Delgo's makers considered suing James Cameron over Avatar, claiming it stole assets, ideas, visuals and concepts from their film, though the case was ultimately dropped.
- Delgo's villain, Empress Sedessa, was voiced by Anne Bancroft, who died in 2005 before production finished; the finished film is dedicated to her, and it was also the final film of co-star John Vernon, who died the same year.
- Fathom Studios posted daily animation updates online that drew about half a million hits a month, and when crew members began getting job offers from Hollywood studios as a result, director Marc Adler started hiding their identities behind fancy aliases.
- Instead of sending actors an ordinary offer letter, Delgo's filmmakers mailed them kits with artwork and actual replicas of the film's magic stones, and because the cast would not travel to the studio, the crew hauled their recording equipment to wherever each actor was.
