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Popeye (1980) -- The sailor man travels to Sweethaven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Sweetpea and makes an enemy with Bluto.
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Overview

User Rating:
4.8/10   10,657 votes
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Director:
Robert Altman
Writers:
Jules Feiffer (screenplay)
E.C. Segar (based on characters by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 December 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
Haves a happy holiday wit me an' Olive! more
Plot:
The sailor man travels to Sweethaven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Sweetpea and makes an enemy with Bluto. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Robin Williams ... Popeye

Shelley Duvall ... Olive Oyl
Ray Walston ... Poopdeck Pappy
Paul Dooley ... Wimpy
Paul L. Smith ... Bluto
Richard Libertini ... Geezil
Donald Moffat ... The Taxman
MacIntyre Dixon ... Cole Oyl
Roberta Maxwell ... Nana Oyl
Donovan Scott ... Castor Oyl

Allan F. Nicholls ... Rough House (as Allan Nicholls)
Wesley Ivan Hurt ... Swee'pea
Bill Irwin ... Ham Gravy - the Old Boyfriend
Robert Fortier ... Bill Barnacle - the Town Drunk
David McCharen ... Harry Hotcash - the Gambler
Sharon Kinney ... Cherry - His Moll
Peter Bray ... Oxblood Oxheart - the Fighter

Linda Hunt ... Mrs. Oxheart - his Mudder
Geoff Hoyle ... Scoop - the Reporter
Wayne Robson ... Chizzelflint - the Pawnbroker
Larry Pisoni ... Chico - the Dishwasher
Carlo Pellegrini ... Swifty - the Cook
Susan Kingsley ... La Verne - the Waitress
Michael Christensen ... Splatz - the Janitor
Ray Cooper ... The Preacher
Noel Parenti ... Slick - the Milkman
Karen McCormick ... Rosie - the Milkmaid
John E. Bristol ... Bear - the Hermit (as John Bristol)

Julie Janney ... Mena Walfleur - a Steinette
Patty Katz ... Mina Walfleur - a Steinette
Diane Shaffer ... Mona Walfleur - a Steinette
Nathalie Blossom ... Blossom Walfleur - a Steinette

Dennis Franz ... Spike - a Tough
Alan Autry ... Slug - a Tough (as Carlos Brown)
Ned Dowd ... Butch - a Tough
Hovey Burgess ... Mort - a Tough
Roberto Messina ... Gozo - a Tough
Pietro Torrisi ... Bolo - a Tough
Margery Bond ... Daisy - a Housewife
Judy Burgess ... Petunia - a Housewife
Saundra MacDonald ... Violet - a Housewife
Eve Knoller ... Min - a Housewife
Peggy Pisoni ... Pickelina - a Housewife
Barbara Zegler ... Daphne - a Housewife
Paul Zegler ... Mayor Stonefeller - the Official
Pamela Burrell ... Mrs. Stonefeller
David Arkin ... The Mailman / Policeman
Klaus Voormann ... Von Schnitzel - the Conductor
Doug Dillard ... Clem - the Banjo Player
Van Dyke Parks ... Hoagy - the Piano Player
Stan Wilson ... Oscar - the Barber
Roberto Dell'Acqua ... The Chimneysweep (as Roberto Dell'Aqua)
Valerie Velardi ... Cindy - the Drudge
Jack Mercer ... Popeye - Animated Prologue (voice)
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Directed by
Robert Altman 
 
Writing credits
Jules Feiffer (screenplay)

E.C. Segar (based on characters by)

Produced by
Scott Bushnell .... associate producer
C.O. Erickson .... executive producer
Robert Evans .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Giuseppe Rotunno (photography by)
 
Film Editing by
John W. Holmes 
David A. Simmons  (as David Alan Simmons)
 
Production Design by
Wolf Kroeger 
 
Set Decoration by
Jack Stephens 
 
Costume Design by
Scott Bushnell 
 
Makeup Department
Gabriella Borzelli .... hairdresser
Maria Teresa Corridoni .... chief hairdresser
Giancarlo Del Brocco .... makeup supervisor
Rita Innocenzi .... assistant hairdresser
Gilberto Provenghi .... assistant makeup artist
Alvaro Rossi .... assistant makeup artist
Aldo Signoretti .... hairdresser
Alfredo Tiberi .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Paolo Lucidi .... unit manager
Frederick Muller .... production manager: Europe
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Dahlin .... first assistant director
Victor Tourjansky .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Stephen Altman .... property master
Alvaro Belsole .... construction manager
Bert Bowers .... master carpenter
Reg Bream .... assistant art director
Stephen Bream .... draftsman
John Bucklin .... property man
Anthony Maccario .... property man (as Tony Maccario)
Angelo Marta .... sculptor
Gaetano Mirante .... master carpenter
Guglielmo Modestini .... master painter (as Gugliemo Modestini)
Stéphane Reichel .... assistant art director (as Stephane Reichel)
Stéphane Reichel .... construction coordinator (as Stephane Reichel)
Lester Smith .... draftsman
Michael Stroud .... sculptor
Angelo Zaccaria .... sculptor
 
Sound Department
John Benson .... assistant sound editor
Steven Brimmer .... re-recording engineer (as Steve Brimmer)
Teresa Eckton .... sound effects editor
Michael H. Ford .... sound editor (as Michael Ford)
Sam Gemette .... supervising sound editor
Robert Gravenor .... sound (as Bob Gravenor)
Rodney Holland .... sound effects consultant
Randy Honaker .... location engineer
Roxanne Jones .... assistant sound editor
John A. Larsen .... sound editor (as John Larsen)
Don Merritt .... boom man
Michael Minkler .... supervising re-recording mixer
Andrew Patterson .... sound effects editor (as Andy Patterson)
Bill Phillips .... sound editor
Karen Rasch .... assistant sound editor
Hal Sanders .... sound editor
Douglas J. Schulman .... recordist (as Doug Shulman)
Sam F. Shaw .... sound editor (as Sam Shaw)
Larry Singer .... loop editor
Edward A. Warschilka .... assistant sound editor (as Edward A. Warschilka Jr.)
 
Special Effects by
Steven C. Foster .... technical advisor (as Steve Foster)
Allen Hall .... special effects coordinator
R.J. Hohman .... technical advisor
Robert G. Willard .... special effects assistant (as Robert Willard)
James Kagel .... lead sculptor (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Roberto Messina .... stunt coordinator
Sergio Mioni .... stunt double (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Reed Altman .... camera assistant
Gianlorenzo Battaglia .... underwater camera operator (as Lorenzo Battaglia)
Luigi Bernardini .... assistant camera
Rodolfo Bramucci .... gaffer (as Rudolfo Bramucci)
Alberto Emidi .... key grip
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci .... camera operator (as Giovanni Fiore)
Gianmaria Majorana .... assistant camera (as Gian Maria Majorana)
Mauro Marchetti .... assistant camera (as Mauro Merchetti)
Paul Ronald .... unit photographer
Vladimiro Salvatori .... key grip (as Vladimiro Salvatore)
Gianfranco Transunto .... camera operator
Maurizio Zampagni .... camera assistant (as Maurizio Zampagin)
Adolfo Bartoli .... underwater assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvonne Zarb Cousin .... wardrobe mistress
John Hay .... wardrobe supervisor
Kate McDermott .... wardrobe construction
 
Editorial Department
Raja Gosnell .... additional editor (as Raja R. Gosnell)
Suzanne Hines .... post-production coordinator
Robert Lederman .... assistant editor (as Bob Lederman)
Tony Lombardo .... supervising editor
Paul Rubell .... assistant editor
Jacque Elaine Toberen .... assistant editor (as Jacque Toberen)
Stephen M. Tucker .... assistant editor (as Stephen Tucker)
Eric Whitfield .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Harry Nilsson .... music & lyrics by
Van Dyke Parks .... conductor: songs
Van Dyke Parks .... songs arranger
Tom Pierson .... additional score composer
Dan Wallin .... music re-recording mixer
Leslie Whitfield .... assistant music editor (as Leslie A. Whitfield)
Richard Whitfield .... music editor
Ted Whitfield .... supervising music editor
Bruce Robb .... music engineer (uncredited)
Bruce Robb .... music mixer (uncredited)
Bruce Robb .... music producer (uncredited)
Bob Thompson .... music arranger (uncredited)
John Wallace .... singing voice: Paul Smith (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Bill Turner .... transportation captain
 
Other crew
Peter Bray .... unit coordinator
Hovey Burgess .... choreography: circus
Ellis Burman Jr. .... animated artifacts creator: Cosmekinetics (as Ellis Burman)
Cathy Chazan .... assistant: Mr. Evans
Mickey Chonos .... caterer
Dick Dubuque .... location auditor (as Richard Dubuque)
Robert Eggenweiler .... location manager
Tim Engel .... location auditor
Rita Galea .... publicity assistant
Barbara Kalish .... executive assistant: Mr. Evans
Cathy Keller .... publicity assistant
Sharon Kinney .... choreography: dance
Luca Kouimelis .... script supervisor
David Levy .... unit coordinator
Stephanie Pond-Smith .... assistant: Mr. Evans (as Stephanie Aranas)
James A. Rumsey .... physical therapist (as James A. Rumsey, R.P.T.)
Mark Rutenberg .... assistant: Mr. Williams
Patrice Ryan .... title designer (as Patty Ryan)
Rick Sparks .... talent coordinator
Luciano Tartaglia .... assistant accountant
Bridget Terry .... publicist
Bob Williams .... animated artifacts creator: Cosmekinetics
Lou Wills .... dance style creator: Mr. Williams
Lary Crews .... production assistant (uncredited)
Ed Horwitz .... personal assistant: Robert Altman (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
114 min | Argentina:115 min | Finland:97 min (1981)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Vistasonic
Certification:
Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Canada:G (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG (Approved No. 26147) | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre
Filming Locations:
Anchor Bay, Malta more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During filming of the scene at the end where Ray Walston throws Robin Williams the can of spinach, Ray hit Robin in the head so hard that he required several stitches in his scalp. This delayed filming for several weeks. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the climax, when the octopus is pulling down the boat with Sweet Pea inside, Olive's dress can be seen in the right-hand corner of the screen in the underwater shot (widescreen version). more
Quotes:
Poopdeck Pappy: His mother ups and dies, and he wouldn't eat his spinach.
Popeye: She choked on it, pop.
Poopdeck Pappy: His poppa out of work, and he wouldn't eat his spinach.
Popeye: It wasn't my fault.
Poopdeck Pappy: The whole country in a depressigan. Oooooohhhh, and he wouldn't eat is spinach.
Popeye: That was Coolidge, Poppa.
Poopdeck Pappy: His poppa going hungry. Going off to steal. Stealing what?
Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye: Spinach!
Poopdeck Pappy: So his ungrate son could grow up big and strong.
[Popeye throws the spinach behind his back]
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008) (V) more
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37 out of 48 people found the following comment useful.
One Eye Wide Shut, 3 December 2003
9/10
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

This project was reviled by critics and disowned by Altman and Williams. It corresponded to DuVal's breakdown, and was all but the end of the heavy drinker Nilsson's adventures in film.

But I think its great. You have to remember that it predates every comic/cartoon to film project except 'Superman,' which really was a version of the TeeVee show. And you have to appreciate that 'Popeye' the cartoon is one of the very few that featured humans and therefore was more abstract than most.

Watch it now, and see that it was well ahead of its time and now stacks up as extremely introspective: along the lines of 'Alphaville.'

It had Robin Williams and Ray Walston, both famous TeeVee aliens, or so they were known at the time. It was penned by the notoriously ironic, cartoonist Feiffer, someone who specialized in personal social angst. The songs - a major element here - were by the self-destructive genius Nilsson, and directed by Altman when he was interested in social commentary.

All, plus Duvall, were at the height of their powers. Even the quirky Van Dyke Parks appears.

What makes this project so interesting and appealing is that everyone is completely simpatico with Feiffer's Jarryesque vision, which is disconnected from reality and had no cinematic model.

How so many talents could be so adventuresome and coordinated at the same time is a real puzzle.

The bit about how 'large' Bluto is - and how Shelly mentions it - makes me smile every time I recall it. The social text is a bit heavy, but so what?

This is what made Tim Burton possible.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

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