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12 December 1980 (USA)
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Haves a happy holiday wit me an' Olive! more
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The sailor man travels to Sweethaven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Sweetpea and makes an enemy with Bluto. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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The Girlfriend Experience
(From Pure Movies. 27 November 2009, 9:12 AM, PST)
How Robin Williams dodged death and returned to the stage
(From The Guardian - Film News. 21 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
(From Pure Movies. 27 November 2009, 9:12 AM, PST)
How Robin Williams dodged death and returned to the stage
(From The Guardian - Film News. 21 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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114 min | Argentina:115 min | Finland:97 min (1981)
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2.35 : 1 more
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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
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Linda Hunt's film debut.
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Continuity: Just before Pappy starts singing "It's Not Easy Bein' Me" his pipe is in his mouth, then after he starts singing the pipe disappears, then near the end of the song when he's tied up it's in his hand.
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Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007)
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Everything Is Food
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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.