It's recommended to look Meet the Feebles movie (Frogs of War).
Movie Issued - in 1989.
Alternate Versions: There is an uncut version in New Zealand which probably contains more footage of sex and violence.
Crazy Credits: animal treatment disclaimer: "The producers wish to advise that no puppets were killed or maimed during the production of this film.", There are no opening credits - the "title card" is part of a neon stage light display.
Warthog: This be a attractive golf trajectory, I'm tempt to bond the beat.::Bletch: I'm anxious you can't.::Warthog: You inadequate they discriminate inwardly antagonism Scots?::Bletch: No, they a instant ago don't want assholes in the clubhouse., Bletch: Do you really think people are interested in nasal sex?::Trevor: Sure, boss. It's the next big fad., Bletch: Have you thought of a name for it, yet?::Trevor: I was thinking along the lines of..."Dennis does Daisy".::Bletch: No. That's lousy.::Trevor: How about..."Anal Antics"?::Bletch: "Anal Antics"... yes. It will appeal to the intellectuals. Do you think it will do as well as our last release and win the Hooker Prize?, Bletch: Shit! I was just about to pop my cookies!, Heidi: Eat lead you man-stealing slut!, Sebastian: Don't worry if you feel ashamed / It's been around for years / And thousands more that can't be named / Are interested in rears / Don't worry about hell / No harm will come to your soul / We're not a Pentecostal / And everybody's got an asshole / SODOMY!::Bletch: Trevor...::Trevor: Yeah boss?::Bletch: I want that fudge packer eliminated!, Sebastian: Heidi! You've been overeating again haven't you!::Heidi: Uh, no I haven't.::Sebastian: Then explain to me why there is black forest cherry cake i n your cleavage!, Trevor: Didn't you notice you were sitting on his face!::Madame Udder: Well, it was a bit uncomfortable but I thought it was my hemorrhoids., Robert: I'm Robert.::Trevor: You may be Robert to your friends but you're fly shit to me! Piss off!, Trevor: I've heard better singing from a mongoose with throat cancer., Robert: I thought you were nice.::Lucille: I am nice.::Robert: No your not, you're loose! And you drink!::Lucille: No...::Robert: You're nothing but a loose lush Lucille and I never want to see you again!, [first lines]::anouncer: Ladies and gentlemen. Your attention please. Welcome to the newest, the greatest, the most spectacular in entertainment history. Put your hands together for the fabulous Feebles variety hour., [last lines]::Arthur the worm: Miss Heidi. I know you're a real star and all that. But I'm afraid I'm goinga have to dub you in.::Heidi: Could you do one last thing Arthur?::Arthur the worm: Anything Heidi.::Heidi: Play the Garden of Love.
Soundtrack: "MEET THE FEEBLES" Music by Peter Dasent and Fane Flaws Lyrics by Arthur Baysting and Fane Flaws, "ONE LEG MISSING" Music by Peter Dasent Lyrics by Garth Frost Performed by Fane Flaws, "ROBERT'S SERENADE" Music by Peter Dasent Lyrics by Danny Mulheron and Frances Walsh Performed by Mark Hadlow, "HOT POTATO" Music by Peter Dasent and Fane Flaws Lyrics by Arthur Baysting and Fane Flaws Performed by Mark Hadlow, "BARRY'S ARIA" Music and lyrics by Peter Dasent Performed by Mark Hadlow, "GARDEN OF LOVE" Music by Peter Dasent Lyrics by Arthur Baysting and Fane Flaws Performed by Mark Hadlow, "SODOMY" Music and lyrics by Danny Mulheron Performed by Stuart Devenie
When "The Feebles Variety Hour" finally goes live, one of the audience members is wearing the alien costume from director 'Peter Jackson (I)' (qv)'s previous movie, _Bad Taste (1987)_ (qv)., All puppets, no humans., If you look closely at the audience of "The Feebles Variety Hour", it can be seen that most of the audience members are actually cardboard cutouts. Only a few are puppets or people in costume., (Director's trademark) All of the vehicles in this movie are based on Morris Minors., Not all characters in this movie are puppets. Among those that are played by actors in suits are Heidi (hippo), Bletch (walrus), Cederic (wart hog), Sid (elephant), Daisy (cow) and Barry (bulldog)., This film was shot with standard 16mm color film stock, which has a TV-Monitor aspect ratio of 4:3 (or 1.33:1). So all VHS and DVD editions that look like they are "pan and scan" are really fullscreen.
Filming Dates: 24 June 1989 - ?
Budget: $750,000
Gentele, Jeanette. Sövande parodi. In: Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden), 19 April 1991, (NP)
Heidi, the personality of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discover her lover Bletch, The Walrus, be cheating by the to the left of her, and near all the world waiting contained by leg of the show the miscellaneous co-stars must contend with their individual controlled hitches. These consist of tablets addiction, extortion, shoplifting, virus, Drug dealing, and even assassination. While this is going on the fondness linking two of the star is threatened by the be determined Trevor the Rat, who wishes to draw from the maximum out of the childish starlet for bring to bear in his porno the flicks peace.
Certificates: Australia:M, Spain:18, France:-12, Argentina:16, Canada:16+, Canada:18A, Denmark:15, Finland:K-16, Iceland:Unrated, Ireland:(Banned), New Zealand:R16, Sweden:15, UK:18, USA:R, West Germany:18, Portugal:M/16
Color Info: Color
Countries: New Zealand
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Languages: English
Locations: Wellington, New Zealand
Runtimes: 94
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: OFM:16 mm, PFM:35 mm, LAB:Film Unit, Avalon, New Zealand, PCS:Spherical, PFM:35 mm, RAT:1.85 : 1
Release Dates: Canada:13 September 1990, Portugal:February 1991, Australia:29 March 1991, Sweden:19 April 1991, Germany:9 May 1991, France:3 July 1991, UK:10 April 1992, UK:16 January 1993, USA:22 February 1995, USA:1 September 1995, Argentina:24 November 1999
Hell hath no fury like a hippo with a machine gun., Sex, drugs and soft toys., Welcome To The Jungle, Puppet spunk hits the fan!, From the creator of "Bad Taste", comes a movie with no taste at all!
In movie have been taken:
Stuart Devenie (actor)
From 1985-1994, Devenie be a leader tutor at the New Zealand Drama School and a performing tutor at Northland Polytech. He serve contained by lay down of Consulting Acting Tutor against New Zealand's top-rated primetime succession Shortland Street., From 1985-1994, Devenie was a senior tutor at the New Zealand Drama School and a drama tutor at Northland Polytech. He served as Consulting Acting Tutor on New Zealand's top-rated primetime series Shortland Street., From 1985-1994, Devenie was a senior tutor at the New Zealand Drama School and a drama tutor at Northland Polytech. He served as Consulting Acting Tutor on New Zealand's top-rated primetime series Shortland Street., From 1985-1994, Devenie was a senior tutor at the New Zealand Drama School and a drama tutor at Northland Polytech. He served as Consulting Acting Tutor on New Zealand's top-rated primetime series Shortland Street.
Mark Hadlow (actor)
Birth Notes: New Zealand
Birth Date: 1957
Birth Notes: New Zealand
Birth Date: 1957
Birth Notes: New Zealand
Birth Date: 1957
Ross Jolly (actor)
Danny Mulheron (actor)
Brian Sergent (actor)
Height: 173 cm
Birth Name: Sergent-Shadbolt, Brian Clifford
Birth Notes: Naenae, Wellington, New Zealand
Birth Date: 29 December 1959
Height: 173 cm
Birth Name: Sergent-Shadbolt, Brian Clifford
Birth Notes: Naenae, Wellington, New Zealand
Birth Date: 29 December 1959
Height: 173 cm
Birth Name: Sergent-Shadbolt, Brian Clifford
Birth Notes: Naenae, Wellington, New Zealand
Birth Date: 29 December 1959
Jay Snowfield (actor)
Peter Vere-Jones (actor)
Doug Wren (actor)
Death Notes: Wellington, New Zealand
Birth Notes: New Zealand
Death Date: 1987
Birth Date: 1921
Mark Wright (actor)
Donna Akersten (actress)
Jim Booth (producer)
Death Notes: Wellington, New Zealand (cancer)
Death Date: 4 January 1994
Birth Date: 1945
Peter Jackson (producer)
Articles: "Variety" (USA), 20 August 2008, by: Dave McNary, "'Lord' Fellowship Signs On for 'Hobbit'", "Sydney Morning Herald" (Australia), 13 June 2007, by: AFP, "Jackson Takes On The Lovely Bones", "Premiere" (USA), March 2007, Vol. 20, Iss. 6, pg. 56-58, by: Tom Roston, "For Pete's Sake", "The Independent" (UK), 12 January 2007, Iss. 6315, pg. 5, by: Helen McCormack, "Film studio blacklists Jackson after row over 'Hobbit' adaptation", "Video Watchdog" (USA), July 2006, Iss. 126, pg. 38-43, by: Tim Lucas, "'DVD Spotlight': King Kong", "Starlog" (USA), March 2006, Iss. 343, pg. 40-44, by: Bob Burns & Tom Weaver, "Our Skull Island Odyssey", "The Independent" (UK), 28 October 2005, by: Andrew Gumbel, "Jackson pays monster fine for taking 'King Kong' over budget", "The Sydney Morning Herald" (Australia), 14 March 2005, by: Garry Maddox, "Director nearly lost the 'Ring'", "The Sydney Morning Herald" (Australia), 9 March 2005, by: Garry Maddox, "Jackson engrossed in his monster of a movie", "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), 16 January 2005, by: John Horn, "King Kong", "The Sydney Morning Herald" (Australia), 3 September 2004, by: Associated Press, "Jackson prepares to remake King Kong", "Rolling Stone" (USA), 4 March 2004, Vol. 1, Iss. 943, pg. 32-33, by: Gavin Edwards, "Lord Of The Oscars", "Film Comment" (USA), January 2004, Vol. 40, Iss. 1, pg. 24-29, by: Graham Fuller, "Kingdom Come: Peter Jackson's Monumental Tolkien Triptych", "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 22 March 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 645, pg. 63, by: Gillian Flynn, "Gory Days", "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 22 February 2002, Vol. -, Iss. 640/641, pg. 92, by: Gillian Flynn, "Best Director: Peter Jackson", "Current Biography" (USA), January 2002, Vol. 63, Iss. 1, pg. 57-63, by: Geoff Orens, "Jackson, Peter", "Film Comment" (USA), May 1995, Vol. 31, Iss. 3, pg. 31-34+36-37, by: Michael Atkinson, "Earthy Creatures"
Owns two houses in Wellington, New Zealand., Made the latex models for _Bad Taste (1987)_ (qv) in his mom's kitchen oven, often forcing the family to have sausages for dinner because they couldn't use the oven., Owner of production companies WingNut Films, Weta Limited and Three Foot Six., Father of 'Billy Jackson (III)' (qv) and 'Katie Jackson (I)' (qv)., Collects models of airplanes from World War One., During filming of _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)_ (qv), he used the same pair of shoes and only two T-shirts., He likes 1960s music: his favorites are 'The Beatles' (qv) (and he homaged them in _Bad Taste (1987)_ (qv))., After his parents, Bill and Joan, died, Jackson owns the modest Pukerua Bay house where he grew up., The stuff in the bowl, in his first movie _Bad Taste (1987)_ (qv), was yoghurt, muesli and green food colouring., In 1998, he bought the New Zealand based film company National Film Unit., Credits his favorite movie _King Kong (1933)_ (qv) as his biggest inspiration in filmmaking. He said that he cried when King Kong fell off the Empire State Building., The movie that gave him the love for splatter is 'George A. Romero (I)' (qv)'s _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv). After seeing it, he felt a bit sick but amazed too., (26 November 2001) Together with his partner 'Fran Walsh' (qv), he received the honorary graduation from Massey University, (5 March 2002) With 'Fran Walsh' (qv), he become member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, He left school at the age of 17 and started working on a Wellington newspaper., For his first movie, _Bad Taste (1987)_ (qv), he did all the special effects, the make-up effects and built exact replicas of the weapons., He allegedly offered $150,000 to Aint-it-cool webmaster 'Harry Jay Knowles' (qv) for his _King Kong (1933)_ (qv) original poster., Started writing a re-make of _King Kong (1933)_ (qv) in 1996, which went through several drafts, until in 2003 he made one that was greenlighted by Universal., Ranked #20 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #41 in 2002., Voted 'Man of the Year 2002' in the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003., Both of his parents died during production of The Lord of the Rings., Met 'Fran Walsh' (qv) in 1987, during post-production for the gross-out cult classic _Bad Taste (1987)_ (qv)., Son of 'Bill Jackson (VII)' (qv) and 'Joan Jackson (I)' (qv)., Nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)_ (qv) and _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)_ (qv) (which he won), but not for _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)_ (qv)., The London Daily Mail reported (December 5, 2003) that Jackson was so fond of _King Kong (1933)_ (qv) that he once cut up his mother's old fur coat and used it to make a model of the great ape; also that he consulted with 'Andy Serkis' (qv) on the script of his version of the movie., Has worked with three generations of Astins: 'John Astin' (qv) (_The Frighteners (1996)_ (qv)); John's son, 'Sean Astin' (qv) (The Lord of The Rings Trilogy); and Sean's daughter, 'Alexandra Astin' (qv) (_The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)_ (qv))., Ranked #6 in Premiere's 2004 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #20 in 2003. He is the second-highest rated director on the list, behind only 'Steven Spielberg' (qv)., The copies of the "Lord of the Rings" books that he referred to during filming are the ones that he bought after seeing _Lord of the Rings, The (1978)_. The books have cover art by 'Ralph Bakshi' (qv)., Has been referred to by 'Fran Walsh' (qv) as being a hobbit himself, due to his physical stature, his tendency to go barefoot, and the fact that he is swarthy (in Walsh's words, "furry")., Estimated earnings from the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy come close to $125 million., Along with his wife 'Fran Walsh' (qv), he was one of two husband/wife teams to be nominated for an Oscar for the 2003 season, the other team was 'Michael McKean (I)' (qv) and his wife, 'Annette O'Toole' (qv)., Three of his collaborators have had connections to the material being filmed, outside the context of the film being made. 'Ian Holm' (qv), whom he cast as Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings, was cast because he had played Frodo in the BBC radio adaptation. That adaptation was written by 'Brian Sibley' (qv), who is a cousin of his wife, 'Fran Walsh' (qv). In _Heavenly Creatures (1994)_, 'Kate Winslet' (qv) plays Juliet Hulme, who would later be known as real-life mystery novelist 'Anne Perry (I)' (qv). Winslet has a sister, 'Anna Winslet' (qv), who appears as Dora in _The Cater Street Hangman (1998) (TV)_ (qv), which was based on one of Perry's novels.
Danny Mulheron (writer)
Stephen Sinclair (writer)
Fran Walsh (writer)
Murray Milne (cinematographer)
Peter Dasent (composer)
Michelle Scullion (composer)
Jay Snowfield (composer)
Glenis Foster (costume designer)
Peter Jackson (director)
Jamie Selkirk (editor)
Jonathon Acorn (miscellaneous crew)
Ramon Aguilar (miscellaneous crew)
Eleanor Aitken (miscellaneous crew)
Terri Anderton (miscellaneous crew)
Sean Ashton-Peach (miscellaneous crew)
Sarah Berryman (miscellaneous crew)
Carl Buckley (miscellaneous crew)
Cameron Chittock (miscellaneous crew)
Sarah Glensor (miscellaneous crew)
Ginny Grayson (miscellaneous crew)
Steven Greenwood (miscellaneous crew)
Steve Ingram (miscellaneous crew)
Peter Jackson (miscellaneous crew)
Danny Mulheron (miscellaneous crew)
Andrew Murdoch (miscellaneous crew)
George Port (miscellaneous crew)
Tania Rodger (miscellaneous crew)
Sue Rogers (miscellaneous crew)
Chris Todd (miscellaneous crew)
Martin Walsh (miscellaneous crew)
Ian Williamson (miscellaneous crew)
Justine Wright (miscellaneous crew)
Michael Kane (production designer)
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