Meet the Feebles (1989)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Peter Jackson

Writers:

Peter Jackson (writer)
Danny Mulheron (writer)

Release Date:

1 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

Hell hath no fury like a hippo with a machine gun.

Plot:

Heidi, the star of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discovers her lover Bletch, The Walrus, is cheating on her...

Plot Keywords:

Violent Comedy | Gross Out Comedy | Gore | Variety Show | Drug Addict

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Donna Akersten	...	Samantha the Cat / The Sheep (voice)
Stuart Devenie	...	Sebastian / Dr. Quack / Daisy the Cow / Sandy the Chicken (voice)
Mark Hadlow	...	Heidi / Robert / Barry the Bulldog (voice)
Ross Jolly	...	(voice)
Brian Sergent	...	Wynyard the Frog / Trevor the Rat / The Fly (voice)
Peter Vere-Jones	...	Bletch / Arfur the Worm (voice)
Mark Wright	...	Sid the Elephant / The Cockroach / Louie the Fish (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danny Mulheron	...	Heidi the Hippo

Also Known As:

Frogs of War (New Zealand: English title) (fake working title)
Just the Feebles (USA)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Spain:18 | France:-12 | Argentina:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | 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

Filming Locations:

Wellington, New Zealand

Company:

WingNut Films

Trivia:

When "The Feebles Variety Hour" finally goes live, one of the audience members is wearing the alien costume from director Peter Jackson's previous movie, Bad Taste (1987).

Quotes:

[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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998) (V)

Soundtrack:

SODOMY

Great! I'm going to show this to my kids!

Wow, what a fun-loving, brilliant, magical story for kids to enjoy, as well as adults. (hehe, OK, maybe not kids!) I liked this movie, since it took a typical kid show idea and morphed it into something straight outta hell. This difficult-at-times to watch movie will make the sick ones laugh, and I found myself laughing alot.

It takes place in this weird freaking world where everyone is a puppet, and the feebles run this muppet-type show. The concept is great. Basically, instead of happy, fun-loving puppets, we have puppets who still have that "crazy" aspect that puppets usually do have, but with evil (and good) human traits attached. What you get, mostly, is an odd "Hell" kind of world. (Kermit, you better have been good, or you'll end up here!)

Somewhere in my demented mind I have a great desire to show this messed up movie to a kid, and see how they react. But I won't, not yet... hehehehe! >:)

Great concept. Difficult to watch. Messed up movie. Great for druggies. Not exactly for the kids...