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Overview

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6.9/10   1,969 votes
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Director:
Richard Elfman
Writers:
Richard Elfman (story)
Richard Elfman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
21 March 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy | Musical more
Tagline:
A chaotic musical fantasy.
Plot:
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Universal Music Publishing Group signs publishing deal with Danny Elfman
 (From BusinessofCinema. 26 September 2009, 11:26 PM, PDT)
'Forbidden Zone' ... The Stage Musical?
 (From Cinematical. 4 September 2009, 5:03 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Perhaps the best movie ever made, definitely the weirdest! more (84 total)

Cast

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Hervé Villechaize ... King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension
Susan Tyrrell ... Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension / Ruth Henderson
Gisele Lindley ... The Princess
Jan Stuart Schwartz ... Bust Rod, the Servant Frog
Marie-Pascale Elfman ... Susan B. 'Frenchy' Hercules
Virginia Rose ... Ma Hercules
Gene Cunningham ... Huckleberry P. Jones / Pa Hercules (as Ugh-Fudge Bwana)
Phil Gordon ... Flash Hercules
Hyman Diamond ... Grampa Hercules
Matthew Bright ... Squeezit & René Henderson (as Toshiro Boloney)

Danny Elfman ... Satan
Viva ... Ex-Queen
Joe Spinell ... Squeezit's Father
Brian Routh ... Harry Kipper (as The Kipper Kids)
Martin von Haselberg ... Harry Kipper (as The Kipper Kids)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carmen Angelo ... Featured dancer
Rosilyn Aronson ... First Teasing Girl
Hilary Beane ... Sexy Student
Sugar Bear ... Gunfighting Student, Johnny
Brenda Bernstein ... Featured dancer
Herman Bernstein ... Mr. Bernstein, the Old Yiddish Man
James Bordus ... Gunshot Victim
Bobbi Botton ... Featured dancer
Susan Bridges ... Featured dancer
Albert Brokhim ... Court Trumpeter
Kyra Campinsky ... Featured dancer
Darlene Cloutier ... Featured dancer
Lisa Cloutier ... Featured dancer
Kathleen Conklin ... Featured dancer
Ken Corrone ... Giant Prisoner
Kerry Ann Covey ... Featured dancer
Rosilyn Crinion ... Second Teasing Girl

Richard Elfman ... Masseuse, prisoner
David Erikson ... Giant Prisoner
Christine Fulbright ... Featured dancer
Nela Gary ... Featured dancer
Sydney Haupert ... Featured dancer
Nancy Hoffer ... Featured dancer
Nicholas James ... The Pope
Jennifer Laute ... Featured dancer
Dawn McErrick ... Featured dancer
Mike Morris ... Featured dancer
Joe Munro ... Marching Demon
Dennis Olivieri ... Stuttering Student
Gregg Pope ... Student Dance Soloist
Redonte Reola ... Small Student
Brenda Star ... Sexy Student
Nathan Stelzer ... Featured dancer
Kedric Wolfe ... Human Chandelier / Miss Feldman, the School Teacher

Jan Munroe ... The Headsman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Elfman 
 
Writing credits
Richard Elfman (story)

Richard Elfman (screenplay) &
Matthew Bright (screenplay) &
Nick L. Martinson (screenplay) &
Nicholas James (screenplay) (as Nick James)

Produced by
Gene Cunningham .... executive producer
Judith Faye Elfman .... assistant producer
Marie-Pascale Elfman .... producer
Richard Elfman .... producer
Nicholas James .... co-producer (as Nick James)
Martin Nicholson .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Danny Elfman 
 
Cinematography by
Gregory Sandor 
 
Film Editing by
Nicholas James 
Martin Nicholson 
 
Production Design by
Marie-Pascale Elfman 
 
Art Direction by
David M. Wackler 
 
Production Management
Bill Baker .... production manager
Mark Kitchell .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Frumkin .... second assistant director
Larry Markart .... second assistant director
Martin Nicholson .... first assistant director
Steve Sasser .... additional assistant director
 
Art Department
Ken Corrone .... set designer
Cathy Walters .... storyboard artist (as Kathy Walters)
 
Sound Department
Gary Alexander .... sound re-recording mixer
Jan Brodin .... sound recordist
Ken Dufva .... foley artist
Robert Grieve .... foley artist
Lara Holland .... foley artist (as Laja Holland)
Lara Holland .... sound editor (as Laja Holland)
Gerald B. Wolfe .... production sound mixer
Gerald B. Wolfe .... sound recordist
 
Visual Effects by
John Nelson .... visual effects animator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Lee Grover .... second assistant camera
Alex Hakobian .... gaffer
Lazlo Mecs .... first assistant camera
 
Animation Department
John Muto .... animator: animated sequences
Mitchel C. Resnick .... animator
 
Editorial Department
Patricia Summers .... assistant editor
Dennis Michelson .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Steve Bartek .... music arranger
Loren-Paul Caplin .... musical director
Danny Elfman .... music arranger
Oingo Boingo .... music performers
Robert Randles .... music supervisor
 
Other crew
Fred J. Blome .... production assistant
Maureen Byrne .... additional dance sequences
Richard Charles Greenbaum .... production assistant
Vinita McClellon .... script supervisor
Brenda Weisman .... script supervisor
Rebecca Wilson .... title designer
Carol Zeitz .... choreographer
 

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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
73 min | USA:74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R
Company:
Hercules Films Ltd. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The pin-up girl painting that King Fausto (Herve Villechaize) works on was done by Los Angeles-area painter Robert Blue, which was stolen from the painter's studio not long after the film's completion. In real life however, Villechaize was himself a skilled painter. more
Quotes:
Chicken: You know the chickens are always ready to help you any way we can. But as you know...
Squeezit: What can chickens do?
Chicken: Precisely.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Wonder Bar (1934) more
Soundtrack:
Some of These Days more

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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Perhaps the best movie ever made, definitely the weirdest!, 24 February 2005
10/10
Author: galaxis007 from United States

I love this movie, and I was lucky enough to be standing next to the filmmaker at an Oingo Boingo concert, so I mentioned to him that Oingo Boingo was a great band, but that movie they were in really blew! That put a smile on his face, especially when I said "just kidding, Richard" There is no way to describe this movie adequately. Yiddish humor, Cab Calloway and other oddball jazz tunes, sick animation, and totally fearless acting make this a real tour De force. There has never been, and will never be another movie even slightly similar to this one. So if you are a film or music buff, you need to see this, if only to realize the extent to which the medium of film can be taken by the most wildly creative and uninhibited minds. Now I want to learn more about this Elfman's body of work. His brother Danny's work I am familiar with and appreciative of. If anyone reads this and knows of more Richard Elfman films, won't you post the info for us please? Thanks!

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