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Writer:
Dana Olsen (writer)
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Release Date:
10 December 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | Comedy more
Tagline:
We're going to make you LAUGH
Plot:
Popular comedians watch and give comments about the worst and silliest films from Hollywood. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
The Clips are Great, Otherwise... more (13 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Dan Aykroyd ... Himself

John Candy ... Himself

Cheech Marin ... Himself

Tommy Chong ... Himself

Gilda Radner ... Herself
Don E. Carney ... Gorilla Radio Announcer
Honey Sheperd ... Punk With Rat
Teena Nickolas ... Candy Counter Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Adams ... (archive footage)
John Agar ... (archive footage)
Charlotte Austin ... (archive footage)
Raymond Bailey ... (archive footage)
Claudia Barrett ... (archive footage)
George Barrows ... (archive footage)
Jacques Bergerac ... (archive footage)

James Best ... (archive footage)
Whit Bissell ... (archive footage)
John Breckinridge ... (archive footage)
Bob Bryant ... (archive footage)
Steve Calvert ... (archive footage)
Gary Clarke ... (archive footage)
Robert Clarke ... (archive footage)
Gary Conway ... (archive footage)
Tommy Cook ... (archive footage)
Carolyn Craig ... (archive footage)
James Craig ... (archive footage)
Criswell ... (archive footage)

Peter Cushing ... (archive footage)

Lou Cutell ... (archive footage)
Cathy Downs ... (archive footage)
Tom Drake ... (archive footage)
Douglass Dumbrille ... (archive footage)
Margaret Dumont ... (archive footage)
Peter Dyneley ... (archive footage)
Elaine Edwards ... (archive footage)
Jason Evers ... (archive footage)
Dolores Fuller ... (archive footage)
Ingrid Goude ... (archive footage)
Peter Graves ... (archive footage)
Lorna Gray ... (archive footage)
Roosevelt Grier ... (archive footage)
Marilyn Hanold ... (archive footage)
Susan Hart ... Clips from 'The Slime People' (archive footage)
Raymond Hatton ... (archive footage)
Allison Hayes ... (archive footage)
Olin Howland ... (archive footage)
William Hudson ... (archive footage)
Robert Hutton ... (archive footage)
Helen Jay ... (archive footage)
Tor Johnson ... (archive footage)
June Kenney ... (archive footage)
Sandra Knight ... (archive footage)
Glenn Langan ... (archive footage)
Joanna Lee ... (archive footage)
Virginia Leith ... (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi ... (archive footage)
George Lynn ... (archive footage)
Dudley Manlove ... (archive footage)
Paul Marco ... (archive footage)
Scott Marlowe ... (archive footage)
Norma McCarty ... (archive footage)
Wanda McKay ... (archive footage)
Mona McKinnon ... (archive footage)
Gordon McLendon ... (archive footage)

Ray Milland ... (archive footage)
Julie Mitchum ... (archive footage)

Clayton Moore ... (archive footage)
Antonio Moreno ... (archive footage)
George Nader ... (archive footage)
Dave O'Brien ... (archive footage)
Lyn Osborn ... (archive footage)
Patricia Owens ... (archive footage)
Nestor Paiva ... (archive footage)
Kim Parker ... (archive footage)
Drew Pearson ... (archive footage)
Earl Rowe ... (archive footage)
Randy Stuart ... (archive footage)
Gloria Talbott ... (clips from 'The Cyclops' and 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space') (archive footage)
Russ Tamblyn ... (archive footage)
Marshall Thompson ... (archive footage)
Tom Tryon ... (archive footage)
Forrest Tucker ... (archive footage)
Mamie Van Doren ... (archive footage)
Emil Van Horn ... (archive footage)
Yvette Vickers ... (archive footage)
Gregory Walcott ... (archive footage)
Grant Williams ... (archive footage)
Edward D. Wood Jr. ... (archive footage)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Writers Harry and Michael Medved worked as consultants on this film, which was inspired by their books, "The Golden Turkey Awards" and "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time". The brothers were so incensed by their treatment by the film's producers (and the end result) that they devoted a small entry to it in their subsequent book, "The Hollywood Hall Of Shame". more
Movie Connections:
Features Missile to the Moon (1958) more
Soundtrack:
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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
The Clips are Great, Otherwise..., 21 November 2003
Author: squeezebox from United States

I've always enjoyed this hodge-podge of "bad" movie scenes and previews. But only for the previews themselves. Unfortunately, this movie takes a very smug and pompous attitude toward its subject matter, largely due to the fact that Golden Turkey Award creator Michael and Harry Medved were "advisors" on the project.

Anyone who is a real fan of these movies enjoys them for the silly schlock that they are. The Medveds revel in ridiculing and lampooning them with no appreciation for them at all. Surprisingly, this is the sense one gets from hosts Dan Aykroyd and John Candy, two performers one would think would have a special place in their hearts for these classics.

Only Cheech and Chong and Gilda Radner seem to get into the spirit of things. While Candy and Aykroyd poke fun and insult the movies, Cheech, Chong and Radner play along with them, and create some genuine laughs.

But the real stars are the clips themselves, which are great fun and great nostalgia. Oddly, amid these "bad" movies are such recognized classics as THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Scenes from outrageously over-the-top cautionary films about sex and marijuana are utterly hilarious.

Highlights are Chong ordering a truckload of candy at the concession stand and Radner doing her little girl schtick from Saturday night live.

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