Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Directors:

Mike Judge
Yvette Kaplan

Writers:

Mike Judge (written by) &
Joe Stillman (written by)

Release Date:

20 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Coming to a screen bigger than your TV.

Plot:

Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it...

Plot Keywords:

Drug Humor | Alter Ego | Cult Cartoon | Road Movie | Black Comedy

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Mike Judge	...	Beavis / Butt-Head / Tom Anderson / Mr. Van Driessen / Principal McVicker (voice)
Bruce Willis	...	Muddy Grimes (voice)
Demi Moore	...	Dallas Grimes (voice)
Cloris Leachman	...	Old Woman on Plane and Bus (voice)
Robert Stack	...	ATF Agent Flemming (voice)
Jacqueline Barba	...	FBI Agent Hurly (voice)
Pamela Blair	...	Flight Attendant / White House Tour Guide (voice)
Eric Bogosian	...	Ranger at Old Faithful / White House Press Secretary / Lieutenant at Strategic Air Command (voice)
Kristofor Brown	...	Man on Plane / Man in Confession Booth #2 / Old Guy / Jim (voice)
Tony Darling	...	Motley Crue Roadie #2 / Tourist Man (voice)
John Doman	...	Airplane Captain / White House Representative (voice)
Francis Dumaurier	...	French Dignitary (voice) (as Francis DuMaurier)
Jim Flaherty	...	Petrified Forest Recording (voice)
Tim Guinee	...	Hoover Dam Guide / ATF Agent (voice)
David Letterman	...	Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice) (as Earl Hofert)
Toby Huss	...	TV Thief #2 / Concierge / Bellboy / Male TV Reporter (voice)
Sam Johnson	...	Limo Driver / TV Thief #1 / Man in Confession Booth #1 / Petrified Forest Ranger (voice)
Richard Linklater	...	Tour Bus Driver (voice)
Rosemary McNamara	...	Flight Attendant #2 (voice)
Harsh Nayyar	...	Indian Dignitary (voice)
Karen Phillips	...	Announcer in Capitol (voice)
Dale Reeves	...	President Clinton (voice)
Michael Ruschak	...	Hoover Dam Technician / General at Strategic Air Command (voice) (as Mike Ruschak)
Gail Thomas	...	Flight Attendant #3 / Female TV Reporter (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Kinnear	...	ATF Agent Bork (voice) (uncredited)
David Spade	...	(voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Judge
Yvette Kaplan		(animation)

Writing credits
Mike Judge		(written by) &
Joe Stillman		(written by)

Produced by
John Andrews	....	co-producer
Winnie Chaffee	....	line producer
David Gale	....	executive producer
Abby Terkuhle	....	producer
Van Toffler	....	executive producer
Mike Judge	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
David J. Miller

Film Editing by
Gunter Glinka
Terry Kelley
Neil Lawrence

Casting by
Barry Moss

Art Direction by
Jeff Buckland

Production Management
Jacqueline Barba	....	production manager

Art Department
Ray daSilva	....	designer
Ray daSilva	....	storyboard artist
John Rice	....	storyboard artist
Eugene Salandra	....	lay-out artist
Ted Stearn	....	storyboard artist
Rob Zombie	....	hallucination sequence design based on and including artwork by

Sound Department
Randle Akerson	....	supervising sound editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Benson	....	sound
John Bowen	....	sound editor
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor
Neil Cedar	....	dialogue loop recordist
Neil Cedar	....	foley recordist
Linda Di Franco	....	foley editor
Joe Dorn	....	adr editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (as Kenneth R. Dufva)
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
David Jaunai	....	foley recordist
David Jaunai	....	loop recordist
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
John Lynn	....	sound
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Paul O'Bryan	....	first assistant sound editor
Tony Pipitone	....	sound editor
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Rick Wessler	....	foley artist
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dave Hughes	....	special effects
Normand Rompré	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Eric S. Calderon	....	computer consultant

Animation Department
Doug Crane	....	animator
Gloria De Ponte	....	character layout artist
Maurice Joyce	....	layout supervisor
Yvette Kaplan	....	animation director
Bill Moore	....	assistant animator
Bill Moore	....	layout artist
Siobhan Mullen	....	layout artist
Ben Price	....	animator
Eugene Salandra	....	animation
Dan Shefelman	....	layout artist
Dan Shefelman	....	story artist
Ilya Skorupsky	....	animator
Ilya Skorupsky	....	storyboard artist
Rob Zombie	....	animator: hallucination scene (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Dave Hughes	....	editor: hallucination sequence
Jim Passon	....	color timer
David Reale	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Emilie A. Bernstein	....	additional orchestrator
Graham Walker	....	music production supervisor
Rick Winquest	....	additional music recordist

Other crew
Mike Baez	....	key pose artist
Kristofor Brown	....	script consultant
Kristofor Brown	....	voice supervisor
Joe Buoye	....	production associate
Gloria De Ponte	....	key pose artist
Mike DeSeve	....	sequence director
Karen Disher	....	key pose artist
David Felton	....	spiritual advisor
Giovanni Giacomo Galassi	....	voice director: Italian (as Gianni G. Galassi)
Brian A. Kates	....	animatics editor
Barbara Jean Kearney	....	production coordinator
Ray Kosarin	....	sequence director
Janie Mertz	....	production assistant
Jeff Mertz	....	production coordinator
Sue Perrotto	....	key pose artist
Todd Roeland	....	production coordinator
Meika Rouda	....	layout coordinator
Frank Suarez	....	key pose artist

Thanks
Laura De Ponte	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• MTV Productions
• Geffen Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (1997) (Australia) (VHS)
• Cinema International (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1997-2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Geffen Records  soundtrack
• Post Media  post-production

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude sex-related humor and language, and for a drug-related scene.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34439) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:12

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

A reference to Butane made by the Tom Anderson character was changed from Propane to avoid a connection to Mike Judge's other animated series King of the Hill.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Chelsea Clinton used a bedroom at the rear of The White House, not the front.

Quotes:

Ranger at Old Faithful: There are over 2,000 geysers in Yellowstone Park. Old Faithful here is one of the largest. During an eruption, the geyser can reach as high as 200 feet.
Butt-head: So?
Ranger at Old Faithful: Uhhh... the-the geyser shoots out over twelve thousand gallons in a single eruption!
Beavis: That's not that much, really.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962)

Soundtrack:

Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls

Don't mis-judge Mike Judge

I know a lot of you who have never seen Beavis and Butthead probably think very little of the show based on the low-brow nature of it (I was one of them), but if you give this movie a chance you'll see that it's actually as well written and at times as, dare I say, subtle as King of the Hill.

Beavis and Butthead have their TV stolen and when trying to get it back are mistaken for hit men by drunken drunk Muddy Grimes (Bruce Willis, as I was rather shocked to find out once the credits rolled), who sends them on a mission to 'do his wife' Dallas. Misinterpreting this as any horny teenagers would, B+B head to Las Vegas to carry out the terrible act. But we discover (they don't, however) that Dallas and Muddy are part of international weapons conspiracy and our two teen-aged heroes are being set-up to take the blame.

So, as they take off across the country, causing absolute mayhem wherever they go, the ATF closely follow, giving full body cavity searches to everyone and anyone they meet at the order of head honcho Agent Flemming (the late Robert Stack), who comes out with some brilliant, deadpan one-liners. The set-pieces are wonderful and the mushroom-induced dream sequence by Rob Zombie looks amazing.

Mike Judge's animation style also brilliant. Avoiding bright, primary colors used in shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy and Futurama, he uses mainly softer colors, pencil-effect scenery and water-color backgrounds. It's a sort of calming, easy-going animation style that he's totally made his own.

You should totally check-out this movie. Don't be put off by what you may have heard or may think of Beavis and Butthead. You'll be conning yourself out of loads of laughs if you do.

And look-out for Daria Morgendorfer in the 'Lesbian Seagull' scene.