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Overview

User Rating:
4.5/10   2,965 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Frank Parkin (book)
Charlie Peters (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 February 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The last undiscovered tribe is about to expose themselves. more
Plot:
An anthropologist creates a fictitious lost New Guinea tribe using his family members to cover-up for his mis-use of grant moneys. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
The Worst Movie of All Time?...Perhaps! more (60 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Dreyfuss ... Krippendorf

Jenna Elfman ... Veronica

Natasha Lyonne ... Shelly

Gregory Smith ... Mickey
Carl Michael Lindner ... Edmund
Jacob Handy ... Young Edmund
Zachary Handy ... Young Edmund

Lily Tomlin ... Ruth Allen

Stephen Root ... Gerald Adams
Doris Belack ... President Porter
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Simon Alonso
Siobhan Fallon ... Lori
Amzie Strickland ... Gladys Schmades
Phil Leeds ... Dr. Harvey
Frances Bay ... Edith Proxmire
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual humor.
Runtime:
94 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Last cinema film of 'Zakes Mokaes'. more
Quotes:
President Porter: What are they called?
James Krippendorf: What are they are called? They are called...
[he fumbles through his papers and finds a drawing by Edmund of "Shelley Mickey Edmund"]
James Krippendorf: They are called the "Shel... mick... edmu."
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References Planet of the Apes (1968) more
Soundtrack:
More Than a Feeling more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
The Worst Movie of All Time?...Perhaps!, 5 August 1998
1/10
Author: Nathan Takeda (ntakeda@hotmail.com) from Santa Cruz, CA

Richard Dreyfuss himself said in an interview before the release of this flick: "(begging)Please go see this movie!...If this movie doesn't do well, it'll be the end of my career." Yes, he actually said this. Very disappointing behavior from an actor so many people once enjoyed watching on screen. I for one am not surprised. Mr. Dreyfuss has been heading down into disgrace for many years now. I would not be immediately opposed to changing my opinion of Mr. Dreyfuss, but for this to happen, he must make some kind of comeback!! But I will watch with anticipation, albeit slight, for this comeback. By the way, did you see how pitiful his expression was when the camera panned by him in the most recent Oscars' past-award-winners-lineup?? The shame he must have been feeling for the horrid Krippendorf's Tribe was very clearly seen (I believe it was in theatrical release at the time of the Oscars).

Well, see this flick if you are 1) into masochism, or 2) into laughing at the downfall of a once great actor (although his ever having reached that level of greatness is highly debatable). Thank you good sirs and madams for your time. Any one who reads this, please feel welcome to email me: ntakeda@hotmail.com I am interested in forming an Anti-Krippendorf's Tribe Group.

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