South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers:

Trey Parker (television series South Park) &
Matt Stone (television series South Park) ...

Release Date:

30 June 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

Warning: This movie will warp your fragile little minds.

Plot:

When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance & Phillip, they are pronounced "corrupted", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.

Plot Keywords:

Satan | Hell | Saddam Hussein | Censorship | Self Referential

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Satan / Mr. Herbert Garrison / Phillip Niles Argyle / Randy Marsh / Tom - News Reporter / Midget In A Bikini / Ticket Taker / Canadian Ambassador / Bombardiers / Mr. Mackey / Army General / Ned Gerblanski / Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Saddam Hussein / Terrance Henry Stoot / Jimbo Kearn / Gerald Broflovski / Bill Gates / Additional Voices (voice)
Mary Kay Bergman	...	Liane Cartman / Sheila Broflovski / Sharon Marsh / Wendy Testeberger / Clitoris / Additional Voices (voice)
Isaac Hayes	...	Chef (voice)
Jesse Howell	...	Ike Broflovski (voice)
Anthony Cross-Thomas	...	Ike Broflovski (voice)
Franchesca Clifford	...	Ike Broflovski (voice) (as Francesca Clifford)
Bruce Howell	...	Man In Theatre (voice)
Deb Adair	...	Woman In Theatre (voice)
Jennifer Howell	...	Bebe Stevens (voice)
George Clooney	...	Dr. Gouache (voice)
Brent Spiner	...	Conan O'Brien (voice)
Minnie Driver	...	Brooke Shields (voice)
Dave Foley	...	The Baldwin Brothers (voice)
Eric Idle	...	Dr. Vosknocker (voice)

Also Known As:

South Park (International: English title) (short title)
South Park Saves the World (USA) (working title)
South Park: All Hell Breaks Loose (USA) (working title)
South Park: BLU (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (USA) (closing credits title)
The South Park Movie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive vulgar language and crude sexual humor, and for some violent images.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:7 | Hungary:18 | France:-12 | Iceland:12 | Iran:(Banned) | USA:TV-MA (tv rating) | USA:R (No. 36729) | Brazil:14 | Singapore:(Banned) | South Africa:13L | Italy:VM14 (sky rating) | Austria:16 | Finland:K-14 (original rating) | Poland:18 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:18 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iraq:(Banned) | Ireland:18 | Israel:16 | Italy:T | Japan:R-15 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:11 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Taiwan:R-12 | UK:15 | Argentina:16

Company:

Comedy Central Films

Trivia:

The pianist in the song "Super" is modeled after Marc Shaiman the composer of the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Whene Brian Boitano is shown skating, the judges give him a score based on a scale of 10. Figure skating uses a scale of 6.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Stan: [singing] There's a bunch of birds in the sky. And some deers just went running by.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Willow (1988)

Soundtrack:

Up There

Vulgarity at it's finest!!!!!!!!

What can I say but OH MY GODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had heard rumors about this movie's extremities (no pun intended) and that it was much more...ahem...wild than the t.v. show. Now, I've only seen a handful of the television shows, and they're pretty racy and raunchy, but I've always liked what I've seen. It's definitely not a show (or movie!) for kids. Or the faint of heart, or the easily offended. But then again, if you know that you're an easily offended person DON'T GO SEE THIS MOVIE!

I loved this movie. Granted, I have to admit that I was shocked and surprised through 95% of it. But it was great nonetheless. It was funny and vulgar and said pretty much everything in a manner that was NOT politically correct. But then again, aren't we all getting pretty sick of political correctness?

I think one of the things that gets most of us, (at least myself) is that when we were kids that age, we never would have gone around saying half of what those kids did. Or, if we did, we did our best not to get caught! Of course, I was only ever threatened with getting my mouth washed out with soap...not my mother starting a war with a foreign country!

The musical numbers were great! They were very upbeat and will stick in the minds of viewers for years to come. In the future, when we're all sitting behind our desks (or whatever jobs we may have), we'll notice that we'll be humming certain catchy tunes and when we stop to wonder what it is, we'll remember the songs from South Park both with humor and with horror that we're actually humming them out in the "civilized" world. The scene I think the best for musical numbers was where several of the different songs were going on at one time. It was very "Les Miserables" like (I saw the musical so I know what I'm talking about) in a very sick and twisted sort of way. It was simply funny and light hearted.

This movie poked fun at just about everything in the book. Nothing was spared. Not Christianity, not different racial stereotypes, and certainly not the gay community. But none of it was handled in a fashion to be hateful or humiliating. In my opinion, all the jabs were meant to get people to see that there shouldn't be the divisions that there are and when people get separated, they leave themselves open to ridicule and criticism. Rather if we all came together and put aside the divisions and stereotypes, then perhaps we could all see the humor in remarks and jabs like the ones made in this movie.

As for the political statement: it's true, you know. This country (as are many others) is always looking for something or someone else to blame for all the "troubles." We as a nation are hypersensitive to every little thing and just about everything is taboo. From swearing to being able to purchase certain adult oriented "toys," a person can't do anything in this country without being censored or "forbidden" to. It's sad when a state's laws or a person's hysteria keeps people from their constitutional right of free speech and the like. And this is what this movie was trying to point out. I agree with the person who is his review of this movie wrote, "They're just words" about the swearing in the movie. And that's all they are.

I give this movie a 10 for its humor, its musical numbers and its obvious statements. I think that everyone (who has an open mind) should go see this movie...and then go again and take someone who doesn't have an open mind so that it can be opened by the hilarious things said and done in this movie.