Thumbtanic (2002)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Todd Portugal

Writer:

Steve Oedekerk (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot Keywords:

Thumb | Eiffel Tower Paris | Surrealism | Giant Spider | Paris France

Cast

Megan Cavanagh	...	Old Woman at Dinner, Geranium's Servant (voice)
Mark DeCarlo	...	TV Anchor, Lookout #2, Rich Man at Dinner, Elvis (voice)
David Floyd	...	Thumb Wrestler, Lookout #1, Boiler Room Guy #2, 'Next' Steward (voice)
Paul Greenberg	...	Captain, Lice Checker #1, 'Lovely Ship' Steward, (voice)
Jim Hope	...	Lookout #4, Life Jacket Guy, 'Really A Woman' Guy (voice)
Jim Jackman	...	Dentist, Boiler Room Guy #1 (voice)
Mary Jo Keenen	...	Old Geranium, Geranium (voice)
Steve Oedekerk	...	Jake - Ship's Designer (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Mr. Prickle, Lice Checker #2, Bartender (voice)
Tony Pyle	...	Sub Pilot, Lookout #3, (voice)

Runtime:

26 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

O Entertainment

Quotes:

[upon seeing the ship's blueprints]
Mr. Prickle, Lice Checker #2, Bartender: This isn't useful, this is a monkey.

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Blair Thumb (2002) (V)

A well-done thumb movie

Steve Oedekerk, the man behind the two `Ace Ventura' movies, `Patch Adams', and `Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius', is pleased to present a Cliff Notes version of `Titanic'...all acted by thumbs. It's actually called `Thumbtanic' and it's pretty bizzarre....and humorous. After finding a pictures of a naked woman at the bottom of the ocean (and not wearing any clothes too), the local news station interviews a very old woman by the name of Germanium, who remembers the ill-fated voyage of `Thumbtanic', which was a ship that was very big but poorly steered. Once onboard, Germanium falls in love with Jack. I'll stop right here, I don't want to go any further, except by commenting my thought and opinions of it. I thought this was actually a very clever sendoff of one of the most beloved films of all time, with a lot of jokes made not only about tee movie, but made a lot of other references (mostly sexual). There is one scene however that cracks me up in the movie, and that is when he...uh, I forgot what I was going to say. Oh, except the movie's done in flashback sequence in 1912 when old people were really young, and not very tired as old people are now. What didn't work, though, was that annoying song `My Heart Is A Thumb'. Celine Dion impersonator: not impressed, although many of the great human impersonators who have a hairball stuck in their throats are better. Hey, this is why we love Weird Al Yankovic so much. Not an outstanding comic masterpiece, but funny, funny, funny. We have `The

Naked Gun', `Airplane!', and `The Blues Brothers' among us as the real comedy classics.

Rated: NR Released by: O Entertainment ©1999 Running Time: 27 minutes Rating: **1/2 out of **** (C+)