Production Year: 1980 - Family - Director: Robert Altman - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Linda Hunt, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith more
Advantages: Superb casting, faithful adaptition of comic, Altman's direction Disadvantages: Some bad songs and dubbing, overlength, an octopus
...thinking; how could I choose POPEYE to honor him? Well, I’m not exactly honoring him with this review, but merely mentioning that he passed away last year; yes, I know, POPEYE is considered one of his worst films. In many ways, this is director Altman’s most unorthodox film: it is not only based on a well-known comic book but it is also a musical. It marked the starring debut of Robin Williams, one of the world’s most beloved comedians, and also a ...
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Advantages: Nostalgic, lightly entertaining, ahead of it's time! Disadvantages: "I got millions'o emenies. And you is 10 or 12 of 'em!"
How did Popeye the Sailor become strong to the finish? Where did he come from, and what was his family like? This charming 1980 film musically explores Popeye's origins, and the quirky town of Sweet Haven with it's criminally pinioned populace. From the moment Popeye discreetly rides an ebbing storm into this odd port, we know his life will never be the same again.
Street toughs and the local crime-boss, The Commodore, rule the town, and the only ...
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Popeye [DVD] [1980]
Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare ... more
humanity with local eccentricity (think of hisM*A*S*HandNashville). So Altman'sPopeye(1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, clutt...
Popeye [DVD] [1980]
Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare ... more
humanity with local eccentricity (think of hisM*A*S*HandNashville). So Altman'sPopeye(1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, clutt...
seven seas comes magically to life in this delightful musical starring Robin Williams as Popeye who meets all challenges with the unshakable philosophy 'i yam wha...