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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
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October 1978 (USA) morePlot:
A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated tomatoes that KILL! full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Why Not a space flower?: Six Killer Movie Plants (From IFC. 2 July 2008, 10:43 AM, PDT)
Attack Of The "Attack Of" Movies
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 9 August 2001)
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The purest form of High Concept movie making more (64 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Miller | ... | Mason Dixon | |
| George Wilson | ... | Jim Richardson | |
| Sharon Taylor | ... | Lois Fairchild | |
| J. Stephen Peace | ... | Lt. Wilbur Finletter (as Rock Peace) | |
| Ernie Meyers | ... | The President | |
| Eric Christmas | ... | Senator Polk | |
| Ron Shapiro | ... | Newspaper editor | |
| Al Sklar | ... | Ted Swann | |
| Jerrold Anderson | ... | Major Mills (as Jerry Anderson) | |
| Don Birch | ... | Old man | |
| Tom Coleman | ... | Singing soldier | |
| Art K. Koustik | ... | FIA Director (as Art Koustik) | |
| Jack Nolen | ... | Senator McKinley | |
| Paul Oya | ... | Dr. Nokitofa | |
| John Qualls | ... | Captain |
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The song "Puberty Love" was performed by Matt Cameron, who would later go on to be the drummer for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. moreQuotes:
Commerical voice: Last year, more people were killed by automobile accidents, heart attacks, lung cancer, and natural causes combined than by any one tomato. moreSoundtrack:
TOMATO STOMP moreFAQ
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The trailers before the movie on my VHS copy are for a Hannah Barberra cartoon ("Yogi bear in the Arabian Nights" or something) which shows you who the marketing guys thought their target audience was and, taken on that kind of dumb stupid cartoon level, this is one of the funniest things I have seen for years. I laughed out loud several times whilst completely sober and on my own. Yes, its story structure is an utter mess, yes, the acting, directing, editing production values and sound (especially the sound) are awful, yes, a lot of the gags just don't work - the timing is all over the place sometimes jokes are rushed, other times they are stretched out way beyond their worth but as a whole "Tomatoes" is undeniably funny. I'm afraid I nearly wet myself when the Adolf Hitler line came as the payoff to a what looked like a lame running gag.
Reading some of the reviews here I find it hard to understand how anyone can be disappointed in this movie. It lays its stall out in the first two minutes. Girl is attacked by a tomato - then some of the funniest opening credits ever. It is so preposterous it defies criticism. This is the purest form of High Concept movie making. "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"... unless you didn't actually KNOW what a tomato was how could anyone think this is anything other than what it is - a dumb, stupid, funny movie? and I defy anyone who watches this film not to have the theme song running around their head for days afterwards.
Think of this movie as being made by Matt Stone & Trey Parker (the guys behind South Park etc.) and you get the idea - though in my opinion "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is a lot funnier than "Cannibal, the Musical" or "Orgazmo".
Definitely a movie to watch with your brain, and any critical faculties you may think you have, switched very, very off.