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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:
(2 articles)
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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Satire and ketchup all rolled into one! moreCast
(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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87 min | 90 min (director's cut)Country:
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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:
Swan: We have to convince the little housewife out there that the tomato that ate the family pet is not dangerous! moreSoundtrack:
THE MINDMAKER SONG moreFAQ
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"Tomatoes" has been unfairly maligned as one of the worst movies of all time. This is too bad, because the film is really a satire of cheap, bad sci-fi movies. So what better way to satirize a cheap, bad sci-fi movie than by unintentionally making one?
If you saw this movie as a child or teenager, scenes will be indelibly imprinted upon your mind. The guy taking a shower in a hallway; the dubbed voice of the Japanese scientist; the helicopter crash (which wasn't supposed to happen...the pilot came in at too steep of an angle and crushed the back rotor blade. The pilot lost control and crashed the copter. The producers, not wanting to waste this precious filming of an actual accident, put it in the film and instructed actor Jack Riley to pretend to crawl away from the smoldering wreckage); the tomato chasing a woman in a parking lot, with oh-so-noticeable wheels propelling it forward; ah, the magic of film.
Brought to you in part by future California state Assemblyman and State Senator J. Stephen "Rock" Peace.