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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) -- A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated tomatoes that KILL!

Overview

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Director:
Writers:
John De Bello (writer)
Costa Dillon (writer)
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Release Date:
October 1978 (USA) more
Plot:
A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated tomatoes that KILL! full summary | add synopsis
User Reviews:
It's hilarious moments are just enough to cover the dullness in between more (64 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
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
Alan Scharf ... Roberts
Gary Smith ... Sam Smith
Byron Teegarden ... Dr. Morrison
Doug Vernon ... Scientist
Dean Grell ... Miss Potato Famine of 1922
Jack Riley ... Salesman
Von Schauer ... Special Appearance
Cindy Charles ... Housewife
Joe Price ... Detective #1
Gordon Ross ... Detective #2
D. Wayne Cyphert ... Husband
Efemia Dillon ... Wife
Paul Abbot ... Sergeant
John De Bello ... Janitor / Charles White
Nigel Barber ... Guard at gate
Benita Barton ... Gretta Attenbaum
Gregg Berger ... Sergeant
Rebecca Birch ... Old woman
Wayne Wynne ... Mr. Mikkelson
Chad Demmon ... Bobby Drake
Ellen Drexler ... President's secretary
Burt Miller ... The Admiral
Richard Curtis ... General #1
Hal Chidnoff ... General #2
David Hall ... Bruce
Steve Cates ... Greg Colburn
Brian Cantwell ... Superman
Lydia Hannibal ... Receptionist
James De Bello ... Deaf & blind cop
Richard Buresh ... Hotel clerk
Dan Walsh ... Billy
Hutch the Dog ... Spot the Dog
Riba Nolan ... Lady at supermarket

Costa Dillon ... Man in library (as C.J. 'Clark' Dillon)
Mike Niederman ... Soldier at phone
Jim Hess ... TV reporter
D.J. Sullivan ... Mrs. Williams
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Dana Ashbrook ... Boy on boat
Gordon Browning ... Cigar-smoking Senator
Patrick Browning ... Boy In Chair Reading Book (uncredited)
Elissa Groh ... Biker's screaming girlfriend (uncredited)

Randee Lynne Jensen ... Extra (uncredited)
Marc Sandknop ... Boy in crowd (uncredited)
Ralph Waxman ... UPS man (uncredited)
Donna Woodrum ... Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
John De Bello 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John De Bello  writer
Costa Dillon  writer (as C.J. Dillon)
J. Stephen Peace  writer (as Steve Peace)
Rick Rockwell  written by

Produced by
Michael Bard Bayer .... associate producer (2003 special edition)
John De Bello .... producer
J. Stephen Peace .... producer (as Steve Peace)
Mark L. Rosen .... producer
 
Original Music by
Gordon Goodwin 
Paul Sundfor 
 
Cinematography by
John K. Culley 
 
Film Editing by
John De Bello 
 
Costume Design by
Costa Dillon  (as Constantine James Dillon)
 
Production Management
Costa Dillon .... production manager (as C.J. Dillon)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Costa Dillon .... assistant director
Costa Dillon .... second unit director (as C. James Dillon)
 
Art Department
Costa Dillon .... property master
Jean Hollbrook .... art work
 
Sound Department
Paul Wear .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Craig Berkos .... special effects
Robert Matzenauer .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Roger Dorney .... optical camera (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Craig Berkos .... grip
Steve Cates .... gaffer
Steve Dillon .... grip
Pete Hoffman .... assistant camera
Robert Matzenauer .... key grip
Julian Pena .... grip
Mike St. James .... grip
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cheryl Peace .... costume designer: tomato costume
 
Editorial Department
Robert Matzenauer .... assistant editor (as Bob Matzenaur)
 
Music Department
John De Bello .... composer: theme music
John De Bello .... music editor
 
Other crew
Craig Berkos .... miniaturization
Costa Dillon .... all purpose bit player (as 'Clark' Dillon)
Costa Dillon .... location scout (as Constantine J. Dillon)
Robert Matzenauer .... chief tomato maker
Robert Matzenauer .... giant tomatoes (as Bob Matzenaur)
Barbara Muir .... talent coordinator
Beth Reno .... production accountant
 
Thanks
Gene Ames .... thanks
Robert Matzenauer .... thanks (as Ronald Matzenauer)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min | 90 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The song "Puberty Love" was performed by Matt Cameron, who would later go on to be the drummer for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. more
Quotes:
Swan: We have to convince the little housewife out there that the tomato that ate the family pet is not dangerous! more
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Soundtrack:
THEME FROM ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
It's hilarious moments are just enough to cover the dullness in between, 26 July 2006
6/10
Author: MrVibrating from Sweden

Attack of the killer tomatoes is low-budget's answer to summer blockbuster Snakes on a Plane. Technically, it's the other way around, since AOTKT came first, but whatever. It's dumb, it has a small cult following, and you understand the plot when you read the title.

Tomatoes, you know, the kind in salads, attack people. This is shown in the movie, mostly as tomatoes being thrown at people with tomatoes on the ground everywhere. This continues for an entire movie, which might sound repetitive, but there's other side-tracks of the story as well, which more often than not are very funny.

The production values are non-existent but the filmmakers do their best to cover them up("I'm sorry, gentlemen, for the size of this room", the general says and then all the scientists climb over each other to get a seat) There are lots of silly plot points and many totally unnecessary, some funny and some not. Whenever it gets draggy, there's usually something really funny just in time. That's not bad.

If you need to have this told to you, then you will not like this movie, but I'll tell you anyway: Do NOT take this movie seriously. Enjoy the musical numbers, the stupid "Jaws"-like tomato attacks, the crazy characters, and all the other details that in then end makes AOTKT a fun experience.

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