It Came from Hollywood (1982)

Popular comedians watch and give comments about the worst and silliest films from Hollywood.

Directors:

Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt

Writer:

Dana Olsen

Stars:

Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Cheech Marin

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dan Aykroyd	...	Himself
John Candy	...	Himself
Cheech Marin	...	Himself
Tommy Chong	...	Himself
Gilda Radner	...	Herself
Don E. Carney	...	Gorilla Radio Announcer
Honey Sheperd	...	Punk With Rat
Teena Nickolas	...	Candy Counter Girl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Adams	...	(archive footage)
John Agar	...	(archive footage)
Charlotte Austin	...	(archive footage)
Raymond Bailey	...	(archive footage)
Claudia Barrett	...	(archive footage)
George Barrows	...	(archive footage)
Jacques Bergerac	...	(archive footage)

Storyline

Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Special features on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and a special tribute to the worst film maker of all-time, Ed Wood.

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Plot Keywords:

hollywood | compilation | cult | host | film criticism | 

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Taglines:

We're going to make you LAUGH

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 December 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Directo de Hollywood

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writers Harry and Michael Medved worked as consultants on this film, which was inspired by their books, "The Golden Turkey Awards" and "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time". The brothers were so incensed by their treatment by the film's producers (and the end result) that they devoted a small entry to it in their subsequent book, "The Hollywood Hall Of Shame".

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Connections

Features Perils of Nyoka (1942)

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Soundtracks

"The Monkey Time"
(uncredited)
Written by Curtis Mayfield
Performed by Major Lance

User Reviews

"What's this movie about, man?"

Good intentions aside, at times I had trouble really getting into this pleasantly interactive, short-lived little documentary/Mystery Science Theater 3000 style arrangement that presents a variety of random clips from supposedly old b-grade to z-grade Hollywood features (though its hard to grasp why "War of the Worlds", "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" made its way in) that are set-up through specific genders (monsters, gorillas, animals going berserk, brains, troubled teenagers, Ed Wood, Aliens, giants and musicals) with them being wittily dissected/or informatively discussed by comedians Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner, Cheech and Chong. The thing was I thought the best moments actually involved the crazy movie clips themselves, than that of it focusing on its mugging stars and the wraparound sequences. The problem was that I found most of the remarks (which at times were surprisingly sparse) not to be all that funny, well Cheech and Chong came across more so genuinely smooth in their humour within the cinema (especially Chong at the candy bar and sitting their watching the films) and it came across an inspired choice for them to rip on the eccentrically pitched cautionary drug movies. However some of those scenes with the other stars in between the collection of clips just didn't gel, as for one Aykroyd really did get on my nerves. Some skits were better implemented than roughly penned others, but the feature does feel like one big trailer (or movie preview) for bad schlock movies… some which are hard to believe you're actually seeing it on screen. Nothing is safe in the wryly tongue-in-cheek "It Came from Hollywood".