Flicks (1987)

A parody of Saturday afternoon matinee's, including coming attractions and a cartoon.

Directors:

Peter Winograd, Kirk Henderson

Writers:

Larry Arnstein (screenplay), David Hurwitz (screenplay),

Stars:

Pamela Sue Martin, Joan Hackett, Martin Mull

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pamela Sue Martin	...	Liz Stone (segment 'Philip Alien')
Joan Hackett	...	Capt. Grace (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Martin Mull	...	Tang (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy') / Arthur Lyle (segment 'House of the Living Corpse')
Betty Kennedy	...	Beth Lyle (segment 'House of the Living Corpse')
Richard Belzer	...	Stoner (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Barry Pearl	...	Red (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Lincoln Kilpatrick	...	Walt (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
John William Young	...	Tech #1 (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
David Alastair Lewis	...	Tech #2 (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy') (as David A. Lewis)
Joy Rinaldi	...	Joyce (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Genie Lawrence	...	Jodie (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Rose Marie Perfect	...	Louise (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Jay Donahue	...	Tiger (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Luke Andreas	...	Emery (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')
Cathryn Hartt	...	Janette (segment 'New Adventures of the Great Galaxy')

Storyline

A parody of TV and old movies in the tradition of Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon. The genres skewered here include cartoons (featuring a Cat and Mouse team from the 40's now living in a retirement home and crabbing about cartoons nowadays), old serial adventures, horror movies and science fiction flicks.

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Plot Keywords:

part animation | sketch comedy | flash gordon | spoof | alien | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hollyweird

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 1981 but never released theatrically.

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Connections

Features 'Cat and Mouse' at the Home (1983)

User Reviews

A Good Piece of Work, except for the final sequence

My former roommate, Peter Kelly, worked on this film circa 1981 (the "1987" date listed above is not correct, although this went straight to video without being released). I remember he brought home the shovel that was used to stick out of the guy's head. I also visited the work area once and saw the makeup for the final "Philip Alien" sequence. If you've seen the film, you wouldn't believe how intricately those false arms were worked on with all sorts of tiny pumps and gadgets.

He had some great stories to tell about Susan Blakely originally being cast for the "Liz Stone" character, but being replaced by Pamela Sue Martin after the first week of shooting.

Years later, I sat down and watched the video, which then was called "Loose Joints." I have to be honest (and I'm pretty picky, mind you): the film is not all that bad, up until the final "Philip Alien" sequence. The animation sequence took a lot of work for a film of this nature, and I'm surprised more fans haven't picked up on the general cult appeal that some of these sequences have.

Something tells me they didn't have the heart to cut out the "Philip Alien" sequence since that has one of the biggest stars in it and they worked so hard on the mechanical arms. That sequence is confusing and humorless and some of the gags they thought would work so well, such as a woman obsessed with bugs falling for a multi-armed extraterrestrial, simply did not work (in this reviewer's opinion).

Still, there's some good stuff here worth checking out. My roommate went on to make another crumby horror flick called "Nightmare On Elm Street." That's show biz.