Killer Tomatoes Eat France! (1992)

Director:

John De Bello

Writers:

John De Bello (written by)
Costa Dillon (written by)
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Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After being busted out of jail by his tomatoes, Professor Mortimer Gangrene begins a new plot to take...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Camera Shot Of Feet | Sequel | French | Tomato

Cast

Marc Price	...	Michael
Angela Visser	...	Marie
Steve Lundquist	...	Igor / Louis the XXVII (as Gerard Lundquist)
John Astin	...	Professor Mortimer Gangreen
Rick Rockwell	...	Ze Capitan
Kevin West	...	Concert Emcee
Tom Katsis	...	Prison Official
Bill LaFleur	...	Le Warden
Eileen Bowman	...	Tour Guide
Arnie Miller	...	Tourist who has to go
Michael F. Lambert	...	Artist
Harold MacPherson Jr.	...	Frenchy, Marie's Father
D.J. Sullivan	...	Marie, Marie's Mother
Amy Lawrence	...	Marie, Marie's Sister
Maxime Dumesnil	...	Handsome French guy
Costa Dillon	...	Vendor (as Costa 'Clark' Dillon)
J.P. Morley	...	Keeper of the Shoe
Heather Harpole	...	The Marie Who Would Be Queen
Paul L. Nolan	...	FT's Agent (as Paul Nolan)
Debi Fares	...	Marie the Showgirl (as Debra Fares)
Suzanne Dean	...	FT Groupie
Mary M. Egan	...	Elderly Tourist (as Mary Egan)
Karin Argoud	...	Marie the Waitress (as Karen Argoud)
John De Bello	...	Director
Mirjam Schippers	...	Script Supervisor
Koichi Tamura	...	Japanese Tourist
Jerry Corona	...	Shish-ka-bobbed Tourst
Bruno Toussaint	...	Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tom Ashworth	...	Bishop of Horton Plaza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Ford	...	Statue (uncredited)
Andrew P. Jones	...	Zoltan (uncredited)
Timothy E. Nesbitt	...	Paparazzi (uncredited)
Bob Sallese	...	Soldier #1 (uncredited)
Margaret Sutton	...	Old Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
John De Bello

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John De Bello		written by
Costa Dillon		written by (as Constantine Dillon)
J. Stephen Peace		written by

Produced by
John De Bello	....	producer
Renza Mizbani	....	line producer
J. Stephen Peace	....	producer

Original Music by
Rick Patterson

Cinematography by
Kevin Morrisey

Film Editing by
Beth Accomando

Casting by
Letitia Ferris

Production Design by
Robert Brill

Art Direction by
Debbie DeVilla

Set Decoration by
Chris Vail		(as Christopher Vail)

Makeup Department
Isabelle Hersant	....	makeup artist
Judy Mathai	....	key makeup artist
Marie Pierre	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Andrew P. Jones	....	production supervisor
Richard Kravetz	....	production manager: French unit
Carol Marino	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thierry Dubrevil	....	second assistant director
Jill George	....	second second assistant director
Fabio Golombek	....	second second assistant director
John Scherer	....	first assistant director
Carolyn Tate	....	third assistant director
Chuck Williams	....	assistant director

Art Department
Guy Clemens	....	lead carpenter
Jeff Covey	....	lead dresser
Christopher R. DeMuri	....	graphic designer
Alex Dodge	....	art department intern
Daniel DuPont	....	dressing production assistant
Manijeh Ghorbani	....	assistant props
Ryk Groetchen	....	swing gang
Catherine Guyot	....	assistant props
Sally Jewels	....	art department intern
George Karnoff	....	property master
John Marrett	....	prop fabrication
John Monroe	....	assistant carpenter
Darien Nemer	....	props production assistant

Sound Department
Bobbi Banks	....	dialogue editor
Francis Blaineau	....	sound mixer
Bill Coe	....	sound effects engineer
François Domerc	....	boom operator
Flavio 'Paul' Fabrini	....	sound recordist
Bruce M. Honda	....	foley mixer (as Bruce Honda)
Steve Kohler	....	foley artist
Martin Lopez	....	sound designer
Martin Lopez	....	supervising sound editor
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
Darien Nemer	....	sound effects assistant
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Mark Rozett)
Dan Speca	....	boom operator
David Yamamoto	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Andrew P. Jones	....	puppet effects
Michael Lambert	....	special effects engineer
Matthew Ramras	....	special effects assistant

Stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunts
John Crawford	....	stunts
Christopher Doyle	....	stunts
Daniel DuPont	....	stunts
Terry James	....	stunt coordinator (as Terrance James)
Michael R. Long	....	stunts (as Michael Long)
Michelle Sebek	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Andolsek	....	gaffer: second unit
Olivier Banon	....	first assistant camera: France
Pierre Berthier	....	first assistant camera: France
Pierre Bertin	....	grip: France
Robin Copeland	....	second assistant camera
Greg Cress	....	additional electrician
Gianni Leone De Magistris	....	second assistant camera: France
Shawn Ensign	....	additional grip (as R. Shawn Ensign)
Kagan Erturan	....	electrician
Houman Forough	....	still photographer
John Giddons	....	assistant camera: second unit
Marcus Gieppner	....	best boy grip: France
Michael Kowal	....	best boy grip
Mike Kowal	....	best boy grip
Arnaud Leguy	....	grip: France
Alexandre Lescure	....	still photographer: France
Marc Marino	....	best boy electric
Michael Martino	....	gaffer
Stephen McNutt	....	additional camera operator
Thom Owens	....	additional camera operator (as Tom Owens)
Peter Pearce	....	key grip
Steve Skinner	....	camera operator: second unit
Weldon Thompson	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Samuel Warren	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Peggy Ash	....	assistant wardrobe
Victoria Petrovich	....	key wardrobe
Anne Vorms	....	wardrobe: France

Editorial Department
Marci Bretts	....	assistant editor
Daniel DuPont	....	apprentice editor
John Gomez	....	apprentice editor
Dan McClure	....	apprentice editor
Lindsay Mofford	....	supervising assistant editor
Ray Morfino	....	color timer
Dave Tanaka	....	assistant editor

Music Department
J. Bruce Ablin	....	music engineer
Lawrence Czoka	....	music preparation
Larry Groupé	....	composer: additional music
Dallas Patterson	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Pierre Beudry	....	driver
Fritz Perret	....	transportation captain
Howard Rutman	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Nelly Boufferon	....	location assistant: France
Suzanne Dean	....	production coordinator
Remi Faillant	....	assistant to producer
Melissa Gerrero	....	assistant: Mr. De Bello
Sarah Golden	....	craft service
Caroline Harbeck	....	location manager
Alex Keeme	....	production assistant
Claire Labre	....	location coordinator: France
Frederique Lo Re	....	production assistant
Philippe Mazzoni	....	production assistant
Sophie Mevel	....	production secretary
Kimsheree Napiewocki	....	production assistant
Gary Reid	....	additional puppeteer
Beth Reno	....	production accountant
Vincent Roussel	....	production assistant
Mirjam Schippers	....	script supervisor
Diane Weiss	....	script supervisor: second unit
Suzan Bennett	....	voice-over (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Four Square Productions

Distributors

• New World Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Continental Home Vídeo (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Fox Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Four Square Productions

Trivia:

In The Basement of Death, there are two board games that fall off the shelves: the Family Ties board game and The Addams Family board game. Marc Price (Michael) played Irwin 'Skippy' Handelman on '"Family Ties" (1982)', and John Astin (Professor Mortimer Gangreen) played Gomez Addams on _"The Addams Family" (1964)_.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Although a comical disclaimer within the end credits states, "The Producers wish to point out that there is no King of France and there has not been since the French Revolution of 1789," indeed several monarchs ruled France during much of the nineteenth century.

Quotes:

Michael:What am I worried about? I'm 22 years old, I'm backpacking through France... Life is wonderful. Oh, who am I kidding. Michael J. Fox is a major motion picture star and I'm making a Killer Tomatoes movie, part 4!. What am I worried about? I'm making a movie. I'm filming in France. I've got a piece of the merchandising! It beats dinner theater.

Movie Connections:

References A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Soundtrack:

FT's 'PC' Ballad

A fun brain dead romp

This is a great example of a good, dumb movie. No, it is not high art by any means. Nor is the script anywhere close to a Woody Allen or Mel Brooks. BUT SO WHAT! The Killer Tomatoes series (four movies and a cartoon series) are basically good-natured romps gleefully trampling on the kind of territory the Zuckers ruled before they switched to making serious flicks.

As the title suggests, this fourth installment of the Killer Tomatoes trilogy deals with the Killer Tomatoes plot against France. In this case, Professor Gangrene (John Astin's 3rd time in the role) has a plan to rule France through an ancient prophecy about the return of the rightful King of France. Steve Lundquist returns as Igor, a humanoid tomato who wants to be a sportscaster and who just happens to be a dead ringer for the long-lost true King of France. Obviously he also plays the aforementioned l-l t K of F, happily skewering the French language.

Opposing them is the fearless Fuzzy Tomato (like the others, FT was introduced in the second film and would be a main character in the cartoon) and his human allies. Mark Price, recently unemployed as a result of the conclusion of the FAMILY TIES series, plays a thinly disguised version of himself, passing himself as "Michael J Fox" as a way to win the girl of his dreams. And Angela Visser is a dream as Marie, gleefully bouncing between unabashed virginal sexuality and borderline psychosis. Oh that the former Miss Netherlands had had more of a film career! Another returning member of the Killer Tomatoes stock company is Rick Rockwell (now best known as the hapless title subject of "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?"). Like co-creator John De Bello, Rockwell works both in front of and behind the camera in this series.

What can you say about Jon De Bello? Not much, really, except that he had a singular vision and managed to pull it off and, having done that, has apparently dropped into obscurity. John, if you ever see this, thanks for giving us the Killer Tomatoes.

The script is heavily but not obnoxiously aware that this is just a movie. Like RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, the action occasionally veers off the set and into the middle of the film crew. And Mark Price has a funny forum to complain about his own lack of success compared to his former costar Michael J Fox. This is the biggest budgeted of all the Killer Tomatoes flicks and is a nice send-off to the series. Okay, the show then moved to Fox Kids as a cartoon series (which was also quite clever), but cartoons just aren't the same.