Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) (TV)

Director:

Christopher Guest

Writers (WGA):

Mark Hanna (earlier screenplay)
Joseph Dougherty (teleplay)

Release Date:

11 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

People always called Nancy the little woman... They'll never do that again

Plot:

While a woman by the name of Nancy is driving home from yelling at her husband at a motel who is with another woman...

Plot Keywords:

Giant | Revenge | Remake | Remake Of Cult Favorite

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Daryl Hannah	...	Nancy Archer
Daniel Baldwin	...	Harry Archer
William Windom	...	Hamilton Cobb
Frances Fisher	...	Dr. Theodora Cushing
Cristi Conaway	...	Louise 'Honey' Parker
Paul Benedict	...	Dr. Victor Loeb
O'Neal Compton	...	Sheriff Denby
Victoria Haas	...	Deputy Charlotte 'Charlie' Spooner
Lewis Arquette	...	Mr. Ingersol
Kye Benson	...	Alien Woman #2
Xander Berkeley	...	Second Man
Linda Bisesti	...	Reporter
Hamilton Camp	...	Prospector Eddie
Ben Cleaveland	...	Co-pilot #1
Richard Edson	...	Tony

Runtime:

Germany:85 min | Spain:89 min | UK:89 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Italy:T (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Taft, California, USA

Company:

Bartleby

Trivia:

The catering van in the dinner scene reads Arkoff and Corman, Industrial Caterers, a reference to American International Pictures producer Samuel Z. Arkoff and director Roger Corman (neither of whom was involved in the original Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958), which was released by Allied Artists).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nancy lifts the roof off Honey Parker's nail salon, Honey and Harry are standing still. The next shot is of Harry diving under a sink some distance away.

Quotes:

[Dr. Loeb sees the giant Nancy for the first time]
Dr. Victor Loeb: This is impossible.
Nancy Archer: Well, that certainly takes a load off my mind. I thought I had a problem.

Movie Connections:

References Yentl (1983)

Soundtrack:

Down in Louisiana

Loved this ironic, post feminist film

Very funny B flick. Tried a bit to hard to stay a B movie but a wonderful lark of hit you over the head metaphor of a woman "growing into her power". Ms Hanna was the right choice for this transformative awakening.

I'd live in Nancy Archer's pocket any day!