Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Directors:

Mike Judge
Yvette Kaplan

Writers:

Mike Judge (written by) &
Joe Stillman (written by)

Release Date:

20 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Coming to a screen bigger than your TV.

Plot:

Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Television | Beavis And Butt Head | Washington D.C. | Heavy Metal

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mike Judge	...	Beavis / Butt-Head / Tom Anderson / Mr. Van Driessen / Principal McVicker (voice)
Bruce Willis	...	Muddy Grimes (voice)
Demi Moore	...	Dallas Grimes (voice)
Cloris Leachman	...	Old Woman on Plane and Bus (voice)
Robert Stack	...	ATF Agent Flemming (voice)
Jacqueline Barba	...	FBI Agent Hurly (voice)
Pamela Blair	...	Flight Attendant / White House Tour Guide (voice)
Eric Bogosian	...	Ranger at Old Faithful / White House Press Secretary / Lieutenant at Strategic Air Command (voice)
Kristofor Brown	...	Man on Plane / Man in Confession Booth #2 / Old Guy / Jim (voice)
Tony Darling	...	Motley Crue Roadie #2 / Tourist Man (voice)
John Doman	...	Airplane Captain / White House Representative (voice)
Francis Dumaurier	...	French Dignitary (voice) (as Francis DuMaurier)
Jim Flaherty	...	Petrified Forest Recording (voice)
Tim Guinee	...	Hoover Dam Guide / ATF Agent (voice)
David Letterman	...	Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice) (as Earl Hofert)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude sex-related humor and language, and for a drug-related scene.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34439) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:12

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

A reference to Butane made by the Tom Anderson character was changed from Propane to avoid a connection to Mike Judge's other animated series King of the Hill.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The parking area for Hoover Dam is on the Nevada (west) side of the dam, so the tour bus would not have driven across the dam before the passengers went on the tour of the dam.

Quotes:

Beavis: You must bow down to the almighty bunghole!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962)

Soundtrack:

Pimp'n Ain't EZ

"Huh, huh, huh, you said 'butt'..."

Feature-length expansion of the popular 1990's animated MTV series.

Beavis and Butt-head (both voiced by series creator Mike Judge) are two intelligence-impaired, hormone-crazed teenagers who embark on a cross-country trek after their beloved television set is stolen. They end up being hired by grubby criminal Muddy (voice of Bruce Willis), who wants them to "do" his wife Dallas (voice of Demi Moore). They accept, after misinterpreting the word "do".

This is a fine viewing experience for anybody who is already a B & B fan (like me). Lots of laughs throughout, with inspired casting of legendary television lawman Robert Stack as 'Agent Flemming', who is determined to catch Beavis and Butt-head, thinking they are notorious criminals (and who is also obsessed with body cavity searches).

I love it, and I give it ten out of ten.