Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Directors:

Mike Judge
Mike de Seve
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Writers:

Mike Judge (written by) &
Joe Stillman (written by) ...
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Release Date:

20 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Coming to a screen bigger than your TV.

Plot:

The dimwitted teen duo of Beavis and Butt-Head travel across America in search of their stolen television set.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Television | Beavis And Butt Head | Television Set | U.S. President

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

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)
Toby Huss	...	TV Thief #2 / Concierge / Bellboy / Male TV Reporter (voice)
Sam Johnson	...	Limo Driver / TV Thief #1 / Man in Confession Booth #1 / Petrified Forest Ranger (voice)
Richard Linklater	...	Tour Bus Driver (voice)
Rosemary McNamara	...	Flight Attendant #2 (voice)
Harsh Nayyar	...	Indian Dignitary (voice)
Karen Phillips	...	Announcer in Capitol (voice)
Dale Reeves	...	President Clinton (voice)
Michael Ruschak	...	Hoover Dam Technician / General at Strategic Air Command (voice) (as Mike Ruschak)
Gail Thomas	...	Flight Attendant #3 / Female TV Reporter (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Kinnear	...	ATF Agent Bork (voice) (uncredited)
David Spade	...	(voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Judge
Mike de Seve		(segment director) (as Mike DeSeve)
Yvette Kaplan		(animation)
Brian Mulroney		(segment director)

Writing credits
Mike Judge		(written by) &
Joe Stillman		(written by)
Brian Mulroney		additional material

Produced by
John Andrews	....	co-producer
Michael Blakey	....	producer
Winnie Chaffee	....	line producer
David Gale	....	executive producer
Abby Terkuhle	....	producer
Van Toffler	....	executive producer
Mike Judge	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
David J. Miller

Film Editing by
Gunter Glinka
Terry Kelley
Neil Lawrence

Casting by
Barry Moss

Art Direction by
Jeff Buckland

Production Management
Jacqueline Barba	....	production manager

Art Department
Ray daSilva	....	designer
Ray daSilva	....	storyboard artist
John Rice	....	storyboard artist
Eugene Salandra	....	lay-out artist
Ted Stearn	....	storyboard artist
Rob Zombie	....	hallucination sequence design based on and including artwork by

Sound Department
Randle Akerson	....	supervising sound editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Benson	....	sound
John Bowen	....	sound editor
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor
Neil Cedar	....	dialogue loop recordist
Neil Cedar	....	foley recordist
Linda Di Franco	....	foley editor
Joe Dorn	....	adr editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (as Kenneth R. Dufva)
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Eric Friend	....	sound recordist
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
David Jaunai	....	foley recordist
David Jaunai	....	loop recordist
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
John Lynn	....	sound
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Paul O'Bryan	....	first assistant sound editor
Tony Pipitone	....	sound editor
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Rick Wessler	....	foley artist
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	optical sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dave Hughes	....	special effects
Normand Rompré	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Eric S. Calderon	....	computer consultant

Animation Department
Edward Artinian	....	background layout artist
Doug Crane	....	animator
Gloria De Ponte	....	character layout artist
Mike de Seve	....	sequence director (as Mike DeSeve)
Geoffrey Johnson	....	sequence director
Maurice Joyce	....	layout supervisor
Yvette Kaplan	....	animation director
Tony Kluck	....	sequence director
Bill Moore	....	assistant animator
Bill Moore	....	layout artist
Siobhan Mullen	....	layout artist
Brian Mulroney	....	sequence director
Ben Price	....	animator
Chris Prynoski	....	sequence director
Eugene Salandra	....	animation
Dan Shefelman	....	layout artist
Dan Shefelman	....	story artist
Ilya Skorupsky	....	animator
Ilya Skorupsky	....	sequence director
Ilya Skorupsky	....	storyboard artist
Rob Zombie	....	animator: hallucination scene (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Dave Hughes	....	editor: hallucination sequence
Jim Passon	....	color timer
David Reale	....	first assistant editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Emilie A. Bernstein	....	additional orchestrator
Graham Walker	....	music production supervisor
Rick Winquest	....	additional music recordist

Other crew
Mike Baez	....	key pose artist
Kristofor Brown	....	script consultant
Kristofor Brown	....	voice supervisor
Joseph Buoye	....	production associate (as Joe Buoye)
Gloria De Ponte	....	key pose artist
Mike de Seve	....	sequence director (as Mike DeSeve)
Karen Disher	....	key pose artist
David Felton	....	spiritual advisor
Giovanni Giacomo Galassi	....	voice director: Italian (as Gianni G. Galassi)
Brian A. Kates	....	animatics editor
Cole Kazdin	....	production coordinator
Barbara Jean Kearney	....	production coordinator
Ray Kosarin	....	sequence director
Janie Mertz	....	production assistant
Jeff Mertz	....	production coordinator
Sue Perrotto	....	key pose artist
Todd Roeland	....	production coordinator
Meika Rouda	....	layout coordinator
Frank Suarez	....	key pose artist

Thanks
Laura De Ponte	....	special thanks
Gregg Vanzo	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• MTV Productions (producer)
• Geffen Pictures (in association with)
• Viacom International (uncredited)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (1997) (Australia) (VHS)
• Cinema International (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount British Pictures (1997) (UK) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1997-2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Paramount Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment (2000) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• C.T.S. Studios  score recorded at
• Computer Ink & Paint  coloring and compositing
• David Sharp's Totally Looped Group  production services
• Deborah Ross Film Design  title design
• Deluxe  color
• Eastman Kodak Company  film
• Eighth Frame Camera Service  animation camera services
• Fourmi Rouge Animation  additional posing design
• Geffen Records  soundtrack
• Hughes Moss Casting  casting
• Lansdown Recording Studios  score mixed at (as Lansdowne Recording Studios)
• London Metropolitan Orchestra, The  score performed by
• Natterjack Animation  additional background layout design
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Paramount Pictures  digital sound editing
• Plus One Animation  overseas animation
• Rough Draft Studios  3D sequence
• Rough Draft Studios  overseas animation
• Sync Sound  post-production sound facility: New York
• Tape House  coloring and compositing
• Todd-AO Studios  sound recorded at (as Todd-AO Studios, Hollywood)

Also Known As:

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:

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 | Ireland:15 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Malaysia:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Butte, Montana, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The version of "Walk on Water" on the official soundtrack is not the version that is heard in the movie. The version you hear in the movie is actually the 'demo' version, and it appears on Disc 2 of Ozzy Osbourne's 'Prince of Darkness' boxed set.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The front entrance of the Old Faithful Inn does not face Old Faithful. As viewed from the front, the geyser is situated approximately 90 degrees to the left. In addition, the entrance has a large canopy covering the loading and unloading of passengers.

Quotes:

Concierge:[leading Beavis and Butt-head into their room] I'm sorry about that little misunderstanding, gentlemen. We didn't realize you were registered guests. If there's anything we can do to...
Beavis:[sees TV and remote attached to table, tries to lift it] Damn it. This thing is stuck.
Concierge:Sir, it's attached to the...
Butt-head:You dumb-ass, let me try.
Beavis:[stops] Hey, check it out. That guy's still standing there.
[Concierge holds out hand, expecting tip]
Butt-head:Uhh, could you, like, not stand there and stuff?
Butt-head:[as soon as concierge leaves] Some people are dumb.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Soundtrack:

The Lord is a Monkey

One of the best films of 1996

Beavis and Butthead Do America is as funny (if not funnier) than the television show. It looks at the two morons like never before (with intelligence). The plot involves the duo on a cross-country odyssey to "score". Along the way, we overhear the voices of Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman, Eric Bogosian, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Greg Kinnear and David Letterman. And of course, Mike Judge (who directed, co-wrote and voiced 5 characters) who created this (God help me for saying) satirical masterpiece brings this film to a fine edge that isn't lost years later. For it's fans it's entertaining, in spots hysterically funny, and even cool to an extent; it's a film that, in a way, should get more credit than it got, but as a film on a level of 'cult' status it ranks in the background of other comedy peaks from the X-ers of the 90s. Where else will you get Dave Letterman playing former Motley Crue roadies turned drifters?