Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)

It is the year 3069 and the Earth has been robbed of all its natural resources, destroyed by war and ozone depletion, and is now only a barren desert. The humans who inhabit this empty ... See full summary »

Director:

John Roecker

Writer:

John Roecker

Stars:

Nick 13, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nick 13	...	TV Reporter #1 (voice)
Billie Joe Armstrong	...	Charlie (voice)
Tim Armstrong	...	Narrator
Rob Aston	...	Cop #3 (voice)
Travis Barker	...	Cop #2 (voice)
Tre Cool	...	Prosecutor Bug / The Maid (voice)
Warren Fitzgerald	...	The Judge (voice)
Matt Freeman	...	Heino (voice)
Davey Havok	...	Hay (voice)
Theo Kogan	...	Hadie (voice)
Benji Madden	...	Interrogator #1 (voice)
Jason Schmidt	...	The Nomad
Janis Tanaka	...	Mrs. Ha Bianca (voice)
Jane Wiedlin	...	Squeaky (voice)
Sean Yseult	...	Heslie (voice)

Storyline

It is the year 3069 and the Earth has been robbed of all its natural resources, destroyed by war and ozone depletion, and is now only a barren desert. The humans who inhabit this empty vessel search not only for food but for a god to save them. Their search will soon be over when Charlie returns to save them.

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Plot Keywords:

repetition in title | antonyms in title | punk | 31st century

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Genres:

Animation | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 July 2006 (Japan)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$11,290 (USA) (27 January 2006)

Gross:

$11,290 (USA) (27 January 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

You've Got Bad Taste Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an interview, Director John Roecker claimed he chose Billie Joe Armstrong to play Charlie because "no one thought he could". According to the director, he was told by friends that Billie Joe couldn't perform as the infamous Charles Manson because he was "too nice of a guy".

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Quotes

Hay: Hey Sharon, where the fuck are we? This neighborhood looks poitively middles class. Look at those messes... If you drove me to the valley, I'll stab you to death and rip your baby out of your stomach and fuck it.

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Connections

References Patty Hearst (1988)

User Reviews

Stops being shocking or funny after about ten minutes - and there's an hour to go

I saw a midnight screening of this movie in Chicago last night, and had to fight very hard to stay awake. The idea of a remarkably vulgar stop motion musical about Charles Manson isn't such a bad one in and of itself, and there's about a ten minute stretch after the opening sequence that's really quite funny. However, once the novelty of seeing explicit puppet sex wears off, it's not shocking, it's not offensive, it's not subversive, and and it's not funny - it's just boring, and there's a good hour left to go. Once you've established that the real agenda is to shock and offend by any means necessary, it's hard to find anything really offensive. One or two of the songs is kinda catchy, in that "here's a show tune written by the drama teacher from the local high school," Guffman-esquire sort of way, but most are instantly forgettable. About the only thing to break the monotony of puppets trying their hardest to be shocking and offensive is when they take breaks to let Charlie do some ranting - and then it's even more boring. The movie even jokes about how dull Manson's rants would get, but makes you sit through them anyway. The live action sequences from the 31st century at the beginning and end seem pointless - could the guy in them even read in the first place? Would he sit through all of Helter Skelter if he could? I'm not sure which kind of people are going to get a thrill out of this - some might see Manson's scenes and feel really rebellious, like they're questioning authority and "seeing something they don't WANT me to see." Who's the "they," exactly, that would find this so threatening? While there's a segment of the population that will always be ready to object to people seeing violent and/or naked puppets, you can disturb those people just as much by watching CNN - and that would be a much better way to spend your time than watching puppets try to offend you.