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Village of the Giants

  • 19651965
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  • 1h 21m
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3.6/10
2.5K
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Village of the Giants (1965)
Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.
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Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.
IMDb RATING
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2.5K
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    • Bert I. Gordon
    • H.G. Wells(novel "The Food of the Gods")
    • Alan Caillou(screenplay)
    • Bert I. Gordon(screen story)
  • Stars
    • Tommy Kirk
    • Johnny Crawford
    • Beau Bridges
    • Bert I. Gordon
    • H.G. Wells(novel "The Food of the Gods")
    • Alan Caillou(screenplay)
    • Bert I. Gordon(screen story)
  • Stars
    • Tommy Kirk
    • Johnny Crawford
    • Beau Bridges
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 53User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    Tommy Kirk
    Tommy Kirk
    • Mike
    Johnny Crawford
    Johnny Crawford
    • Horsey
    Beau Bridges
    Beau Bridges
    • Fred
    Ron Howard
    Ron Howard
    • Genius
    • (as Ronny Howard)
    Joy Harmon
    Joy Harmon
    • Merrie
    Robert Random
    Robert Random
    • Rick
    • (as Bob Random)
    Tisha Sterling
    Tisha Sterling
    • Jean
    Charla Doherty
    Charla Doherty
    • Nancy
    Tim Rooney
    Tim Rooney
    • Pete
    Kevin O'Neal
    • Harry
    Gail Gilmore
    • Elsa
    Toni Basil
    Toni Basil
    • Red
    Hank Jones
    Hank Jones
    • Chuck
    Jim Begg
    Jim Begg
    • Fatso
    Vicki London
    • Georgette
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Sheriff
    • (as Joseph Turkel)
    The Beau Brummels
    The Beau Brummels
    • Themselves…
    Ron Elliott
    • Self
    • (as The Beau Brummels)
      • Bert I. Gordon
      • H.G. Wells(novel "The Food of the Gods")
      • Alan Caillou(screenplay)
      • Bert I. Gordon(screen story)
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    • Trivia
      Vicki London was originally cast in the lead female role, but it was given to Joy Harmon after London refused to show her boobs to the director. She said in an interview "During the wardrobe fittings, Bert Gordon wanted us [Joy Harmon, Tisha Sterling, Gail Gilmore] to take off our shirts and show him our breasts because he wanted the girl with the biggest ones to play the lead and be featured in the movie poster. I refused and Tisha did too. They still gave Tisha a very nice part but it was down hill after this for me. They made an issue out of me not willing to show my breasts, so they threatened that if I didn't do it they were going to cut me out of everything and they did." Gail Gilmore remembered this incident and said, "They wanted us to show us popping out of our clothes and asked if we minded being nude for it during filming though we would cover our breasts with our arms. I never had any qualms with nudity so I readily said yes. Joy did too, but Vicki refused."
    • Goofs
      The size of the giants is not consistent throughout the film, along with some of the miniature props they handle.
    • Quotes

      Genius: This time I was sure I had it. It's a very elusive formula.

      Elsa: Had what, kiddo?

      Genius: Kiddo? I prefer to be called Genius, if you don't mind.

      Elsa: Okay, Genius, no offence. What formula?

      Genius: For the Goo. There's not much of it, and they want me to make some more. But it's not easy.

      Elsa: Why don't we go for a walk, Genius? I'll buy you an ice cream cone.

      Genius: I never touch it. It's high in cholesterol. But I'll go for a walk with you.

      Elsa: Okay.

    • Connections
      Featured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: Village of the Giants (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Marianne
      by Jack Nitzsche and Russ Titelman

      Performed by Mike Clifford

    User reviews53

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    A sniveling, constipated Beau Bridges! Yay!
    This film opens with a group of presumably drugged out teens emerging from their rather badly wrecked automobile, only to dance around it maniacally and flop in the mud. Before long, one of them gets the idea to "go into town and make a little noise" or some such rot, and the fun begins when they run into giant ducks in the local dance parlor. These giants are the product of a goo accidentally created by a Opie-era "Ronny" Howard, who goes by the 'nickname' genius.

    Amazingly, a sniveling Beau Bridges is the gangleader and they find the goo and dare each other to eat it, then halfheartedly try to run the town. See the spineless Tommy Kirk bust a rigged chair on a giant fake leg!!

    See Beau Bridges and the fairly hot Toni Basil and another hot girl traipse around in curtain-like toga-sarongs! See director Bert I. Gordon make even more of an ass out of himself than ever and feel his ire as Mike and the bots tear him to shreds as usual! Laugh along as Tom Servo wrestles with his aversion to the movie "Willow", which he fantasizes was budding in young Ronny Howard's mind even then! And through it all, thrill to the exhilarating surf tones of the fabulous Beau Brummels! At least it's in technicolor.
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    • thefountainmenace
    • Sep 29, 2001

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 1965 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Whisky a Go Go - 8901 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Berkeley Productions
      • Embassy Pictures
      • Joseph E. Levine Productions
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    • 1 hour 21 minutes

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