A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes.
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John De Bello
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Title: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
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Cast
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David Miller | ... | Mason Dixon |
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George Wilson | ... | Jim Richardson |
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Sharon Taylor | ... | Lois Fairchild |
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J. Stephen Peace | ... | Lt. Wilbur Finletter (as Rock Peace) |
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Ernie Meyers | ... | The President |
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Al Sklar | ... | Ted Swann |
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Jerrold Anderson | ... | Major Mills (as Jerry Anderson) |
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Don Birch | ... | Old Man |
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Tom Coleman | ... | Singing Soldier |
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Art K. Koustik | ... | FIA Director (as Art Koustik) |
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Jack Nolen | ... | Senator McKinley |
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Paul Oya | ... | Dr. Nokitofa |
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John Qualls | ... | Captain |
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After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent fruit and put a stop to their murderous spree. Included in this crack team are a lieutenant who never goes anywhere without his parachute, an underwater expert who's never out of his scuba gear, and a master of disguise who conceals his appearance by dressing as a black Adolf Hitler. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 October 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El ataque de los tomates asesinos See more »Edit
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$90,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Music by Paul Sundfor and Gordon Goodwin
Lyrics by Costa Dillon, John De Bello and J. Stephen Peace
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The giant tomatoes were made out of foam. See more »Quotes
Jim Richardson: I can say without fear of contradiction, that under no circumstances, and at no time has that current administration expended any public monies whatsoever for the purchase of the fluffy flower print toilet paper.See more »
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Special Appearance of the Royal Shakespearean Tomatoes by Arrangement with the Queen See more »Alternate Versions
The director's cut features a mockumentary called "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! Director's Cut: A Masterpiece Restored" on the restoration and the making of the film. See more »Soundtracks
TOMATO STOMPMusic by Paul Sundfor and Gordon Goodwin
Lyrics by Costa Dillon, John De Bello and J. Stephen Peace
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"Worst movie of all time"? No, actually one of the most insane and hilarious spoofs ever made. Not much of a plot, obviously low budget, non-actors doing the best they can to keep the dialogue deadpan and serious (George Wilson as the bad guy is particularly hilarious), and of course rampaging, evil, flesh-eating tomatoes.
In the tradition of David Zucker's Scary Movies, James De Bello's jokes aim to be as shamelessly stupid, but still funny, as possible. And it worked for me. Some lines literally had me howling with laughter. "Could somebody pass the ketchup?"; "Wienerschnitzel!"; "Technically, tomatoes are fags"; "Well, it was pretty dark, you know... it's lighter today"; "Why not? You're a woman!", just to name a few. And how can you not love a movie that features a catchy John Carradine-esquire theme song, a deliberately badly dubbed Japanese scientist, an insane katana-swinging WWII pilot who seems to drop from out of no where and just sort of follows along, a blind policeman, a president whose main job seems to be writing his signature on papers before crumpling them and throwing them away, a UN-type organization who spends the entire movie debating what should be done about the tomatoes before deciding it's not time to take action yet, a swimming champion who eats an entire bowl of the cereal "STEROIDS", mind-numbing musical numbers, the list goes on.
You'd have to be a pretty dull person not to enjoy this. Utterly insane, shamelessly cheap and silly, but somehow awesome. I'd recommend this movie to anyone with a knowledge of awful movies and a good sense of humour.
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