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| Hervé Villechaize | ... | King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension | |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension / Ruth Henderson | |
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Gisele Lindley | ... | The Princess |
| Jan Stuart Schwartz | ... | Bust Rod, the Servant Frog | |
| Marie-Pascale Elfman | ... | Susan B. 'Frenchy' Hercules | |
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Virginia Rose | ... | Ma Hercules |
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Gene Cunningham | ... | Huckleberry P. Jones / Pa Hercules (as Ugh-Fudge Bwana) |
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Phil Gordon | ... | Flash Hercules |
| Hyman Diamond | ... | Grampa Hercules | |
| Matthew Bright | ... | Squeezit & René Henderson (as Toshiro Boloney) | |
| Danny Elfman | ... | Satan | |
| Viva | ... | Ex-Queen | |
| Joe Spinell | ... | Squeezit's Father | |
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Brian Routh | ... | Harry Kipper (as The Kipper Kids) |
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Martin von Haselberg | ... | Harry Kipper (as The Kipper Kids) |
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A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her. Written by Scott Murdock <scottm@kc.grapevine.com>
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dysfunctional family | some scenes animated | animated sequence | animated segments | cult film |Taglines:
A chaotic musical fantasy.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
21 March 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tiltott zóna See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Performed by Kedric Wolfe, Phil Gordon, Matthew Bright (as Toshiro Baloney) & Chorus
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Squeezit: Well, last night my mother was punishing me again, and I begged her to stop hurting me, but she wouldn't. And finally the pain got so intense and unbearable that I felt like I was dying and leaving my body.See more »
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Alphabet Song(uncredited)
Music by Danny Elfman
Performed by Kedric Wolfe, Phil Gordon, Matthew Bright (as Toshiro Baloney) & Chorus
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I very much enjoyed this movie and watch it again and again. What can I say? It's artistic and enjoyable, very much the kind of thing I like in movies. Also the fact of its' bizarre, dark and surreal mood and humour toward the film. It's like David Lynch's take on Betty Boop, that's how good it is! The characters are insane and possibly on drugs, the King is a sex-addicted monster, yet somehow a gentlemen to the woman he loves, one of the characters is well, uh, a transsexual, another character is a frog. I couldn't recommend it more for it is a musical fantasy giving to us by Richard Elfman. Seriously, leave it to the Elfmans' to give us one of the greatest musicals ever!