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Porklips Now

  • 1980
  • Not Rated
  • 16m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
289
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Porklips Now (1980)
ComedyShort

Spoof of Apocalypse Now has health inspector Will Dullard traveling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investig... Read allSpoof of Apocalypse Now has health inspector Will Dullard traveling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme predjudice."Spoof of Apocalypse Now has health inspector Will Dullard traveling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme predjudice."

  • Director
    • Ernie Fosselius
  • Writer
    • Ernie Fosselius
  • Stars
    • Billy Gray
    • Ernie Fosselius
    • John Brent
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    289
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ernie Fosselius
    • Writer
      • Ernie Fosselius
    • Stars
      • Billy Gray
      • Ernie Fosselius
      • John Brent
    • 13User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Billy Gray
    Billy Gray
    • Dullard
    • (as William Gray)
    Ernie Fosselius
    Ernie Fosselius
    • Mertz…
    John Brent
    • Head Butcher
    Leon Martell
    • Butcher's Aide
    Mark Lee
    • Slick (segment "Cook")
    Jim Turner
    Jim Turner
    • Rick (segment "Kook")
    Larry Walker
    • Famous Italian Director
    Tom Bullock
    • The Shutterbug
    • Director
      • Ernie Fosselius
    • Writer
      • Ernie Fosselius
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In this parody, the Kurtz character becomes "Fred Mertz" aka "Mad Man Mertz". This is a takeoff on both "Fred Mertz" (from I Love Lucy (1951)) and especially the infamous TV pitchman Mad Man Muntz.
    • Quotes

      Mertz: I had no shoes and complained. Until I met a man... who had no socks.

    • Crazy credits
      Ernie "Ford" Fosselius Presents
    • Connections
      References I Love Lucy (1951)

    User reviews13

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    10/10
    THE archetypal movie parody
    The single best movie parody of all time. This short includes all of the major themes and "quotable quotes" of the movie applied to an absurd topic. It was timely (release within a year of the original movie), well produced and executed, included an actor who had been lost to popular attention (wasn't he dead?), and even included some of the hype surrounding the original. If you view any one movie parody, this is the one. The real question is -- where is it?
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    • Aug 4, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Apokalops
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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