Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

The dim-witted teen duo of Beavis and Butt-Head travel across America in search of their stolen television set.

Directors:

Mike Judge, Mike de Seve (as Mike DeSeve)

Writers:

Mike Judge, Joe Stillman

Stars:

Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mike Judge	...	Beavis / Butt-Head / Tom Anderson / Mr. Van Driessen / Principal McVicker (voice)
Bruce Willis	...	Muddy Grimes (voice)
Demi Moore	...	Dallas Grimes (voice)
Cloris Leachman	...	Old Woman on Plane and Bus (voice)
Robert Stack	...	ATF Agent Flemming (voice)
Jacqueline Barba	...	FBI Agent Hurly (voice)
Pamela Blair	...	Flight Attendant / White House Tour Guide (voice)
Eric Bogosian	...	Ranger at Old Faithful / White House Press Secretary / Lieutenant at Strategic Air Command (voice)
Kristofor Brown	...	Man on Plane / Man in Confession Booth #2 / Old Guy / Jim (voice)
Tony Darling	...	Motley Crue Roadie #2 / Tourist Man (voice)
John Doman	...	Airplane Captain / White House Representative (voice)
Francis Dumaurier	...	French Dignitary (voice) (as Francis DuMaurier)
Jim Flaherty	...	Petrified Forest Recording (voice)
Tim Guinee	...	Hoover Dam Guide / ATF Agent (voice)
David Letterman	...	Motley Crue Roadie #1 (voice) (as Earl Hofert)

Storyline

Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score. On the way they encounter a murderous smuggler of a deadly virus and his treacherous wife, an FBI agent with a predilection for cavity searches, a couple of rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Dreesen singing "Lesbian Seagull", a little old lady and of course Mr. Anderson and his trailer. Can the Great Cornholio save the day? Uh-huh. Huh-huh.

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Plot Keywords:

confession booth | television | fbi | beavis and butt head | score | 

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Taglines:

Coming to a screen bigger than your TV.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude sex-related humor and language, and for a drug-related scene

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish Hindi

Release Date:

20 December 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beavis et Butt-Head se font l'Amérique

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,114,233, 22 December 1996, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$63,071,133, 13 April 1997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures,MTV Productions,Geffen Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the people sitting in the circle when the teacher sings "Lesbian Seagull" is Daria Morgendorffer, who later got her own series.

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Goofs

When Beavis is delivering his "We're never gonna score" speech on the bus, the old woman's skin is much darker than in other scenes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Butt-head: This is cool.

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Crazy Credits

A big band version of Mr. Van Drissen's Lesbian Seagull song plays over the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

When "Beavis and Butt-head Do America" premiered on MTV on August 7, 1999, an additional cut scene followed the movie. While visiting the Pentagon, Beavis can't take a dump in their restroom because there's no toilet paper in the stall. Butt-head is equally angry with Washington because the urinals don't automatically flush when you run your hand across them. After the rest of their tour bus has finished looking at an encased Declaration of Independence, Beavis sneaks out, breaks the glass and snatches it to use as "T.P. for his bunghole." While Pentagon guards rush to see what happened, Beavis cleans up and exits the stall with a piece of the Declaration, containing John Hancock's signature, stuck to his shoe.

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Connections

Referenced in Scream: The Inside Story (2011)

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Soundtracks

I Wanna Riot
Written by Tim Armstrong (as Armstrong), Matt Freeman (as Freeman), and Lars Frederiksen (as Frederiksen)
Performed by Rancid with Stubborn All-Stars
Produced by Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen
Courtesy of Epitaph
Stubborn All-Stars perform courtesy of Another Planet Records and Stubborn Records

User Reviews

Beavis and Butthead may never "score", but this movie sure does.

After watching a couple of 'Beavis & Butthead' episodes on TV and a bunch on the Net, I instantly became a fan, and this just happened a couple of months ago.Now I really wanted to see the movie and I was unable to get the DVD and thought I would never get it.I eventually found a way.There was a site that I went to and I actually managed to watch the whole movie.What you need to know about Beavis and Butthead is that they're the most stupid duo in the history of animation.Think of Fry from 'Futurama' and Homer from 'The Simpsons' and you get Beavis and Butthead.The next thing you need to know about them is that they're addicted to television.When they find out that their set has been stolen, they go on a cross country adventure that involves a deadly poison, nuns, a man who seems to do a cavity search on any suspect or witness, and a really hot lady who's ex looks an awful like Kurt Russell from 'Death Proof'.All of this just to find their TV.Now what would you do? I'm sure you would do something simple like going to Best Buy and buy a new set instead of being hunted down by the FBI.So now you know that Beavis and Butthead are total idiots, yet their movie turns out almost brilliant.How is this possible? Beavis and Butthead's incredible stupidity makes it nearly impossible for you to take your eyes off of them.They're just that entertaining.

As Butthead would say if saw this movie:

"Uh-huh-huh.This movie's cool.Uh-huh-huh."

Beavis would probably say:

"I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"