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The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.
Trey Parker
- Alferd Packer
- (as Juan Schwartz)
Moira Kelly
- 'The Dropout'
- (as M.K.)
- (credit only)
Martin Leeper
- Sheriff of Saguache
- (as Marty Leeper)
Masao Maki
- Indian Chief
- (as Maseo Maki)
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- TriviaPacker's horse is named Liane after Liane Adamo, Trey Parker's former fiancée. Parker discovered that Adamo was having an affair, so he gave her name to "the horse that would let anyone ride her."
- GoofsWhen George walks past the Indian woman, his car keys are heard jingling in his pocket as he goes out of the shot.
- Quotes
James Humphrey: Wait! You're cutting into his butt!
Frank Miller: Well, what kind of piece do you want?
James Humphrey: Well, not butt!
- Crazy credits(At the end of the closing credits) Due to the graphic nature of this film, it should not have been watched by small children.
- Alternate versionsThe film was originally prepared as a three-minute joke "trailer" shown at Trey Parker's college in Colorado. The cast is largely the same, although there is no Polly Prye yet, and most of the scenes in the "trailer" are matched in the final movie, including the songs "Let's Build a Snowman" and "On Top of You." There are also one or two songs not used in the final movie, though. In this version Packer, upon seeing the bodies of his mutilated companions, lets out a loud scream which gradually changes into a musical note, and he starts to sing a funky number. He sings something similar at the end of the trailer too. Although in the final movie, characters played by Matt Stone and Dian Bachar never develop facial hair, this version shows everyone growing at least a moustache, even Matt. This cheap and amusing "trailer" is sometimes actually used as the trailer for the final film [Although the final film does have its own trailer]. The title of the original trailer [And the original cut of the movie] was "Alferd Packer: The Musical," but of course all Troma releases replace the title cards with new ones reading "Cannibal: The Musical." Versions of the original trailer and the final film with both titles are circulating somewhere.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Orgazmo (1997)
- SoundtracksShpadoinkle
Music & Lyrics by Trey Parker
Produced by Rich Sanders
Performed by Trey Parker
Also performed by Toddy Walters,Dian Bachar, Ian Hardin, Jon Hegel, Matt Stone and chorus
Arranged by Douglas Krause (as Doug Krause) & Trey Parker
© 1993 by The Avenging Conscience, Inc.
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Let's get the inevitable out of the way: the movie looks absolutely horrible. There's a reason most of Trey Parker's work has been in animation. Then again, it's Troma, so we can be a little forgiving. It's not so much the budget as general incompetence in the film-making that's a bit annoying here, but it's still a Trey Parker cannibal Western musical comedy from Troma based loosely on the true story of Alfred Packer.
Yes, it's as silly and ludicrous as it sounds, and although it's not quite up there with the best Troma has to offer ("Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "The Toxic Avenger", "Tromeo and Juliet", and a less well-liked favorite of mine, "Troma's War"), it's still absolutely demented and crazy throughout, the songs are still good, and the movie has a lot of fun with Western conventions.
This is really Trey Parker's movie through and through, it's his excellent performance as Packer which carries the movie, and it's his songs that immediately made me forget about all the jokes which fell flat in the preceding scene. This movie is far from perfect, and I think I laughed a bit harder at "Orgazmo", but this is still one of Troma's more worthwhile movies, and interesting as an example of the work of a very young pre-"South Park" Trey Parker.
7/10
Yes, it's as silly and ludicrous as it sounds, and although it's not quite up there with the best Troma has to offer ("Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "The Toxic Avenger", "Tromeo and Juliet", and a less well-liked favorite of mine, "Troma's War"), it's still absolutely demented and crazy throughout, the songs are still good, and the movie has a lot of fun with Western conventions.
This is really Trey Parker's movie through and through, it's his excellent performance as Packer which carries the movie, and it's his songs that immediately made me forget about all the jokes which fell flat in the preceding scene. This movie is far from perfect, and I think I laughed a bit harder at "Orgazmo", but this is still one of Troma's more worthwhile movies, and interesting as an example of the work of a very young pre-"South Park" Trey Parker.
7/10
- ametaphysicalshark
- Nov 2, 2008
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- $125,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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