Bye-Bye Bin Laden (2009)

South Park meets The Daily Show in this irreverent, animated satire about war, TV, women's rights and religious extremism.

Director:

Scott Sublett

Writer:

Scott Sublett (screenplay)

Stars:

Todd Banhazl, Carolyn Beach, Chloe Bronzan

Cast

Credited cast:
Todd Banhazl	...	Manny (voice)
Carolyn Beach	...	Prakhbar bin Laden (voice)
Chloe Bronzan	...	Reporter (voice)
Gerry Doot	...	Opie bin Laden (voice)
Patricia Driscoll	...	Ashjaal (voice)
Karyna Fraser	...	Jenna Bush (songs) (voice)
Lance Gardner	...	Osama bin Laden (voice)
Craig Marker	...	Mark Bingham (voice)
James Marsh	...	Abdulaziz (voice)
Regina Melzer	...	Zareem (voice)
Januel Mercado	...	Gilligan Impersonator (voice)
Kevin Nakatani	...	Hare Krishna (voice)
Lizzy O'Hara	...	Allison (voice)
Charlie Queary	...	Donald Rumsfeld (voice)
William Romano-Pugh	...	Josh the Roachboy (voice)

Storyline

South Park meets The Daily Show in this irreverent, animated satire about war, TV, women's rights and religious extremism.

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Plot Keywords:

hare krishna | george w bush | osama bin laden | women's rights | religious extremism | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Musical

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

We Bombed in Baghdad

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the stage musical of the same name, which premiered in San Francisco in 2004.

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Connections

References Mary Tyler Moore (1970)

User Reviews

Spooky & Funny Cartoon

True to its title, the focus is on the War on Terror decade and looks forward to one very funny and gross possible outcome where the garbage loving "roach people" are left behind instead of WALL-E type robots.

If used in high-school history classes as a starting point for reviewing the War on Terror decade, it will make an excellent starting point to pique student interest and check what is and is not fact.

As a film, it's too short. As a cartoon/comedy network special, it's too long. Either needs to be cut a bit or have about 10-15 minutes of additional story and character development. It assumes the viewer knows a lot already, so avoids rehashing things that the attention span deficit generation might find beneficial to rehash. As a starting point for history research, however, it creates questions in an amusing way which is why it seems good for high-school (maybe a little too adult for earlier grades).