A spoof 1950's sci-fi movie, interspersed with various comedy sketches.
Run Time
85 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Genre
Comedy, Sci-Fi
Language
English
Keyword
Moon, 1950s, Spoof, Parody, 1980s
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono
Colour
Black and White, Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Parody/Spoof, Absurd Comedy
Themes
Filmmaking, Haunted By the Past, Mad Scientists
Tones
Satirical, Witty, Irreverent, Humorous, Silly
Mood
Just for Laughs
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3
Release Date
18/09/1987
Country
USA
Country Of Origin
USA
Wikipedia Plot
Fictional television station WIDB-TV (channel 8) experiences problems with its late-night airing of science-fiction classic Amazon Women on the Moon, a 50s B-movie in which Queen Lara (Sybil Danning) and Capt. Nelson (Steve Forrest) battle exploding volcanoes and man-eating spiders on the moon. In place of the faltering film, the channel airs various other movie clips, trailers, commercials, public service announcements, infomercials and talk shows in between a few snippets of the main feature.
These segments feature:
Arsenio Hall as a man who nearly kills himself in a series of mishaps around his apartment;
Monique Gabrielle as a model who goes about her daily routine in Malibu, California, completely naked;
Lou Jacobi as a man, zapped into the television, wandering throughout sketches looking for his wife;
Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter Horton as a young couple having trouble with eccentric doctor Griffin Dunne delivering and then concealing their newborn baby;
Joe Pantoliano as the presenter of a commercial recommending stapling carpet to a bald head as a hair loss prevention measure;
David Alan Grier and B.B. King in a public-service appeal for "blacks without soul";
Rosanna Arquette as a young woman on a blind date, employing unusual methods of investigation to reveal the past indiscretions of Steve Guttenberg;
Henry Silva as the host of a show entitled Bullshit or Not?, clearly intended as a spoof of In Search Of . . .;
Archie Hahn as a man who dies after a critical mauling (Roger Barkley and Al Lohman resembling Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) and is roasted at his funeral by a variety of people, including his wife;
William Marshall as the leader of a gang of pirates illegally bootlegging videotapes;
Ed Begley, Jr. as the son of the Invisible Man, having trouble with his formula;
Angel Tompkins as a First Lady who is also a former hooker;
Matt Adler as a sexually frustrated teenager who becomes a spokesperson for a condom company;
Marc McClure renting a personalized date video;
and an epilogue at the end of the credits, with Carrie Fisher and Paul Bartel in a black-a
Wikipedia Text
Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 American satirical comedy film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget movies on late-night television. The film, featuring a large ensemble cast, was written by Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland, and takes the form of a compilation of twenty-one comedy skits directed by five different directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis and Robert K. Weiss.
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