New Zealand, 1989
94m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
mono, English
A New Zealand fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson.
Plot Summary
Heidi the Hippo, star of the Meet The Feebles Variety Hour, learns to her dismay that her husband Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. The rest of the cast are having problems of their own, what with their drug abuse, AIDS, financial difficulties and Vietnam flashbacks.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Peter Jackson
WingNut Films presents
Produced by: Jim Booth, Peter Jackson
Written by: Frances Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, Danny Mulheron, Peter Jackson
Director of Photography: Murray Milne
Editor: Jamie Selkirk
Music Composed by: Peter Dasent
Sound Mixer: Grant Taylor
Costume Designer: Glenis Foster
Puppet Hairdressers: Shayne Radford, Melissa Snater
Special Effects/Armourer: Steve Ingram
Puppet Co-ordinator: Tania Rodger
Supervising Puppeteers: Jonathan Acorn, Ramon Aguilar
Heidi Performed by: Danny Mulheron
Puppet Designer: Cameron Chittock
Production Designer: Mike Kane
Cast
Donna Akersten [Samantha the Cat/The Sheep]
Stuart Devenie [Sebastian/Dr Quack/Daisy the Cow/Sandy the Chicken]
Mark Hadlow [Heidi/Robert/Barry the Bulldog]
Ross Jolly
Brian Sergent [Wynyard the Frog/Trevor the Rat/The Fly]
Peter Vere-Jones [Bletch/Arfur the Worm]
Mark Wright [Sid the Elephant/The Cockroach/Louie the Fish]
Doug Wren [Bletch] *
Alternative Titles
El delirante mundo de los Feebles – Spain
Frogs of War – working title
Just the Feebles – USA
El mundo de los Feebles – Argentina
Det Sjuka gänget – Sweden
Vilka svin! – Sweden (video)
Links
See also
The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
The Terminator (1984)
References
Newspapers
- Svenska Dagbladet 19 April 1991 – review (Sövande parody by Jeanette Gentele)
