I yam what I yam what I yam what I yam... Robin Williams in his first major movie... it is a movie that I still need subtitles to understand because of the speech impediment or whatever it is that "Popeye" the sailor man has... grab your favorite can of spinach and enjoy...
Popeye beats the crap out of some poor octopus..
Popeye
Directed by Robert Altman
Produced by Robert Evans
Written by Jules Feiffer
E.C. Segar (comic strip)
Starring Robin Williams
Shelley Duvall
Linda Hunt
Paul L. Smith
Paul Dooley
Music by Harry Nilsson
Tom Pierson (additional music)
Cinematography Giuseppe Rotunno
Editing by John W. Holmes
David A. Simmons
Distributed by - USA -
Paramount Pictures
- non-USA -
Walt Disney Productions
Release date(s) December 12, 1980
Running time 114 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20,000,000 (estimated)
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You might enjoy this Mr. Media podcast interview with cartoonist Jules Feiffer, who talks about the new collection of his comic strips from the Village Voice, Explainers, getting his start with Will Eisner on The Spirit, his plays (Little Murders), his movies (Carnal Knowledge, Popeye), the Disney musical adaptation of The Man in the Ceiling, and his forthcoming memoirs.
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