Paramount wanted to do Annie adaptation but they lost the bid so Robert Evans asked what else they've got they can turn into a musical - and the answer he got was Popeye. Evans got obsessed with doing comic strip accurate adaptation and went overboard. Altman was brought in because he did Nashville and seemed like a good fit.
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That set is still there and you can visit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_Village
if you can make it to Malta
and it is glorious
Popeye: "Gimme the spinach, Wendy! Wendyyyy, gimme the spinach!!!"
to think about it - The Shining seems almost like a sequel to Popeye.
How tf did Robert Altman end up making this movie lol
Shelley Duvall really ran the gamut of acting under unorthodox directorial styles didn’t she
Paramount wanted to do Annie adaptation but they lost the bid so Robert Evans asked what else they've got they can turn into a musical - and the answer he got was Popeye. Evans got obsessed with doing comic strip accurate adaptation and went overboard. Altman was brought in because he did Nashville and seemed like a good fit.
there's a great video by Hats Off Entertainment on the production of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLnIlP7kbdA
This was my favourite movie when I was a kid.
happens to the best of us
Probably the second best odd movie I've seen. Only Rocky horror is better.
It's very odd
Have you seen El Topo?
Everything is food, food, food
Everything is food to go
Everything is food for thought
Everything you knead is dough
It is food
Everything is food
yay