Meet the Feebles (1989)

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Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.

Comedy Music Fantasy pornography sexual abuse drug addiction musical celebrity coercion revenge murder puppetry prostitution bribery crime lord

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Comic, unpretentious, ironic and relentless.

gravecomic
unpretentiousprestige
earnestironic
contemplativerelentless
character-ledplot-driven

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Cast

Donna AkerstenSamantha the Cat / The Sheep (voice)
Stuart DevenieSebastian / Dr. Quack / Daisy the Cow / Sandy the Chicken (voice)
Mark HadlowHeidi / Robert / Barry the Bulldog (voice)
Brian SergentWynyard the Frog / Trevor the Rat / The Fly (voice)
Ross JollyHarry / Dennis / Abi Bargwan / Mr. Big / Pekingese / others (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Vere-JonesBletch / Arfur the Worm (voice)
Mark WrightSid the Elephant / The Cockroach / Louie the Fish (voice)
Danny MulheronHeidi the Hippo (uncredited)
Jay SnowfieldKiller man (uncredited)
Doug WrenBletch (voice) (uncredited)

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Peter JacksonDirector
Stephen SinclairScreenplay
Fran WalshScreenplay
Peter JacksonScreenplay
Murray MilneDirector of Photography
Jamie SelkirkEditor
Jim BoothProducer
Peter JacksonProducer

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