Popeye
Paramount Pictures (12/12/1980)
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#308
0*
DVD
113 mins
4.7

Robin Williams Popeye
Shelley Duvall Olive Oyl
Ray Walston Poopdeck Pappy
Paul Dooley Wimpy
Paul L. Smith Bluto
Richard Libertini Geezil
Donald Moffat The Taxman
MacIntyre Dixon Cole Oyl
Roberta Maxwell Nana Oyl
Donovan Scott Castor Oyl

Director Robert Altman
Producer Robert Evans
Writer Jules Feiffer
E.C. Segar

Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare humanity with local eccentricity (think of his M*A*S*H and Nashville). So Altman's Popeye (1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, cluttered, cartoonish town called Sweethaven. But it is much less successful as a comprehensible story about the famous sailor with massive forearms and a relationship with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall). Robin Williams plays Popeye with his usual brilliance for mimicry, Paul Dooley makes a credible Wimpy, and Paul L. Smith makes an impression as the oversized bully, Bluto. But this strange, disastrous film never becomes more than an expensive workshop airing out Altmanesque themes. --Tom Keogh

Edition Details
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Country USA
Language English
Barcode 097360117141
Region Region 1
Chapters 12
Release Date 6/24/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby
Personal Details
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