Popeye
Popeye, a strong sailor, arrives at the small coastal town of Sweethaven while searching for his missing father. He rents a room at the Oyl family's boarding house where the Oyls plan to have their daughter Olive become engaged to Captain Bluto, a powerful, perpetually angry bully who manages the town in the name of the mysterious Commodore. However, on the night of the engagement party, Olive sneaks out after discovering that the only attribute she can report for her bullying fiancé is size. She encounters Popeye, who failed to fit in with the townsfolk at the party. The two eventually come across an abandoned baby in a basket. Popeye and Olive adopt the child, naming him Swee'Pea after the town Sweethaven, and the two return to the Oyls' home. Bluto, whom Olive had stood up, finds out about this encounter and, out of rage, imposes heavy taxes on the Oyls' property and possessions. A greedy taxman follows up on Bluto's demand, but Popeye helps the Oyls' financial situation by winning a hefty prize by defeating a boxer named Oxblood Oxheart.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family, Comedy, Romance |
Country: | United States, Malta |
Produced By: | Robert Evans, C.O. Erickson, Scott Bushnell |
Directed By: | Robert Altman |
Written By: | Jules Feiffer, E.C. Segar |
Cast: | Peggy Pisoni, Wayne Robson, Julie Janney, Margery Bond, Paul Zegler, Donald Moffat, Pietro Torrisi, David Arkin, Robert Fortier, Dennis Franz, MacIntyre Dixon, Judy Burgess, David McCharen, Larry Pisoni, Roberta Maxwell, Bill Irwin, Pamela Burrell, Roberto Dell'Acqua, Richard Libertini, Sharon Kinney, Michael Christensen, Donovan Scott, Shelley Duvall, Susan Kingsley, Robin Williams, Geoff Hoyle, Barbara Zegler, Allan F. Nicholls, Linda Hunt, Carlo Pellegrini, John E. Bristol, Alan Autry, Van Dyke Parks, Doug Dillard, Nathalie Blossom, Ray Walston, Stan Wilson, Roberto Messina, Jack Mercer, Ned Dowd, Peter Bray, Ray Cooper, Wesley Ivan Hurt, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Klaus Voormann |
In Theaters: | Dec 12, 1980 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 54 minutes |
Production: | Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Productions |
Budget: | $20,000,000 |
Box Office: | $49,823,037 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |