My favourite musical...just after The Blues Brothers.
One day, in a the borough of Skid Row-New York City, a terrible threat to human existence is discovered by a young man named Seymour, who works in a florists...the threat? A PLANT! Dun dun durrrrrrrr!
So, this little plant (Audrey II) looks a lot like a chubby Venus Fly-trap, except, it eats more than flies...like people and stuff. It also talks and sings (voiced by Levi Stubbles, of Four Tops fame)...well!
Based on the off Broadway musical of the same name and in its second film outing, this film features the creme de la creme of comedy performers; Steve Martin (particularly iconic as a sadistic dentist), Bill Murray (as a masochistic patient of said dentist), John Candy (Disc Jockey) and Christopher Guest, to name but a few.
Budget: Directed by Yoda (Frank Oz), shot on the Albert (Cubby) Broccoli stage at Pinewood studios (England) for around $30,000,000, this version dwarfs the 1960's, Roger Corman effort by a good $29,970,000.
Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg was going to produce and Martin Scorsese direct...in 3D. Check out Youtube for alternate endings.
One day, in a the borough of Skid Row-New York City, a terrible threat to human existence is discovered by a young man named Seymour, who works in a florists...the threat? A PLANT! Dun dun durrrrrrrr!
So, this little plant (Audrey II) looks a lot like a chubby Venus Fly-trap, except, it eats more than flies...like people and stuff. It also talks and sings (voiced by Levi Stubbles, of Four Tops fame)...well!
Based on the off Broadway musical of the same name and in its second film outing, this film features the creme de la creme of comedy performers; Steve Martin (particularly iconic as a sadistic dentist), Bill Murray (as a masochistic patient of said dentist), John Candy (Disc Jockey) and Christopher Guest, to name but a few.
Budget: Directed by Yoda (Frank Oz), shot on the Albert (Cubby) Broccoli stage at Pinewood studios (England) for around $30,000,000, this version dwarfs the 1960's, Roger Corman effort by a good $29,970,000.
Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg was going to produce and Martin Scorsese direct...in 3D. Check out Youtube for alternate endings.
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