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The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Gene Cunningham
- Pa Hercules
- (as Ugh-Fudge Bwana)
- …
Brian Routh
- Military Duet
- (as The Kipper Kids)
- …
Martin von Haselberg
- Military Duet
- (as The Kipper Kids)
- …
Matthew Bright
- Henderson Twins Squeezit & René
- (as Toshiro Boloney)
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- TriviaDirector Richard Elfman and star Marie-Pascale Elfman, who were married at the time, financed the movie by buying, renovating and selling houses. They ran out of money and the movie was rescued by a benefactor.
- Alternate versionsPremiere long version running time is: 76 mins., 38 secs. Theatrical Version is: 73 mins., 11 sec. The colorized version runs 74 mins., 14 secs., restoring René Henderson's verse in "Queen's Revenge," which previously only appeared as a "deleted scene" in the special features section of the Fantomas DVD edition. This is the version preferred by the director.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Look Into 'the Forbidden Zone' (2004)
- SoundtracksWitch's Egg
Composed by Georg Michalski (as George Mishalsky) and Susan Tyrrell
Performed by Susan Tyrrell (uncredited)
Produced by Loren-Paul Caplin
Featured review
Hilarious and fun!
I was so excited that this finally came out on DVD. My dad took us to see it ages ago when it first came out in theaters and it became an instant family favorite. That might sound weird since it's a bit on the racy side, but most of the sexuality is done in a very silly and, I think, innocent way, so it never made me feel awkward showing it to anyone.
I think it's the best musical ever and the low budget production works perfectly into the surreal plot. The actors are brilliant, a crazy cast that makes me laugh until it hurts.
Rent it! Buy it! Give a copy to a friend and blow their mind!
I think it's the best musical ever and the low budget production works perfectly into the surreal plot. The actors are brilliant, a crazy cast that makes me laugh until it hurts.
Rent it! Buy it! Give a copy to a friend and blow their mind!
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- Totaler Sperrbezirk
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- Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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