Meet the Feebles
Short description
Meet the Feebles is a satirical puppet comedy set behind the scenes of a television variety show. The production is led by Bletch the Walrus, an ambitious but dishonest producer, and its star, Heidi the Hippo. When Heidi learns that Bletch has been unfaithful to her, the backstage world begins to unravel, and the troupe's attempts to stage their big show are complicated by the private troubles of its performers. Among them are a drug-addicted frog haunted by his wartime past, a rat who makes pornography on the side, a manic-depressive elephant facing a paternity claim, and a hedgehog in love with a seal. The film mixes music and dark comedy with the ambitions and rivalries of its animal cast.
Peter Jackson directed, co-wrote and co-produced the film with Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair and Jim Booth. It was his second feature, following Bad Taste in 1987 and preceding Braindead in 1992, and was made in New Zealand by WingNut Films. The voice cast includes Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow, Brian Sergent, Ross Jolly and Peter Vere-Jones.
On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.6 from around 23,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.3 from roughly 329 votes. A critics' rating of 6.6 from 25 reviews places critical and audience responses closely together.
What's left behind the scenes
- The filmmakers were unable to obtain blank cartridges for the M60 machine gun, so they used live ammunition in the film.
- Initially, it was planned to film several episodes of a television series, but the project became a full-length feature film only when investors from Japan came forward with the proposal. The script had to be urgently rewritten.
- Upon closer inspection of the audience in the film, it is evident that almost all of them are cardboard cutouts. Dolls and people in costumes make up a tiny minority.
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