South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
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| South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | |
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| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Produced by | Trey Parker Matt Stone |
| Written by | Trey Parker Matt Stone Pam Brady |
| Starring | Trey Parker Matt Stone Mary Kay Bergman Isaac Hayes |
| Music by | Trey Parker Marc Shaiman |
| Distributed by | - USA - Paramount Pictures - Global (non-USA) - Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | June 30, 1999 |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $21,000,000 USD |
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award-nominated animated satirical comedy/musical film released in 1999 and based on the animated television series South Park. The film parodies animated Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and the Broadway musical Les Misérables, as well as parodying the controversy surrounding itself. It features 12 songs by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman. The song "Blame Canada" was nominated for an Academy Award. The film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for frequent coarse language, crude sexual humor and violence, and was met with critical and commercial success.
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[edit] Plot
The Terrance and Phillip movie "Asses of Fire" opens in South Park's movie theater, and despite the R-rating for the film due to numerous crude jokes, constant flatulence humour and excessively strong swearing, Stan Marsh, Kyle and Ike Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick manage to sneak in to watch it. At school the following day, they utter many of the profanities in the film to their classmates, causing most of the rest of the student body to eventually sneak in to watch the film and subsequently utter similar profanities, despite efforts by the school's teacher Mr. Garrison and school counselor Mr. Mackey to teach the students to not swear. The only student not to succumb to the film's lure is Wendy Testaburger, Stan's girlfriend, who has fallen for Gregory, a new and better educated transfer student, which Stan takes a dislike towards.
After seeing a showing of the film, Eric dares Kenny to light a fart as done in the movie; Kenny tries to but ends up burning himself and dying. Kyle's mother, Mrs. Broflovski, learns that the kids have been seeing the movie and have learned to swear from it, and takes steps to encourage other parents to help ban the film. Furthermore, Mrs. Broflovski with the help of Dr. Vosknocker (Eric Idle) installs a "V-Chip" in Cartman, which issues an electric shock to him every time he tries to swear, in an attempt to adjust Cartman's behavior; Mrs. Broflovski encourages the rest of the townsfolk to do the same to their kids. Upon learning the film was made in Canada, Mrs. Broflovski vows to stop all Canadian smut from getting to the kids even going as far to convince President Bill Clinton to take a stand. Terrance and Phillip are captured while taping on Conan O'Brien's (Brent Spiner) show, and Canada responds by bombing the mansion of the Baldwin brothers. This prompts the United States to go to war with Canada, and Terrance and Phillip are scheduled to be electrocuted at a U.S.O. show the day before the war is to commence.
Meanwhile, Kenny finds himself in Hell and meets Satan and his lover, Saddam Hussein. Satan learns of the potential demise of Terrance and Phillip, which will complete a prophecy that will allow Satan to be able to leave Hell and come to peacefully visit the surface of the Earth, a dream that he secretly desires. Hussein also realizes that he can use this opportunity to take over the world, but when Satan questions his motives, Hussein promises that "he can change", which Satan takes for granted. Kenny tries to tell Satan to dump Hussein before it is too late, as well as attempting to warn Cartman, though as a ghost, he only manages to scare Cartman away.
On the surface, as war approaches, the kids of South Park are under curfew, but they manage to meet in secret and form "La Resistance", a group dedicated to saving Terrance and Phillip. Stan is surprised to find Gregory willing to help, and with Gregory's aid, they approach another kid, "The Mole", who helps in devising a tunneling plan to free the Canadian actors.
At the show, the boys manage to execute part of the plan: Stan and Kyle get Big Gay Al to sing a long song at the show to allow The Mole to tunnel up on stage; however, Cartman, frightened by another appearance of Kenny's ghost, fails to deactivate the alarms, and the Mole is caught. However, before anyone can take action, the Canadians attack, with large numbers of fatalities on both sides. In the chaos, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman manage to free Terrance and Phillip, though Cartman receives a large electrical shock that plays havoc with his V-Chip. The boys try to escape with the actors, but are caught. However, as other kids gather around to protect Terrance and Phillip, nearly everyone realizes that the war has been futile - except for Mrs. Broflovski, who shoots both Terrance and Phillip down. As their blood spills, Satan and his minions, along with Hussein and Kenny, emerge from Hell. Hussein quickly takes a dominant position over Satan, and claims control the world in his name. As the minions attack everyone around, Cartman finds that the shock the V-Chip took gives him the ability to shoot electricity as long as he swears; using this newfound power, he strikes down Hussein several times. At the urging of Kenny, Satan steps in and throws the stunned Hussein back into Hell, impaling him on a large rock and killing him. Satan promises Kenny one wish for his help, and Kenny sacrifices himself to reset the world back before the whole war started.
As the movie closes, Mrs. Broflovski has realized the error of her ways and takes kindly to Terrence and Phillip, the folks of South Park offer Satan to come back and visit, and Wendy dumps Gregory in favor of Stan. While Kenny is still dead, he is seen going off into Heaven as the credits roll.
[edit] Response
- The movie's use of profanity gained it a spot in the 2002 edition of Guinness World Records for "Most Swearing in an Animated Film" (399 profane words, including 146 uses of fuck, 79 uses of shit, and 66 uses of bitch, 128 offensive gestures and 221 acts of violence).
- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park's creators, claim that the movie was originally titled South Park: All Hell Breaks Loose but that the MPAA forced a title change. Parker and Stone countered with South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut as the title.[1] In a deleted interview scene released on the DVD of the documentary "This Film Not Yet Rated" Stone comments that the MPAA called two weeks after approving the new title to withdraw their approval because "they only just realized the meaning". The producer told the MPAA (apparently falsely) that it was too late because 100,000 posters had already been printed with the new title.
- The film was also banned in Iraq, for its depiction of Saddam Hussein as Satan's lover.[2] While the real Saddam was on trial for genocide charges in 2006, Matt Stone joked that the U.S. military was showing the movie repeatedly to the former dictator.[3]
- Film critics were generally enthusiastic about the film as an intelligent and entertaining piece of political satire (81% at Rotten Tomatoes). The Globe and Mail justified giving the movie four stars by saying it was so over the top that it transcended any concept of bad taste and was thus a work of brilliance.
- While the film was a critical success, it wasn't a tremendous box office success. The film only grossed $53.79 million. However, the film managed to make around a $31.77 million profit but not achieve the blockbuster status of Paramount’s other animated TV adaptation, The Rugrats Movie, released several months before. Perhaps the film's R rating worked against it; in a commentary for an episode of South Park, Stone & Parker claim that teenagers would buy tickets for Wild Wild West (released by Warner Bros., which also handled this film's international distribution), a PG-13 movie released at the same time, and would sneak in to the South Park movie.[citation needed]
- Trey Parker in a VH1 special said he heard that Stephen Sondheim, famed musical theater composer and lyricist, thinks South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is the best musical he's seen in the past 15 years. Parker joked about writing Sondheim a response saying, "We think you've done some good work, too."[citation needed]
[edit] Soundtrack
| South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | |||||
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| Released | June 15, 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Film soundtrack, Musicals | ||||
| Length | 81:14 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Darren Higman | ||||
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Atlantic Records released the movie's soundtrack album on June 22, 1999. The CD inlay states that only the first 12 tracks actually appear in the film (the remainder, described as being "inspired" by the movie, are mostly other acts performing alternate versions of those 12 songs); however, D.V.D.A.'s "What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II" is played in the closing credits. The song "Hell Isn't Good" features vocals from heavy metal band Metallica's James Hetfield but D.V.D.A., not Metallica, provides the music. Paramount Pictures said that Trey Parker was the vocalist (as he sang the beginning part of the song), but in February 2000, Hetfield admitted to lending his voice to the song on the metallica.com message boards.[4]
Mountain Town is a parody of several Disneyesque songs; the most notable being Belle From Beauty and the Beast.
Many of the songs from the movie are included in their full-length versions on the soundtrack even though they were trimmed slightly for the movie. Notable differences include:
- In the film, Satan sings only one line in "I Can Change," but on the album version he sings two. The line on the album version, "But what if you never change?" is replaced in the movie version by Hussein repeating the "I can change, I can change!" line from the chorus. Both are followed by Satan singing, "What if you remain a sandy little butt hole?"
- In the film version of "Mountain Town", Stan rings the doorbell and wakes up Kenny. In the soundtrack, Kenny's mom answers the door and there is dialogue between the two.
Additionally, though Matt Stone provides the speaking voice of Big Gay Al, both in the film and the series, Parker provides the singing for "I'm Super."[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
- "Mountain Town" - Stan, Sharon, Kenny, Kyle, Sheila, and Cartman
- "Uncle Fucka" - Terrance and Phillip
- "It's Easy, M'kay" - Mr Mackey, Students
- "Blame Canada" - Parents
- "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch" - Eric Cartman
- "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" - Stan, Kyle, Cartman
- "Up There" - Satan
- "La Resistance" (medley)
- "Eyes Of A Child" sung by Michael McDonald
- "I Can Change" - Saddam Hussein
- "I'm Super" - Big Gay Al
- "Mountain Town" (reprise) - Everyone
- "What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II" - D.V.D.A.
- "Good Love" - (Isaac Hayes as Chef)
- "Shut Yo Face" (Uncle Fucka) - Trick Daddy, Featuring Trina & Tre
- "Riches To Rags (MMMKay)" - Nappy Roots
- "Kyle's Mom is a Stupid Bitch" - (Joe C. featuring Kid Rock)
- "I Swear It (I Can Change)" - Violent Femmes
- "Super" - (RuPaul)
- "O Canada" - (Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush featuring Terrance and Phillip)
[edit] Academy Awards
Nominated for Best Song, Blame Canada was performed by Robin Williams at the Academy Awards.
It is the second song with profanity out of the four that have been nominated for an Oscar (the others being "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile in 2002, which unlike most other nominees was not performed at the ceremony, and Three 6 Mafia's "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow in 2006).
Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman, who provided most of the female voices in the movie, was supposed to perform the song at the Oscars. However Bergman — who had apparently been suffering from a psychological ailment — committed suicide a few months after the film's release. On the telecast Robin Williams performed the song with a full chorus line and inserted the lyrics of the song's reprise from "La Resistance" within the performance. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone showed up to the Oscars in drag as Jennifer Lopez at the Grammys and Gwyneth Paltrow at the 1998 Oscars.
[edit] Other awards
- American Film Foundation: Nominated for The E Pluribus Unum Award For Feature Film
- Nominated for 3 Annie Awards,
- Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature
- Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Mary Kay Bergman as "Sheila Broflovski"
- Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- MTV Movie Award: Won, Best Musical Performance for Uncle Fucka
- Chicago Film Critics Association: Won for Best Original Score
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Won for Best Animated Feature
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Film
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Won for Best Music
- Motion Picture Sound Editors: Won for Best Sound Editing - Music - Animation, Nominated for Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature
- Online Film Critics Society Awards: Won for Best Original Score
- Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media and Best Original Song for Quiet Mountain Town
- The film has been nominated by the American Film Institute for their list of the Greatest American Musicals.[5]
- In 2006, South Park finished fifth in the United Kingdom's Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote.[6]
- In 2006, readers of Empire Magazine voted this the 166th greatest film of all time.
- In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted this the 13th greatest comedy film of all time.
- The film is fifth on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies.
[edit] Differences with the original draft
An early draft of the script was made for the original movie.[7]
- Cheesy Poofs are Canadian and so are banned by Mrs. Broflovski, to Cartman's annoyance.
- During the war, Ike is eventually found by some soldiers and taken to the USO show. This may explain Ike's appearance in the scene in the trailer where Kenny takes off his hood.
- Instead of telling Stan about confidence, the clitoris tells him to give Wendy "some ice cream or something". This, however, is not what motivates Wendy to kiss Stan.
- After his death, Kenny becomes the "Symbol" of MAC. However, his mother only joined MAC because she made "a shitload of money selling Kenny T-Shirts."
- Kenny was originally tasked by Saddam to collect 10 proofs of purchase from Snacky S'mores in order to get a wish. At first, this proves to be fruitless, as there were no proofs of purchase (let alone Snacky S'mores) in hell. When he appears to Cartman both times, he couldn't say anything the first time, and at the second time, he tells Cartman about the proofs of purchase. Once Satan and Saddam rise from hell, Kenny manages to collect the proofs of purchase with the help of his friends. At first, Saddam refuses to grant him a wish, as he had lied about the whole thing, but after Satan finishes off Saddam, he takes the proofs of purchase and grants Kenny a wish instead. Also, Kenny does not take off his hood or speak unmuffled, even in the end of the film.
- In the original draft, when Satan thinks that Saddam is pretending he is someone else by making love to him, Saddam responds, "Satan, your ass is big and red, who am I supposed to pretend you are? Helen Reddy?" In the film, he says "Liza Minnelli" rather that "Helen Reddy."
- In the original draft, some songs are different. For example, "Blame Canada" and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" were both originally "Something Must Be Done"; the former sung by the mothers and the latter sung by the kids.
- Instead of bombing the Baldwin brothers, the Canadians kidnap the Smothers Brothers and hold them hostage.
- Cartman, Kyle, and Ike were strapped into electric chairs to be executed along with Terrance and Phillip. They start with Terrance and Phillip first, but an attack by the Canadians knocks out the electricity, and Cartman gets shocked by a loose wire (which causes the V-Chip to become faulty, instead of Cartman trying to shut off the power like he did in the final movie).
- The Mole's mother doesn't appear.
- The teenager in the ticket booth gets arrested for allowing the boys to see the movie
- Stan is told by Wendy she has dumped him.
- There is a scene in which Terrance and Phillip are put on trial. It is televised. At one point in the trial, they tell the people that the American government lies to them. As they begin to tell the people of the truth, the station goes blank.
- The PTA takes control of the school.
- The school is much more Nazi-esque in the original draft.
- Instead of visiting Mr. Mackey once the children are sent to a full rehabilitation center for much of the second act.
- In the original script when the boys swear in class they are sent to Principal Victoria's office instead of going to Mr. Mackey
- Most of the secondary characters from the series are killed in the battle (including Ned Gerblansky, Jimbo Kern, Mr. Mackey, Big Gay Al and Mr. Garrison.) They still come back to life in the end. In the final version, Mr. Garrison is the only named fatality (although he is revived at the end as part of Kenny's wish.) He does yell out, "Mr. Hat, NO!" when Cartman throws Mr. Hat into war.
- Instead of seeing Cartman's mom in a German scat porn video, the boys see her performing felatio on a horse. Upon seeing this, Stan remarks, "Maybe that's who your father is, Cartman!" This is a reference to the Season 1 cliffhanger and its conclusion.
- Instead of mentioning Phillip made him perform oral sex on him and take a picture, Terrance mentions how he'd fallen asleep one night in a strip club, which made him vulnerable to prostitutes who would perform fellatio on him instead.
- The boys are shown the new one-minute long version of the Terrance and Phillip movie seen on a banner in the final draft- the voices are dubbed over and the movie is now called "Buns of fire."
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://imdb.com/title/tt0493459/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158983/trivia
- ^ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28082006/344/saddam-s-cartoon-capers.html
- ^ http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_faq_search.php?section=2&id=11287&search_faq=
- ^ http://www.afi.com/docs/tvevents/pdf/musicals_ballot.pdf
- ^ http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/G/greatest-comedyfilms/index.html
- ^ http://www.spscriptorium.com/Treats/SPBLUdraft8.htm
[edit] External links
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut at the Internet Movie Database
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut at the Big Cartoon DataBase
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