movie

1987 · United States

Amazon Women on the Moon

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 84 min
Age rating: R
Language: English
Country: United States

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.

tv addicted person
anthology
spoof
campy
anarchic comedy

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Erica Yohn — Selma (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Debbi A. Davison — Weather Person (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Rob Krausz — Floor Manager (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Phil Hartman — Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Corey Burton — Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (se
Michelle Pfeiffer — Brenda (segment "Hospital")
Peter Horton — Harry (segment "Hospital")
Griffin Dunne — Doctor (segment "Hospital")
Brian Ann Zoccola — Nurse (segment "Hospital")
Joe Pantoliano — Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")

Directed: Carl Gottlieb, Robert K. Weiss, John Landis, Peter Horton, Joe Dante
Written: Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie

Production

Rating: 5.9 / 10 · 191 ratings
Studio: Universal Pictures, Westward Productions

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.