Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.
- pornography
- sexual abuse
- drug addiction
- musical
- celebrity
- coercion
- revenge
- murder
- puppetry
- prostitution
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Donna Akersten
Samantha the Cat / The Sheep (voice)
Stuart Devenie
Sebastian / Dr. Quack / Daisy the Cow / Sandy the Chicken (v
Mark Hadlow
Heidi / Robert / Barry the Bulldog (voice)
Brian Sergent
Wynyard the Frog / Trevor the Rat / The Fly (voice)
- Ross Jolly — Harry / Dennis / Abi Bargwan / Mr. Big / Pekingese / others
- Peter Vere-Jones — Bletch / Arfur the Worm (voice)
- Mark Wright — Sid the Elephant / The Cockroach / Louie the Fish (voice)
- Danny Mulheron — Heidi the Hippo (uncredited)
- Jay Snowfield — Killer man (uncredited)
- Doug Wren — Bletch (voice) (uncredited)
- Peter Jackson — Audience Member in the Theater (uncredited)
- Fane Flaws — Musician Frog (voice, uncredited)
- Directed
- Peter Jackson
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 327 ratings
- Studio
- WingNut Films
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.
