Attack of the killer tomatoes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Attack of the killer tomatoes |
| Original title | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 (previously FSK 16) |
| Rod | |
| Director | John De Bello |
| script | John De Bello J. Stephen Peace Rick Rockwell Costa Dillon |
| production | John De Bello J. Stephen Peace Mark L. Rosen |
| music |
Gordon Goodwin Paul Sundfor |
| camera | John K. Culley |
| cut | John De Bello |
| occupation | |
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is an American feature film produced in 1978 , which is designed as a parody of the science fiction and horror film genre.
The premiere took place in the USA on October 8, 1978, the premiere in Germany was on June 2, 1983.
action
In a US research laboratory, normal tomatoes develop into intelligent monsters that attack and eat people. They soon have almost the entire country under their control. While the FIA (similar to the CIA ) is busy putting a stop to the killer vegetables, the PR firm Opinion Makers tries to convince the public of the harmlessness of tomatoes on behalf of presidential press spokesman Jim Richardson. The president, who sees his re-election in danger, puts together a team of specialists under Mason Dixon and finally launches a massive military strike against the tomato plague.
Dixon finds out that Richardson is behind the tomato invasion. He strives for power, later wants to present himself as the savior of the nation and recall the tomatoes. Before Richardson reveals to Dixon how he controls the killer tomatoes and can kill him, his team member Wilbur Finletter rescues him and kills Richardson. Dixon sees the record Puberty Love in the Richardson record collection , the shrill song which, as he had previously discovered on the radio, has a deterrent effect on the killer tomatoes. Dixon has Finletter gather the city's survivors in the stadium and play the song over the loudspeakers, whereupon the now huge tomatoes retreat, shrink back to normal and are trampled on by the residents.
At the end of the film you can see how after the tomatoes the carrots rise from the bed.
background
When it came out, the film was known as a trash film and was considered one of the worst films of all time (although it was intended as a parody of actual trash films and its badness is supposed to ironically caricature them), but at the same time quickly achieved cult status .
The film had three sequels: The return of the killer tomatoes with George Clooney in one of his first roles (1988), The killer tomatoes strike back (1990) and Killer Tomatoes eat France (1991), which never appeared in German.
In addition, the animated series Killer Tomatoes (1990-1993, 21 episodes) and two computer games (1986, 1991) emerged from the film.
useful information
- A helicopter crash can be seen at the beginning of the film. In fact, it is an accident; since no one was seriously injured, it was decided to make the most of the costly incident and added the crash to the plot after the fact. The actors also stayed in character and improvised appropriate dialogues.
- The elevation of the “killer carrots” at the end of the film was discarded in subsequent films in favor of a killer tomato row.
- Matt Cameron , then 15, sang the song Puberty Love . He later became a drummer in the bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, among others .
- In the German Navy and US Navy , floating, red exercise targets are called " Killer Tomatoes " or " Killer Tomatoes ".
Web links
- Official website
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Original promotional material from the film
- Vegetables are not healthy after all by Jürgen Ritter, Spiegel Online (2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for attack by the killer tomatoes . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2006 (PDF; test number: 58 009-a DVD).
- ↑ a b "Vegetables are not healthy" by Jürgen Ritter on Spiegel online from September 2, 2008
- ↑ a b DVD review on dvdmaniacs.de: Nachtschattengewächse des Grauens , June 2, 2005 ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marine.de - "Killer Tomatoes" in the sights (March 12, 2015)
