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Amazon Women on the Moon

1987 · 84 min

A rapid-fire, anarchic sketch comedy that feels like channel-surfing through absurd late-night TV, full of silly gags and campy parodies.

Directed by: Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction
Starring: Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich, Monique Gabrielle

Tagline: See amazing thrills, spine-tingling chills, and something else that rhymes with "thrills".
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction
Starring: Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich, Monique Gabrielle

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: media
celebrity
identity
class
sexuality
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	9
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: comedy, science fiction
Directed by: Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, Joe Dante, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss
Written by: Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland
Starring: Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich, Monique Gabrielle, Lou Jacobi, Erica Yohn, Debbi A. Davison, Rob Krausz, Phil Hartman
Cinematography: Daniel Pearl
Runtime: 84 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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