Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
- Directed by
- Carl Gottlieb, Joe Dante, Robert K. Weiss, Peter Horton
- Genre
- science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy, retrofuturism
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 186 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a movie in the form of a late night TV broadcast. It is a series of comedy sketches that make fun of old sci-fi movies and other pop culture.
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What happens
Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 American satirical science-fiction sketch comedy film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget films on late-night television. The film, featuring a large ensemble cast with cameo appearances by film and television stars, as well as some nonactors, was written by Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland; it takes the form of a compilation of 21 comedy sketches directed by five different directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis and Robert K. Weiss. The title Amazon Women on the Moon refers to the central film-within-a-film, a spoof of science-fiction films from the 1950s that borrows heavily from Queen of Outer Space (1958) starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, itself a film that recycles elements of earlier science-fiction works such as Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1955) and Forbidden Planet (1956). Landis had previously directed The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), which employed a similar sketch anthology format. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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