Chief Zabu (2016)

Directed by

Zack Norman

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York real estate developer schemes to take over a Polynesian nation. The movie is a comedy about politics and money.

whimsicalsatiricallightheartedoddballretroquirkyplayfulunpolished

What happens

Chief Zabu is a long-unreleased film that was written, produced and directed by Neil Cohen and Zack Norman (under his birth name, Howard Zuker). It is a socio-political comedy about a New York real estate developer who tries to take over a Polynesian nation. The film starred Norman, Allen Garfield and Allan Arbus. Production began in 1986 but, due to various issues, Cohen and Norman were unable to complete the film until 2016. It premiered at Laemmle Theatres' Monica Film Center on October 28, 2016 and screened a week later, on November 7, at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival ("FLIFF"). Trailers and clips are available through both Vimeo and YouTube. On August 16, 2017, Zabu's co-writer/directors were pictured on the front page of the New York Times Arts Section with a history of the film's unique and unusual journey. A long running advertisement for the film in Variety was the source of a recurring joke on Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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