Meet the Feebles

Meet the Feebles

Meet the Feebles is a 1989 New Zealand musical black comedy film directed by Peter Jackson, and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair and Danny Mulheron. It features Jim Henson-esque puppets in a perverse comic satire. Like Henson's Muppets, the Feebles are animal-figured puppets (plus some suited performers) who are members of a stage troupe. However, whereas the Muppets characterize positivity, naïve folly and innocence, the Feebles largely present negativity, vice and other misanthropic characteristics. It is the first Jackson film that was co-written by his future wife Fran Walsh, who has gone on to act as co-writer for all his subsequent films. A commercial failure on release, the film went on to win a cult following, and won over new viewers following Jackson's success with The Lord of the Rings trilogy. During his acceptance speech at the 2004 Academy Awards, Jackson mentioned Meet the Feebles (along with Bad Taste), joking that it had been "wisely overlooked by the Academy."

Genre: Comedy, Musical
Production: Dead Alive
  4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
NOT RATED
Year:
1989
97
1,560 Views
Welcome To The Jungle.
Sex, drugs and soft toys.
Puppet spunk hits the fan!
Hell hath no fury like a hippo with a machine gun.
From the creator of "Bad Taste", comes a movie with no taste at all!

Sebastian:
All right everybody, from the top! Music, please!

Barry:
[sings in Italian]

Sebastian:
Stop!!!

Barry:
Oh, for Christ sake! What the hell was wrong with that?

Sebastian:
Who is holding that red pennant?

Robert:
Me, siw.

Sebastian:
And what on earth do you think you're doing?

Robert:
I'm patwowwing the moat, siw.

Sebastian:
Patrolling the moat? I see. You were instructed to stay upstage left.

Robert:
Itawian pennant beawews of the 17th centuwy wewe fwequentwy known to patwow the wampawt, on the wookout for Tuwkish invadews.

Sebastian:
How very elucidating.

Robert:
I've been weading up on it, siw. My dwama teachew at schoow said I shouwd awways weseawch a wowe thowoughwy.

Sebastian:
Really? Well let me tell you something. This is a television variety show, not a homage to Soviet Realism! Good grief! I asked for a pennant, not a pedant! All right, again! From the top!

Barry:
[sings in Italian]

Robert:
Excuse me!

Sebastian:
Stop!

Barry:
Oh, sh*t!

Sid:
Oh, God!

Sebastian:
What is it?

Robert:
It's just... Weww, I'm having twoubwe with my motivation. I don't undewstand why I wouwd wemain stiww when the scene itsewf suggests vigowous physicaw action, dangew even.

Sebastian:
I suppose you'd like everyone to stop singing while you come forward to do a little war dance center stage. Is that it?

Robert:
Weww, it had cwossed my mind!

Sebastian:
Oh, my God!

Arthur:
Sorry, guv, I hate to interrupt, but it don't look like the knife thrower's assistant is going to pull through. Shall I cancel Wynyard's act entirely?

Sebastian:
I think not. I've got just the substitute.

Arthur:
Here! You stuck it in the wrong way round!

Trevor:
I'm sorry. I didn't know worms had nerves.

Robert:
Evew since the nightmawe of Vietnam, he's been a hopewess dwug addict. It made me weawize just how wucky I am.

Lucille:
How lucky we both are! I'm so glad we decided to get engaged.

Robert:
Good wuck fow tonight, Wucy.

Lucille:
Are you nervous?

Robert:
Just a bit.

Lucille:
Me too.

Robert:
Actuawwy, I'm tewwibwy newvous. This is my fiwst show.

Lucille:
You'll be wonderful. I know you will.

Trevor:
I hope I'm not interrupting.

Lucille:
I was just dressing for the show.

Trevor:
So I see.

Lucille:
What do you want?

Trevor:
Oh, a moment of your time. We've got something to celebrate.

Lucille:
What's that?

Trevor:
Your new career. Lucille, I'm gonna put you in the movies.

Lucille:
Movies!

Trevor:
I've been watching you for some time. You've got that indefinable something. Star quality!

Lucille:
That's my real ambition, to be in films!

Trevor:
I've got a meaty part for you.

Lucille:
Will I have to audition?

Trevor:
That's what I'm here for.

Lucille:
I feel woozy.

Trevor:
Here, let me loosen your clothes. What beautiful white fur you've got, my dear.

Robert:
Wuciwwe, you weft this in my woom...

Trevor:
Take a hike! Can't you see that we're busy?

Robert:
Wuciwwe!

Trevor:
Oh, Jesus!

Lucille:
Robert?

Robert:
You've been dwinking!

Trevor:
It's OK. I've finished with her anyway. Oh, go for your life, kid. She's a real good ride.

Robert:
How couwd you do this?

Lucille:
Robert!

Robert:
Wuciwwe, how couwd you?

Lucille:
No! Robert! Wait!


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