Porklips Now is a short, low budget parody film, made in 1980 by the American director Ernie Fosselius,[1] based on the 1979 motion picture Apocalypse Now.[2]
It chronicles the journey of Dullard (played by William "Billy" Gray, most famous as "Bud" in the Father Knows Best TV series), a gardener and handyman, sent to Chinatown by two butchers to meet a business rival, Fred "Madman" Mertz, and "take care of business". The film cleverly and humorously incorporates references to signature elements of the film on which it is based, albeit in a somewhat conspicuously low-budget manner.
Echoing a widely held if erroneous belief about Apocalypse Now, the film features several alternate endings.[3]
The film was included on the compilation VHS release Hardware Wars, and Other Film Farces from Warner Home Video and is currently available on VHS and DVD from Pyramid Direct Films.
Complete credited cast
edit- Billy Gray – Dullard (credited as William Gray)
- Ernie Fosselius – Mertz/Kilroy
- John Brent – Head Butcher
- Leon Martell – Butcher's Aide
- Mark Lee – "Slick"
- Jim Turner – Rick
- Larry Walker – "Famous Italian Director"
- Tom Bullock – photographer
DVD release
editIn 2009, Apprehensive Films released Porklips Now onto DVD.[4]
References
edit- ^ San Francisco. S.F. Publications and Communications, Incorporated. 1988.
- ^ Young, Clive (15 October 2008). Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind the Camera. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-8264-2923-0.
- ^ "'Porklips Now': Spoof of Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now' sends up suburban barbecue culture, 1980". DangerousMinds. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Porklips Now DVD". The GrindHouse. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
External links
edit- HardwareWarsDVD.com[permanent dead link] – Official Website For Hardware Wars & The Films of Ernie Fosselius including Porklips Now
- Porklips Now at IMDb