Popeye
Haves a happy holiday with me an' Olive!
Country
Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$49 823 037
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Wolf Kroeger, Reg Bream
Audition
Editing
John W. Holmes, David A. Simmons
Whole Team (50)
Whole Team (50)
Short description
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
What's left behind the scenes
- The large-scale set of the fictional town of Sweethaven was built in Anchor Bay on the northwest of the island of Malta. After filming, it became a popular tourist attraction. Popeye Village is open to visitors daily, and many of the houses retain furnishings from the time of the film's production.
- Many of the actors portraying the residents of Sweethaven, especially those with unusual appearances or physical abilities, were recruited from various European circus groups.
- Paramount Pictures gave the green light to the project after losing the battle for the rights to adapt "Annie" (1982).
- The roles of Popeye and Olive Oyl were initially intended for Dustin Hoffman and Gilda Radner. Dustin Hoffman left the project due to disagreement with the choice of Jules Pfeiffer as screenwriter. Gilda Radner's candidacy was promoted by the producers, but the director preferred Shelley Duvall.
- At different times, Mike Nichols, Arthur Penn, and Hal Ashby could have taken the director's chair.
- Much of Robin Williams' mumbling as Popeye was unintelligible to viewers after filming was completed. The actor had to re-record a significant portion of the dialogue during post-production.
- The roles in "Popeye" marked Robin Williams' and Linda Hunt's film debuts.
- Many of the sunken ships in the harbor were perfectly seaworthy vessels that were bought or rented, and then deliberately scuttled in shallow water.
- Shelly Duvall sang all of her own songs in the film.
- At one point early in production, the role of Olive Oyl was assigned to Lily Tomlin.
- The baby, Swee'pea, was played by Robert Altman's grandson, Wesley Ivan Hurt.
- Composer Harry Nilsson took breaks from working on his album 'Flash Harry' to write the music for the film. He wrote all the original songs and served as co-producer of the soundtrack alongside Bruce Robb at Cherokee Studios.
- The film was a joint project between Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. The former acquired the rights in the US, while the latter held them in all other countries.
- The construction of the main set for the town of Sweethaven took seven months and involved 165 workers. Tree trunks for the buildings were imported from Holland, and wooden roof shingles had to be brought in from Canada. Over 7 tons of nails and 7,500 liters of paint were used. In its final form, the town consisted of 19 structures, including a hotel, a school, a warehouse, a post office, a church, and a tavern.
- To prevent the set from flooding during rough seas, a special 70-meter breakwater had to be constructed.
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