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Coming Attractions

Year:

1980

Duration:

84 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

4.9

Director:

Ira Miller

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1980-08-01

Filming Locations: California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Misty Rowe

Royce D. Applegate

Delmus

Lewis Arquette

Warden

Tom Baker

Billy Jerk

Dorothy Van

Army Nurse

Beans Morocco

Shaggy Dog (as Dan Barrows)

J.J. Barry

Indian #1

Pat Benson

Martha

Jack Bernardi

Sam, Prisoner

Jane Alice Brandon

Mildred

Thomas Brunelle

Biker

Paul Camen

Lieutenant

Billy Curtis

Menchkin

Paul David

Kid

Anthony Davis

Guard

Danny Dayton

Bartender

Alan Dexter

Cowboy

Anson Downes

Dusty

David Downing

'Dark Town' Singer

Murphy Dunne

Tough, White G.I.

Walker Edmiston

Pa (as Walker Edminston)

Tom Erhart

Father O'Malley

Jim Evering

Jacques

Johnny Fain

Biker

Kinky Friedman

Prisoner

Sean Frye

Bobby the S.T.O.P.-I.T. Poster Boy (as Sean A. Frye)

Paul Gale

Howard Huge

Rod Gist

Guard #1

Buddy Hackett

Himself - S.T.O.P.-I.T. Spokesman

Sid Haig

Lone Stranger

Larry Hankin

2nd Veteran

Ralph Harris

Man in Bed

Sandy Helberg

Biker Eulogist

Howard Hesseman

Ernie Piles, War Correspondent

Ronald E. House

1st Veteran (as Ronald House)

David Hunt

Whizney Guard

Phyllis Katz

Indian Lady

Karen Lamm

Andrea

Ed Lauter

Sheriff Bob

Hap Lawrence

Scare Crow

Kenneth Lawrence

Singer in Cell

Britt Leach

Billy-Joe

David Landsberg

Duddy Allen

Vincent Lucchesi

Bruno

Ysabel MacCloskey

Roberta Maguire

Mama Coppola

Rikki Marin

Commie Lady

Jimmy Martinez

Drunken Indian

Dan McBride

Private

Rod McCary

Clark

Bleu McKenzie

Sid, Faux Clark Gable

Ira Miller

Blind Stranger / Narrator

Michael Miller

Biker

Louisa Moritz

Margie, Duddy's Date

Jaye P. Morgan

Stop-It Nurse

Bill Murray

Lefty Schwartz

Nancy Lee Noble

Woman in Bed (as Nancy Noble)

Van Dyke Parks

Indian #2

Lefty Pedroski

Warren

Ian Praiser

Fat Man

George Reynolds

Lenny

Avery Schreiber

Theatre Manager

Doug Steckler

Priest (as Douglas Steckler)

Dave Shelley

Sarge

Robin Sherwood

Biker Chic #2

Richard Stanley

Rock

Lynne Marie Stewart

Budget Attendent (as Lynne Stewart)

Howard Storm

Prisoner #1

Billy Superball

Prisoner #2

Kurt Taylor

Prisoner #3 (as Kurt Bernard Taylor)

Betty Thomas

Biker Chic #1

Susan Tyrrell

Boobies, Elijah's Girlfriend (as Susan Tyrell)

Morgan Upton

Prisoner #4

Mark Volman

Biker

Robert Wexler

The Little Bum

Teddy Wilson

Elijah Abdoul Jamaal Muhammed (as Theodore Wilson)

Kipp Whitman

Biker

Bill Zuckert

Hotel Detective

Garry Goodrow

Narrator (voice)

Pamela Hoffman

Narrator (voice)

John H. Mayer

Narrator (voice) (as John Mayers)

Joe Nixon

Narrator (voice)

Gary Owens

Narrator (voice)

Roger Peltz

Narrator (voice)

Harry Shearer

Narrator (voice)

Joshua Weisel

Stop It Kid / Bad News Bear (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Actor-comedian Howard Hesseman has appeared such other compilation comedies as Tunnel Vision (1976) and Amazon Women on the Moon (1987).

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Famous entertainment figures parodied in the movie and their spoof names include Woody Allen (Duddy Allen), Walt Disney (Walt Whizney), Charles Chaplin, Jim Nabors, and Howard Hughes (Howard Huge). Moreover, famous characters and their spoof names included Billy Jack (Billy Jerk) and Chaplin's "The Tramp" ("The Bum").

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The picture was "filmed mostly in 1977" according to film critic Leonard Maltin. Wikipedia states that "the film was shot around 1977 and only released years later in 1980, probably to capitalize on Bill Murray's success as a box office film star".

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Goofs

In the "Welcome to Bacon County" segment: It's nighttime when the van pulls over because it's out of gas. Inside the van it's daytime, then when Elijah and Boobies get out, it's nighttime again.

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Quotes

Narrator: He was born to parents who loved him, but probably didn't change his diapers enough. He grew up to be one of the most bizarre figures of the 20th century. His wealth enabled him to grow up and fulfill his every fantasy, and lustful desire. But his hobby, was watching planes fuck! now for the first time anywhere, the motion picture world explores the true story of one of the most eccentric men whoever lived... the Howard Huge story. He dated the most beautiful movie stars, and took credit for inventing the tit. Was it true he could piss the length of the golden gat bridge? Watch the Howard Huge story, and find out why he switched from clothed diapers to pampers in the end. The man who lost the will to live.

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