Amazon Women on the Moon
The 1987 portmanteau comedy feature Amazon Women on the Moon lampoons several film genres in general and the 1954 sci-fi cheapie Cat Women of the Moon in particular.
Other sketches in Amazon Women include an opening bit with Arsenio Hall; a vignette titled Son of the Invisible Man wherein a naked Ed Begley Jr. runs around in full view of the nonplussed supporting cast; the It's Alive parody Hospital, which offers the spectacle of Michelle Pfeiffer giving birth to Mr. Potato Head; and a Siskel & Ebert takeoff, featuring Arche Hahn as a TV viewer whose entire life is given a thumbs down.
Directed by several hands, including Joe Dante, Carl Gottleib, Peter Horton, John Landis, and Robert K. Weiss, Amazon Women on the Moon also features a satire of the Kroger G. Babb school of sex hygiene exploitation cheapies, with syphilis victim Carrie Fisher being counseled by unctuous doctor Paul Bartel.
| Director: | Joe Dante, John Landis |
| Producer(s): | Robert K. Weiss |
| Cast: | Phil Hartman, Ed Begley Jr., Mike Mazurki, B.B. King, Ralph Bellamy, Kelly Preston, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Peter Horton, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie Fisher, Howard Hesseman, Arsenio Hall, Griffin Dunne, Rip Taylor, David Grier, Steve Forrest, Angel Tompkins, Henny Youngman, Sybil Danning, Lou Jacobi, Steve Allen, Paul Bartel |
| Writer(s): | Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland |
