GEEK SCREENING ROOM presents POPEYE

Sometimes all of the right elements are thrown together and it still doesn't really work.

That's a bit of the case with the film, Popeye.

Yet, despite the fact that it's not a great film, it is a charming one and an interesting one and definitely worth watching.

And, it's a musical.

After several years in development hell, Popeye was eventually made based on a screenplay by Jules Feiffer, with music by Harry Nilsson, produced by Robert Evans and directed by Robert Altman.

Robin Williams, then starring on Mork and Mindy, made Popeye his feature debut and despite the talent involved, the film didn't have the necessary budget to execute the vision of the film.


Although, there is a rumor that Altman's original three hour cut of the film exists, that version remains lost.

Hopefully, we'll see a director's cut of this largely ignored film sometime in the future.

And I ainsk foolin'!

Produced by Robert Evans
Music by Harry Nilsson
Written by Jules Feiffer
Story by Robert Altman
Based on the comic strip by E.C. Segar
Directed by Robert Altman
Starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall,
Ray Walston, Linda Hunt, Paul L. Smith,
Donald Moffat, Richard Lubertini, Paul Dooley