South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Directed by Trey Parker
Produced by Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Written by Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Pam Brady
Starring Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Mary Kay Bergman
Isaac Hayes
George Clooney
Mike Judge
Music by Trey Parker
Marc Shaiman
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Release date(s) June 30, 1999
Running time 81 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $21,000,000 USD
Gross revenue $83,137,603
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile
Ratings
Australia:  MA
Brazil:  16
Canada (BC/SK):  14A
Canada (Ontario):  14A
Canada (Quebec):  13+
Canada (Home Video)):  18A
Finland:  K-11
Germany:  18
Hong Kong:  IIB
Italy:  16
Japan:  R-15
New Zealand:  R16
Poland:  16 (2005-)
"Adults Only" (1999-2005)
Singapore:  PG
South Africa:  12L
South Korea:  18
Spain:  16
Sweden:  7
Taiwan:  R-12
United Kingdom:  15
United States:  R

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award-nominated animated satirical comedy/musical film released in 1999 and based on the animated television series South Park. The film parodies animated Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and the Broadway musical Les Misérables, and satirizes the controversy surrounding itself. It features 12 songs by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman with additional lyrics by Matt Stone. The song "Blame Canada" was nominated for an Academy Award and the song Uncle Fucka won an MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance. It was produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures in association with Comedy Central.

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[edit] Plot

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The Terrance and Phillip movie "Asses of Fire" opens in South Park's movie theater, and despite the R-rating for the film due to strong swearing, Stan Marsh, Kyle and Ike Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick manage to pay off a homeless guy to act as their guardian. They utter many of the profanities in the film to their peers, causing most of the rest of the student body to eventually sneak in to watch the film and subsequently utter similar profanities, despite efforts by the school's teacher Mr. Garrison and school counselor Mr. Mackey to teach the students to not swear. The only students not to succumb to the film's lure are Wendy Testaburger, Stan's crush, and Gregory, a new and better educated transfer student, to whom Stan takes an instant dislike. Gregory is a complete genius and Wendy falls head over heels in love with him.

After seeing a showing of the film, Eric dares Kenny to light a fart as done in the movie; Kenny tries to but ends up catching on fire and being rushed to the hospital for an immediate operation. In the operation, the doctors end up accidentally removing his heart, and in searching for a replacement, find a potato baking in a microwave. When Kenny comes to, the doctors tell him they replaced his heart with the baked potato, giving him three seconds to live, at which point the baked potato explodes in his chest, killing him. Kyle's mother, Mrs. Broflovski, learns that the kids have been seeing the movie and have learned to swear from it, and takes steps to encourage other parents to help ban the film. Furthermore, Mrs. Broflovski with the help of Dr. Vosknocker (Eric Idle) installs a "V-Chip" in Cartman, which issues an electric shock to him every time he tries to swear, in an attempt to adjust Cartman's behavior; Mrs. Broflovski encourages the rest of the townsfolk to do the same to their kids. Upon learning the film was made in Canada, Mrs. Broflovski vows to stop all Canadian smut from getting to the kids even going so far as to convince President Bill Clinton to take a stand. Terrance and Phillip are captured while taping on Conan O'Brien's (Brent Spiner) show, and Canada responds by bombing the mansion of the Baldwin brothers. This prompts the United States to go to war with Canada, and Terrance and Phillip are scheduled to be electrocuted at a U.S.O. show the day before the war is to commence.

Meanwhile, Kenny finds himself in Hell and meets Satan and his lover, Saddam Hussein. Satan learns of the potential demise of Terrance and Phillip, which will complete a prophecy that will allow Satan to leave Hell and come to rule the Earth, a dream that he secretly desires. Hussein also realizes that he can use this opportunity to take over the world, but when Satan questions his motives, Hussein promises that "he can change", which Satan takes for granted. Kenny tries to tell Satan to dump Hussein before it is too late, as well as attempting to warn Cartman, though as a ghost, he only manages to scare Cartman away.

On the surface, as war approaches, the kids of South Park are under curfew, but they manage to meet in secret and form "La Resistance", a group dedicated to saving Terrance and Phillip. Stan is surprised to find Gregory willing to help, and with Gregory's aid, they approach another kid, "The Mole", who hates God, and helps in devising a tunneling plan to free the Canadian actors.

"La Resistance", including Gregory (left), Wendy, Cartman, Stan, and Kyle, protect Terrance and Phillip from being shot
"La Resistance", including Gregory (left), Wendy, Cartman, Stan, and Kyle, protect Terrance and Phillip from being shot
Kenny unhooded, when he says "Goodbye you guys"
Kenny unhooded, when he says "Goodbye you guys"

At the show, the boys manage to execute part of the plan: Stan and Kyle get Big Gay Al to sing a long song at the show to allow The Mole to tunnel up on stage; however, Cartman, frightened by another appearance of Kenny's ghost, fails to deactivate the alarms, and the Mole is caught, chased, and killed by guard dogs. However, before anyone can take action, the Canadians attack, resulting in a large number of fatalities on both sides. The Mothers Against Canada, looking down on the action from a nearby hill, are horrified by what their actions have lead to, except for Sheila, who claims that this is what she wanted the organization to achieve. Disgusted, the rest of the MAC abandon her to look for their children. In the chaos, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman manage to free Terrance and Phillip, though Cartman receives a large electrical shock that plays havoc with his V-Chip. The boys try to escape with the actors, but are caught. However, as other kids gather around to protect Terrance and Phillip, nearly everyone realizes that the war has been futile - except for Mrs. Broflovski, who shoots and kills both Terrance and Phillip. As their blood spills, the prophecy is complete, and Satan and his minions, along with Hussein and Kenny, emerge from Hell. Hussein quickly takes a dominant position over Satan, and claims control of the world in his name. As the minions attack everyone around, Cartman finds that the shock the V-Chip took gives him the ability to shoot electricity so long as he swears; using this newfound power, he strikes Saddam Hussein down several times. At the urging of Kenny, Satan steps in and throws the stunned Hussein back into Hell, impaling him on a large rock and killing him. Satan promises Kenny one wish for his help, and Kenny sacrifices himself to reset the world back before the whole war started. Kenny also shows his real face and un-muffled voice to his friends before his final farewell.

As the movie closes, Mrs. Broflovski has realized the error of her ways and takes kindly to Terrence and Phillip, the folks of South Park offer Satan to come back and visit, and Wendy dumps Gregory in favor of Stan. While Kenny is still dead, he is allowed into Heaven and given angel wings for his good deeds and sacrifice. The credits follow, and after them, A scene is shown with Kyle's brother, Ike looking out the window, waiting and waiting, until suddenly he spots a mouse and eats it.

[edit] Voices

[edit] Lead voices

[edit] Guest voices

[edit] Additional voices

[edit] Response

  • The movie's use of profanity gained it a spot in the 2002 edition of Guinness World Records for "Most Swearing in an Animated Film" (399 profane words, including 146 uses of fuck, 79 uses of shit, and 66 uses of bitch, 128 offensive gestures and 221 acts of violence). One every six seconds.
  • The film was also banned in Iraq, for its depiction of Saddam Hussein as Satan's lover.[1] While the real Saddam was on trial for genocide charges in 2006, Matt Stone joked that the U.S. military was showing the movie repeatedly to the former dictator.[2]
  • Film critics were generally enthusiastic about the film as an intelligent and entertaining piece of political satire (80% at Rotten Tomatoes). The Globe and Mail justified giving the movie four stars by saying it was so over the top that it transcended any concept of bad taste and was thus a work of brilliance.
  • While the film was a critical success, it wasn't a tremendous box office success. The film only grossed $53.79 million. However, the film managed to make around a $31.77 million profit but not achieve the blockbuster status of Paramount’s other animated TV adaptation, The Rugrats Movie, released several months before. Perhaps the film's R rating worked against it; in a commentary for an episode of South Park, Stone & Parker claim that teenagers would buy tickets for Wild Wild West a PG-13 movie released at the same time, and would sneak in to the South Park movie.[citation needed]
  • Trey Parker in a VH1 special said he heard that Stephen Sondheim, famed musical theater composer and lyricist, thinks South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is the best musical he's seen in the past 15 years. Parker joked about writing Sondheim a response saying, "We think you've done some good work, too."[citation needed]

[edit] Censorship issues

Matt Stone reported that the original release title was to be South Park:All Hell Breaks Loose, but that the MPAA declined the use of "Hell" in a title, despite the show's creators pointing out Hellraiser. They thus changed it to the release title, despite the MPAA belatedly objecting to the double entendre.

[edit] Rating

The film was rated R by the MPAA for pervasive vulgar language and crude sexual humor, and for some violent images. Despite its vulgarity, the film met with critical and commercial success.The film was also rated 15 by the BBFC for very strong language, Brief Nudity, Sexual humor and Some Violent images

[edit] Soundtrack

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut cover
Soundtrack by Original Soundtrack
Released June 15, 1999
Genre Film soundtrack, musicals
Length 31:14
Label Atlantic
Producer Darren Higman
Professional reviews
Original Soundtrack chronology
Chef Aid: The South Park Album South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics

"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture" was released on June 22, 1999 by Atlantic Records. The CD inlay states that only the first 12 tracks actually appear in the film (the remainder, described as being "inspired" by the movie, are mostly other acts performing alternate versions of those 12 songs); however, D.V.D.A.'s "What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II" is played in the closing credits. The song "Hell Isn't Good" features vocals from heavy metal band Metallica's James Hetfield but D.V.D.A., not Metallica, provides the music. Paramount Pictures said that Trey Parker was the vocalist (as he sang the beginning part of the song), but in February 2000, Hetfield admitted to lending his voice to the song on the metallica.com message boards.[3]

Mountain Town is a parody of several Disneyesque songs; the most notable being Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Likewise Up There is a parody of Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid. It is also similar to Out there from dark Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Many songs in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut are a parody of the musical Les Misérables. "La Resistance" and "Tomorrow Night" are parodies of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" and "One Day More"; "The Mole's Reprise", where the Mole dies in the arms of Kyle, is a parody of "A Little Fall of Rain" where Éponine dies in the arms of Marius. However, "The Mole's Reprise" is not featured on the soundtrack.

Many of the songs from the movie are included in their full-length versions on the soundtrack even though they were trimmed slightly for the movie. Notable differences include:

  • In the film, Satan sings only one line in "I Can Change," but on the album version he sings two. The line on the album version, "But what if you never change?" is replaced in the movie version by Hussein repeating the "I can change, I can change!" line from the chorus. Both are followed by Satan singing, "What if you remain a sandy little butt hole?"
  • In the film version of "Mountain Town", Stan rings the doorbell and wakes up Kenny. In the soundtrack, Kenny's mom answers the door and there is dialogue between the two.

Additionally, though Matt Stone provides the speaking voice of Big Gay Al, both in the film and the series, Parker provides the singing for "I'm Super."[citation needed]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Mountain Town" - Stan, Sharon, Kenny, Kyle, Sheila, and Cartman
  2. "Uncle Fucka" - Terrance and Phillip
  3. "It's Easy, M'kay" - Mr Mackey, Students
  4. "Blame Canada" - Parents
  5. "Kyle's Mom is a Big Fat Bitch" - Eric Cartman
  6. "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" - Stan, Kyle, Cartman
  7. "Up There" - Satan
  8. "La Resistance (medley)" - Howard McGillin
  9. "Eyes of a Child" sung by Michael McDonald
  10. "I Can Change" - Saddam Hussein
  11. "I'm Super" - Big Gay Al
  12. "Mountain Town (reprise)" - Everyone
  13. "Good Love" - (Isaac Hayes as Chef)
  14. "Shut Yo Face (Uncle Fucka)" - Trick Daddy, Featuring Trina & Tre
  15. "Riches To Rags (MMMKay)" - Nappy Roots
  16. "Kyle's Mom is a Stupid Bitch" - (Joe C. featuring Kid Rock)
  17. "What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II" - D.V.D.A.
  18. "I Swear It (I Can Change)" - Violent Femmes
  19. "Super" - (RuPaul)
  20. "O Canada" - (Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush featuring Terrance and Phillip)

[edit] Academy Awards

Nominated for Best Song, Blame Canada was performed by Robin Williams at the Academy Awards.

It is the second of four songs with profanity to be nominated for an Oscar (preceded by "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors and followed by Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile in 2002 (which unlike most other nominees was not performed at the ceremony) and Three 6 Mafia's "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow in 2006; the latter two won the Oscar).

Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman, who provided most of the female voices in the movie, was supposed to perform the song at the Oscars. However Bergman — who had apparently been suffering from a psychological ailment — committed suicide a few months after the film's release. On the telecast Robin Williams performed the song with a full chorus line and inserted the lyrics of the song's reprise from "La Resistance" within the performance. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone showed up to the Oscars in drag as Jennifer Lopez at the Grammys and Gwyneth Paltrow at the 1998 Oscars.

[edit] Other awards

  • American Film Foundation: Nominated for The E Pluribus Unum Award For Feature Film
  • Nominated for 3 Annie Awards,
    • Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Mary Kay Bergman as "Sheila Broflovski"
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
  • MTV Movie Award: Won, Best Musical Performance for Uncle Fucka
  • Chicago Film Critics Association: Won for Best Original Score
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Won for Best Animated Feature
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Film
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Won for Best Music
  • Motion Picture Sound Editors: Won for Best Sound Editing - Music - Animation, Nominated for Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards: Won for Best Original Score
  • Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media and Best Original Song for Quiet Mountain Town
  • The film has been nominated by the American Film Institute for their list of the Greatest American Musicals.[4]
  • In 2006, South Park finished fifth in the United Kingdom's Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote.[5]
  • In 2006, readers of Empire Magazine voted this the 166th greatest film of all time.
  • In 2001, Terry Gilliam selected it as one of the ten best animated films of all time[6].
  • In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted this the 13th greatest comedy film of all time.
  • The film is fifth on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies.

[edit] Differences with the original draft

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An early draft of the script was made for the original movie.[7]

  • Cheesy Poofs are Canadian and so are banned by Mrs. Broflovski, to Cartman's annoyance.
  • During the war, Ike is eventually found by some soldiers and taken to the USO show. This may explain Ike's appearance in the scene in the trailer where Kenny takes off his hood.
  • Instead of telling Stan about confidence, the clitoris tells him to give Wendy "some ice cream or something". This, however, is not what motivates Wendy to kiss Stan.
  • After his death, Kenny becomes the "Symbol" of MAC. However, his mother only joined MAC because she made "a big load of money selling Kenny T-Shirts."
  • Kenny was originally tasked by Saddam to collect 10 proofs of purchase from Snacky S'mores in order to get a wish. At first, this proves to be fruitless, as there were no proofs of purchase (let alone Snacky S'mores) in hell. When he appears to Cartman both times, he couldn't say anything the first time, and at the second time, he tells Cartman about the proofs of purchase. Once Satan and Saddam rise from hell, Kenny manages to collect the proofs of purchase with the help of his friends. At first, Saddam refuses to grant him a wish, as he had lied about the whole thing, but after Satan finishes off Saddam, he takes the proofs of purchase and grants Kenny a wish instead. Also, Kenny does not take off his hood or speak unmuffled, even in the end of the film.
  • In the original draft, when Satan thinks that Saddam is pretending he is someone else by making love to him, Saddam responds, "Satan, your ass is gigantic and red, who am I supposed to pretend you are? Helen Reddy?" In the film, he says "Liza Minnelli" rather than "Helen Reddy."
  • In the original draft, some songs are different. For example, "Blame Canada" and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" were both originally "Something Must Be Done"; the former sung by the mothers and the latter sung by the kids.
  • Instead of bombing the Baldwin brothers, the Canadians kidnap the Smothers Brothers and hold them hostage.
  • Cartman, Kyle, and Ike were strapped into electric chairs to be executed along with Terrance and Phillip. They start with Terrance and Phillip first, but an attack by the Canadians knocks out the electricity, and Cartman gets shocked by a loose wire (which causes the V-Chip to become faulty, instead of Cartman trying to shut off the power like he did in the final movie).
  • The Mole's mother doesn't appear.
  • The teenager in the ticket booth gets arrested for allowing the boys to see the movie
  • Wendy tells Stan she has dumped him.
  • There is a scene in which Terrance and Phillip are put on trial. It is televised. At one point in the trial, they tell the people that the American government lies to them. As they begin to tell the people of the truth, the station goes blank.
  • The PTA takes control of the school.
  • The school is much more Nazi-esque in the original draft.
  • Instead of visiting Mr. Mackey once, the children are sent to a full rehabilitation center for much of the second act.
  • In the original script when the boys swear in class they are sent to Principal Victoria's office instead of going to Mr. Mackey
  • Most of the secondary characters from the series are killed in the battle (including Ned Gerblansky, Jimbo Kern, Mr. Mackey, Big Gay Al and Mr. Garrison.) They still come back to life in the end. In the final version, Mr. Garrison is the only named fatality (although he is revived at the end as part of Kenny's wish.)
  • Instead of seeing Cartman's mom in a German scat porn video, the boys see her performing fellatio on a horse. Upon seeing this, Stan remarks, "Maybe that's who your father is, Cartman!" This is a reference to the Season 1 cliffhanger and its conclusion.
  • Instead of mentioning that Phillip made him perform oral sex on him and take a picture, Terrance mentions how he'd fallen asleep one night in a strip club, which made him vulnerable to prostitutes who would perform fellatio on him instead.
  • The boys are shown the new one-minute long version of the Terrance and Phillip movie seen on a banner in the final draft- the voices are dubbed over and the movie is now called "Bunz of fire."

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) - Trivia
  2. ^ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28082006/344/saddam-s-cartoon-capers.html
  3. ^ http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_faq_search.php?section=2&id=11287&search_faq=
  4. ^ Ballot2.indd
  5. ^ channel4.com - 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote from channel4.com/film
  6. ^ Gilliam, Terry (April 27, 2001). Terry Gilliam Picks the Ten Best Animated Films of All Time. The Guardian.
  7. ^ South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - Eighth Draft

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