The legend of the debauchery that the actors who played the Munchkins in The Wizard Of Oz still exists today, even the star Judy Garland helped add to the legend talking about it on the talk short circuit in her later years, however most signs probably point to not really being true - that didn't stop a film being made about it 1981 - with an added Nazi/Japanese subplot.
Though the film flopped hard on release I couldn't help but like it - I think I am forgiving of films from the 1980's then any other decade (Soul Man being a prime example) - there's plenty of groan-worthy jokes in here (including one that actually sets a plot into motion, which I'll get too later).
Maybe the film would have been better recieved at the time if they forgone the plots that didn't involve the Munchkin performers being all chaotic in the hotel, the film spends it's time mostly concentrating on Chevy Chase's bodyguard for a foreign ambassador and Carrie Fisher whose been employed by the studio to wrangle the actors, which at least both where in their prime - Princess Leia spends a portion of the movie in her bra - and this flop was a blip on the career of Chase rather then the later par of the course for him.
There's enough going on the movie though to stop it from being anything but boring - you'll recognize an all bunch of the little people actors just from other stuff you've seen with the focus on the little people, and only a couple of jokes really hit the spot.
Overall, I enjoyed it on the whole, I could nitpick the criticisms many people give this but I think it's worth giving it a try.
Maybe the film would have been better recieved at the time if they forgone the plots that didn't involve the Munchkin performers being all chaotic in the hotel, the film spends it's time mostly concentrating on Chevy Chase's bodyguard for a foreign ambassador and Carrie Fisher whose been employed by the studio to wrangle the actors, which at least both where in their prime - Princess Leia spends a portion of the movie in her bra - and this flop was a blip on the career of Chase rather then the later par of the course for him.
There's enough going on the movie though to stop it from being anything but boring - you'll recognize an all bunch of the little people actors just from other stuff you've seen with the focus on the little people, and only a couple of jokes really hit the spot.
Overall, I enjoyed it on the whole, I could nitpick the criticisms many people give this but I think it's worth giving it a try.
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