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Synopsis

Director Peter Jackson's second feature, Meet the Feebles picks up where Bad Taste left off. It is an irreverent, outlandish, satire on showbiz – and while it features puppets, it’s by no means cute. The motley creatures are all members of a variety show that’s working up to a major performance. They include Bletch the two-timing pornographer walrus, an obese hippo femme fatale, a drug-dealing rat, a heroin-addicted frog, a poo-eating tabloid journalist fly – in other words, something to offend everyone.

Background

A Perspective by Richard King 31.08.2008

Peter Jackson's first professionally made feature came about as a result of funding falling through on Braindead, which was already ...

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 Peter Jackson
 Jim Booth
 Fran Walsh

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Awards

1990 NZ Film Awards
Contribution to Design (for puppets)