Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the Feebles

Screened on a TVNZ arts show, this documentary looks at how the strings were pulled on Peter Jackson's low-budget puppet movie Meet the Feebles. An old Wellington railway shed fizzes with energy and imagination as a team peppered with future Oscar-winners crafts the gleefully subversive Muppets parody. Jackson muses on his influences, processes and propensity for "savage humour" in a fascinating interview. Included is footage of his childhood films — war movies and stop motion animation made with his first 8mm camera. Richard King writes about Meet the Feebles here. 

That’ll do Richard — good vomit work!

– Jackson on set

Key Cast & Crew

Cameron Chittock

Subject

Peter Jackson

Subject

Richard Taylor

Subject

Danny Mulheron

Subject

Kathryn Asare

Presenter

Kevin Isherwood

Reporter