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Amazon Women on the Moon

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Amazon Women on the Moon

"See amazing thrills, spine-tingling chills, and something else that rhymes with "thrills"."

1987

1h 24m

5.9(187 votes)

Comedy

Science Fiction

Overview

Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.

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Social & External

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall

Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")

Donald F. Muhich

Easterbrook (segment "Pethouse Video")

Monique Gabrielle

Monique Gabrielle

Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")

Lou Jacobi

Lou Jacobi

Murray (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Erica Yohn

Erica Yohn

Selma (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Debbi A. Davison

Weather Person (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Rob Krausz

Floor Manager (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman

Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")

Corey Burton

Corey Burton

Anchorman (segment "Murray in Videoland") / TV Announcer (segment "Amazon Women on the Moon")

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Brenda (segment "Hospital")

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Horton
Carl Gottlieb
Written by: Michael Barrie
Jim Mulholland
Produced by: Robert K. Weiss

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