Cannibal! The Musical (Alferd Packer: The Musical) (1996)
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56% of critics liked it
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79% of users liked it
(20,746 ratings)
This is an amiable little parody from director Trey Parker, best known as co-creator of the cult TV series South Park. Set in 1873, the film deals with Alfred Packer (Juan Schwartz, aka Trey Parker), who is accused of cannibalizing members of his six-man party on a trip West. There are comic songs,… More This is an amiable little parody from director Trey Parker, best known as co-creator of the cult TV series South Park. Set in 1873, the film deals with Alfred Packer (Juan Schwartz, aka Trey Parker), who is accused of cannibalizing members of his six-man party on a trip West. There are comic songs, Japanese people pretending to be Indians, and a cyclops whose eye spurts pus. The film's highlight may be Alfred's saloon kung fu fight with a cocky fur trapper named Frenchy over his beloved horse Liane. Cannibal! is surprisingly light on gore for a Troma Team release (save for the prologue and finale), concentrating instead on goofy sight gags, sex jokes, and silly songs like "Shpadoinkle" and "Hang the Bastard." The cinematography is attractive, evoking all those frontier musicals of yore, and the overall quality is good, if obviously low budget. This film also features a cameo by underground film maven Stan Brakhage as the father of one of the pioneers. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Trey Parker
- Genres
- Horror, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Troma
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Scattershot, unfocused, and simply not all that funny.
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Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
We are talking about one sweet movie over here.
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Best enjoyed on DVD, as the alcohol-fueled commentary track might just be the best one ever recorded.
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Dan Lybarger, Nitrate Online
An early project from the 'South Park' creators that, to put it politely, proves their best work was still to come.
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Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
General silliness from the SOUTH PARK boys, but some truly hilarious moments. And even (extremely loosely) based on actual events!
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Cast
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Trey Parker
as Alfred Packer
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Toddy Walters
as Polly Pry
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Dian Bachar
as George 'California' Noon
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Ian Hardin
as Shannon Wilson Bell
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Jason McHugh
as Frank 'Reddy' Miller
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Jon Hegel
as Israel Swan
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Matt Stone
as James Humphrey
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Robert Muratore
as Jean 'Frenchy' Cabazon
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Andrew W. Kemler
as Preston Nutter
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Ted Henwood
as O.D. Loutzenheiser/The Cyclops
- Juan Schwartz




