The Comic Strip Presents

Summary A series of self-contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight. View more details

The Comic Strip Presents

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

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Genres : Comedy

Release date : Nov 1, 1982

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : ABC Cinema, Ewell, Surrey, England, UK

Production companies : Michael White Productions Channel 4 Television Corporation Comic Strip

Summary A series of self-contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Nov 1, 1982

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : ABC Cinema, Ewell, Surrey, England, UK

Production companies : Michael White Productions Channel 4 Television Corporation Comic Strip

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The Tramps and the Wizard of Oróz

The Tramps and the Wizard of Oróz

Failing to obtain any vultures--the only potential food in the severe drought of Northeastern Brazil--Didi and his friends Soró and Tatu', put their hut on a wagon pulled by their burro Salvation and head for the town of Oróz, believing they can find water there. On the way, they find a Scarecrow, whom Didi calls Clowbrush (clown+brush), besieged by vultures reminiscent of the crows in _Wiz, The (1978/I)_. They kill and eat the vultures and take the brainless Scarecrow with them, hoping a doctor at Oróz will put them in. They next stumble upon a warehouse, finding a man in a metal vat of rum, which is his blood, who desires a heart. In the town of Oróz, Sheriff Lion works for Colonel Ferreira, who owns a pond using gigantic frogs to keep people from obtaining water without paying. Lion's girlfriend, Aninha the schoolmaster, thinks he is a coward for not standing up to the Colonel. The Tramps, with Vat and Clowbrush, arrive and promptly rob a bakery. Sheriff Lion puts Soró and Tatu in jail, while to redeem himself, he is ordered to supervise Didi, Vat, and Clowbrush in a search for water, which is their punishment. After disguising themselves as Ferreira's guards, they are nonetheless discovered, so they flee to a desert, where a saint points them to the Wizard of Oróz, who fiendishly supports their mission - The film, while a spoof of a famous story, was also intended to make people aware of the conditions in the Northeast, which Aragão said he could not show in any greater detail, lest the film be terrified by the reality of the plight in that area.

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