Popeye overview

Popeye

Synopsis:

Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), Popeye follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but Olive's hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto (Paul Smith), of whom Olive can say little except, well, he's large.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Robert Altman
  • Studio: Paramount, Walt Disney Productions
  • Year: 1980
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • MPAA Rating: PG
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
  • Filmed in: Color

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