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Purple People Eater(Movie, 1988)

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| 1h 30min | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, written and directed by Linda Shayne, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton, and Thora Birch in her film debut. Chubby Checker and Little Richard made musical guest appearances. The film was released on December 16, 1988. ()

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A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Motion Picture Group, The

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 8 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/01/1988

Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Thora Birch, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton, Nikki Cox, Sheb Wooley, Kimberly McCullough, Linda Shayne, Molly Cheek, Lindsay Price, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Houghton

Director: Linda Shayne

Producer: Brad Krevoy

Screenwriter: Linda Shayne

Director of Photography: Peter Deming

Composer: Dennis Dreith

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Der kleine lila Menschenfresser"

Keywords: alien, woman director

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