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Os Trapalhões na Terra dos Monstros

1989 1h 31m PT
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5.8
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★5.8TMDB · 55
AdventureComedyFamily
Synopsis
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In a television program Angelica (Angelica), the daughter of a businessman who aspires to be a singer, eventually earning his "crazy dream", which is recording a video clip at the top of Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, with the Domino Group . The father forbids it to go, so she runs away with her boyfriend to the Sugar Loaf. When her father learns commands Didi (Renato Aragão), Dede (Dede Santana), Mussum (Mussum) and Zechariah (Zechariah) to think in three days or call the police. Trying to find her, the quartet falls into a hole in the Sugar Loaf which is populated by strange creatures, some good, the Grunks, and some bad, the Barks.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Credits

Behind the camera

Director
Flávio Migliaccio
Writers
Renato Aragão, Mauro Wilson, Paulo Andrade
Languages
Portuguese
Countries
Brazil

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Os Trapalhões: Coleção" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Renato Aragão and Dedé Santana and Mussum carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0139659 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Flávio Migliaccio directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
  • 2Part of the "Os Trapalhões: Coleção" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
  • 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
  • 4Renato Aragão and Dedé Santana and Mussum carry the top of the cast.
  • 5IMDB entry: tt0139659 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
  • 6Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Costume design
Sandro Dutra
Runtime
91 min · 1h 31m
Status
Released
Original language
PT
Certification (US)
L

Part of

Os Trapalhões: Coleção

A group that marked generations in Brazil, The Bunglers were some of the most successful comedians on film and TV for decades.

Also by

Flávio Migliaccio

Production companies

Who made it

  • ZD

    ZDM Produções Artísticas

    BR

  • Embrafilme

    Embrafilme

    BR

  • RE

    Renato Aragão Produções Cinematográficas

    BR

Key crew

  • Executive ProducerCarlos Alberto Diniz
  • Art DirectionYurika Yamasaki
  • ProducerPaulo Aragão
  • ProducerMárcia Bourg
  • Costume DesignSandro Dutra

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

  • monster

Release history · US

When it landed

  • Theatrical1989-12-14L

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