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Popeye was a 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman, based on the comic strip and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor.

The film was a musical, which was uncommon for the time. Its songs were by Harry Nilsson, and they are very unusual in that there were almost no rhymes in any of the songs instead, the songs were structured by using a great deal of repetition, and cross-cutting inside songs to non-musical sequences. It starred Robin Williams (in his first film role) as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.

Popeye was a joint production between Paramount Pictures (distributors/producers of the 1933 – 1957 Popeye theatrical cartoons) and Walt Disney Productions, and was released by Paramount. It was filmed almost entirely on Malta, in the village of Mellieħa, where the set is still a tourist attraction. The film won a Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film. The film's tagline is The sailor man with the spinach can!

Plot summary

After he's thrown from a ship during a storm, Popeye arrives in the quaint seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. There he rents a room from the Oyls, and Popeye quickly meets and falls for their daughter Olive. Olive's hand has already been promised to Captain Bluto, a bully and ruffian who is in charge of collecting taxes for the mysterious Commodore. Popeye, who was orphaned at an early age, is in the midst of searching for his missing father, but what he does not realize is that the shipwreck has brought him close to his final destination. Along the way, Popeye encounters an assortment of characters, including George W. Geezil, J. Wellington Wimpy, a champion boxer, and a greedy taxman. Eventually Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee'Pea, an adorable foundling, and Popeye finally meets his father Poopdeck Pappy. In the film's ending, Popeye rescues Olive and Swee'Pea from Bluto, and Poopdeck Pappy finally retrieves his buried treasure.

Main cast

Robin Williams
as Popeye
the Sailor
Shelley Duvall
as Olive Oyl
Ray Walston
as Poopdeck Pappy
Paul L. Smith
as Bluto
Paul Dooley
as J. Wellington Wimpy
Richard Libertini
as George W. Geezil
Linda Hunt
as Mrs. Oxheart
Donald Moffat as The Taxman
MacIntyre Dixon as Cole Oyl
Roberta Maxwell as Nana Oyl
Donovan Scott as Castor Oyl
Bill Irwin

Soundtrack

(all songs written by Harry Nilsson except "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man") # I Yam What I Yam # He Needs Me # Swee' Pea's Lullaby # Din' We # Sweethaven # Blow Me Down # Sailin' # It's Not Easy Being Me # He's Large # I'm Mean # Kids # I'm Popeye The Sailor Man

The song "He Needs Me" was featured in the movie Punch-Drunk Love
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