Cannibal! The Musical: 13th Anniversary Edition

Director: Trey Parker Trey Parker

Overview

Set in 1873, this musical focuses on Alfred Packer who is accused of cannibalizing members of his West-traveling party. Japanese people pretend to be Indians, a cyclops's eye spurts pus, and Alfred has a kung-fu fight with a fur trapper named Frenchy in this surprisingly funny parody.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2008
UPC:	0790357935598
Original Release:	1996
Source:	Troma
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00

Special Features

New interviews with Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Jason McHugh; All new audio commentary with Cannibal stars; The legendary inebriated audio commentary with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, Dian Bachar and Andy Kemler; Never-before-seen deleted scenes; Homegrown Cannibal ; Stage productions; New introduction by Lloyd Kaufman

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Juan Schwartz	Alfred Packer
Ian Hardin	Shannon Bell
Matt Stone	James Humphries
Jason McHugh	Frank Miller
Trey Parker	Alferd Packer
Jon Hegel	Israel Swan
Dian Bachar	George Noon
Toddy Walters	Polly Pry
Robert Muratore	Frenchy Cabazon
Andrew Kemler	Preston Nutter,Preston Nutter
Edward Henwood	The Cyclops
Ted Henwood	O.D. Loutzenheiser/The Cyclops
Rich Sanders	Composer

Technical Credits

Trey Parker

Trey Parker	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Ian Hardin	Producer,Executive Producer
Alexandra Kelly	Producer,Executive Producer
Andrew Kemler	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Jason McHugh	Executive Producer,Producer
Tim Ornec	Special Effects
Matthew Stone	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Cannibal: The Musical, a genre-bending black comedy produced before writer-director-star Trey Parker struck pay dirt with South Park, exhibits the same combination of gleeful tastelessness and pop-culture savvy that characterizes his Comedy Central hit series. Drawing on an obscure incident from American history, Parker (billed as "Juan Schwartz") plays Alferd (sic) Packer, a real-life frontiersman convicted of cannibalism in the 1870s. He's the lone survivor of a group of gold-seeking prospectors stranded without food in the snowbound Rockies, which understandably raises eyebrows when he returns to civilization. Parker spins this grisly yarn with inexplicable verve, making it a Rodgers and Hammerstein-type musical teeming with rousing production numbers and sappy ballads. He splashes blood and viscera across the screen with disarming abandon, but it's all so strange and funny that it's impossible to be offended by the gore. A low-budget masterpiece of inspired lunacy, you'll find that Cannibal: The Musical is quite unlike any other movie (certainly any other musical!) you've ever seen before.