December 26, 2014, 4:00 p.m. — Popeye (1980)
Popeye
1980. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Jules Feiffer. With Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley. After a notorious five months on location on the rocky coast of Malta, Altman’s big-budget comic-strip musical was a critical disaster that set his career back for a decade—despite its box-office success. The breezy, off-kilter whimsy of Feiffer’s script is matched by Wolf Kroeger’s exceptional production design and Harry Nilsson’s subtly influential score. 114 min.
