South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Trey Parker
Produced by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Written by	Trey Parker Matt Stone Pam Brady
Starring	Trey Parker Matt Stone Mary Kay Bergman Isaac Hayes George Clooney Eric Idle Mike Judge Dave Foley Minnie Driver Brent Spiner Howard McGillin
Music by	Trey Parker Marc Shaiman
Studio	Comedy Central
Distributed by	USA/Canada Paramount Pictures International Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	June 30, 1999
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$21,000,000
Gross revenue	$83,137,600

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 American animated satirical comedy/musical film based on the animated television series South Park. The film was directed by Trey Parker, and stars the regular television cast of Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman and Isaac Hayes as Chef.

The film parodies animated Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and the Broadway musical Les Misérables, and satirizes the controversy surrounding itself. It features twelve songs by Parker and Marc Shaiman with additional lyrics by Stone. The song "Blame Canada" was nominated for an Academy Award and the song "Uncle Fucka" won an MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance.

It was produced by Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. in association with Comedy Central. The film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "pervasive strong language and crude and sexual humor throughout, violence, and some nudity."

Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 2.1 Lead voices 2.2 Guest voices 2.3 Additional voices 3 Soundtrack 4 Release 4.1 Home media 4.2 Reception 4.3 Awards 4.4 Awards and nominations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

Stan, Kenny, Kyle and Cartman pay a bum to buy them tickets to get into the movie Asses of Fire, an R-rated movie starring Canadians Terrance and Phillip. The movie turns out to be three hours of non-stop profanity, and so the boys come out with more language in their vocabulary than ever before. They utter many of the profanities in the film to their peers, causing most of the rest of the student body to eventually sneak in to watch the film and subsequently utter similar profanities. When their mothers find out, the enraged members of South Park's PTA, led by Kyle's mother, Sheila Broflovski, try to ban the film. Meanwhile, Wendy Testaburger, Stan's crush, starts hanging out with Gregory of Yardale, a new and better educated transfer student, to whom Stan takes an instant dislike. Stan asks Chef for advice to get Wendy to like him more than any other guy, and he absentmindedly recommends that Stan find the clitoris, although Stan doesn't understand what a clitoris is.

After watching the film again, Cartman and Kenny get into a fight over whether it is possible to light farts on fire like Terrance does in the movie. Kenny tries it and bursts into flames. A truck full of salt is dumped on him to put out the fire. He is immediately rushed to the hospital, where a George Clooney-esque doctor performs an inept surgery(involving an attempt to replace his heart). Kenny subsequently dies when the baked potato used instead of a replacement heart bursts out of his chest. The mothers angrily come in and ground Kyle, Stan, and Cartman (Kyle and Stan for two weeks, and Cartman for three weeks), as Kenny's spirit floats out of his body and he approaches the pearly gates, which in the movie is surrounded by many voluptuous, scantily-clad women; however, as Kenny pushes the entrance button, his access is denied and he falls into Hell.

Mrs. Broflovski leads the parents to form M.A.C. ("Mothers Against Canada") and capture Terrance and Phillip. When the United States refuses to release them at a United Nations meeting to discuss the situation and ridicule the Canadian Ambassador's accent, the Canadians respond by bombing the residence of the Baldwin brothers. The United States issues a televised declaration of war on Canada and orders the execution of "war criminals" Terrance and Phillip. M.A.C. expands its efforts and becomes a violently anti-Canadian group promoting the internment of those with Canadian descent, leading to Kyle being forced to hide his adopted brother Ike in the attic due to his Canadian heritage. When Mrs. Broflovski overhears Cartman singing "Kyle's Mom Is a Bitch", he is forced to have a "V-Chip" placed in his brain, though unlike its namesake, this V-Chip shocks him if he uses profanity.

Meanwhile, in Hell, Kenny discovers that Satan and Saddam Hussein are lovers, with Saddam acting as a dominating influence over Satan. When Satan discovers that a war has started on Earth, he says with delight that it has been prophesied that he can return to earth once Terrance and Phillip are killed and their blood touches American soil. Saddam makes no secret of the fact that he wants to rule the Earth, but Satan cannot stand up to him and is more interested in seeing Earth's beauty and splendor than conquering it. Kenny suggests that Satan leave Saddam, and, Satan agrees with Kenny's suggestion and tells Saddam he is going to Earth alone. However, Saddam apologizes and convinces Satan he can change, so Satan agrees to go to the surface together.

With Terrance and Phillip set to be executed and with the war on Canada, Kyle, Stan and Cartman ask themselves "What Would Brian Boitano Do?", and decide to form "La Resistance" (whose flag uses the classic anarchosyndicalist red-and-black) to save Terrance and Phillip. Gregory comes up with a daring plan to rescue Terrance and Phillip. Stan is convinced that Wendy will like him more than Gregory if he is more "political" and volunteers to go on the mission. Stan, Kyle and Cartman are sent to find a god-hating, cigarette-smoking French boy (a "mercenary for hire") named "The Mole". The Mole agrees to help them rescue Terrance and Phillip, who are to be executed by electric chair during a USO show.

The USO show begins, and the boys start executing the plan. Cartman, tasked with turning off the power shortly before the execution begins, is frightened when the ghost of Kenny warns him that Saddam and Satan are coming. Cartman runs away without turning off the power, causing the Mole to be spotted and killed by guard dogs. Kyle and Stan desperately run to the stage to prevent the execution, but Kyle cannot bring himself to stand up to his mom. Mrs. Broflovski orders the execution to begin.

Suddenly, a Canadian attack begins. Cartman rushes to turn off the electric chairs and receives an electric shock that causes the V-Chip to malfunction. The Americans and Canadians start battling each other. Thrown to the ground by a nearby bomb blast, Stan sees a vision of a giant clitoris which tells him to save Terrance and Phillip. He asks about Wendy, and the clitoris tells him to be confident because "chicks love confidence". Terrance and Phillip try to escape, but the American forces and Mrs. Broflovski corner them. Stan, Kyle and the rest of "La Resistance" confront them and Kyle finally decides to stand up to his mother and says he wants her to stop fighting all these battles and to just be his mom. She refuses and shoots Terrance and Phillip in the head.

When their blood touches the ground it cracks open. Satan, Saddam, and a host of demons come up from Hell and begin wreaking havoc. Satan is quickly pushed aside by Saddam, who makes everyone bow down to him while Satan watches. Kenny insists that Satan should stand up to Saddam. Cartman discovers that the jolt to the V-Chip gave him the power to shoot electricity when he swears. Cartman launches into a series of vulgar rants, using the electricity to attack Saddam. Saddam calls for Satan to help, insulting him in the process, but Satan has finally had enough and kills Saddam by hurling him back into Hell.

Satan thanks Kenny for his help and grants him one wish. Kenny wishes for everything to return to how it was before the war, even though this means he will go back to Hell. Satan grants his wish and everything returns to normal. Before returning to Hell, Kenny pulls back his hood (revealing his face for the first time in South Park history) to give a proper goodbye to his friends. Mrs. Broflovski apologizes to Kyle for not believing him and kisses him. Wendy kisses Stan and says she never liked Gregory. Everyone sings a song about their happy ending and, in the final scene, Kenny is shown becoming an angel and flying into Heaven.

[edit] Voice cast

[edit] Lead voices

Actor	Roles
Trey Parker	Stan Marsh Eric Cartman Satan Clyde Donovan Mr. Garrison Phillip Niles Argyle Randy Marsh Mr. Mackey Ned Gerblanski Army General News Reporter Midget in a Bikini Canadian Ambassador Bombardiers Gregory (speaking) The Mole Bill Clinton Additional Voice
Matt Stone	Kyle Broflovski Kenny McCormick Saddam Hussein Terrance Henry Stoot Big Gay Al Jimbo Kearn Gerald Broflovski Bill Gates Additional Voices
Mary Kay Bergman	Sheila Broflovski Sharon Marsh Liane Cartman Carol McCormick Clitoris Additional Voices
Isaac Hayes	Chef
Jesse Howell Anthony Cross-Thomas Franchesca Clifford	Ike Broflovski

[edit] Guest voices

Actor	Role
George Clooney	Dr. Gouache
Brent Spiner	Conan O'Brien
Minnie Driver	Brooke Shields
Dave Foley	Alec Baldwin Billy Baldwin Daniel Baldwin Stephen Baldwin
Eric Idle	Dr. Vosnocker
Michael McDonald	Satan (singing high notes in "Up There")
Howard McGillin	Gregory (singing)
James Hetfield	Singer/Guitarist in "Hell Isn't Good"
Mike Judge	Kenny's Goodbye

[edit] Additional voices

Actor	Role
Bruce Howell	Man in Theatre
Deb Adair	Woman in Theatre
Jennifer Howell	Bebe Stevens
Toddy Walters	Winona Ryder
Nick Rhodes	Canadian Fighter Pilot
Stewart Copeland Stanley G. Sawicki	American Soldiers

[edit] Soundtrack

[edit] Release

[edit] Home media

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was released on Video and DVD on November 23, 1999 in the US, and in the UK on the March 23, 2000. A UMD version for the Sony PSP has been released in the UK, no North American UMD release has been announced. As of 2009, there has been no collector's edition DVD released, although Paramount released a 10th anniversary Blu-ray Disc on October 14, 2009 with extra features including commentary from Trey Parker, Matt Stone.^[1]

[edit] Reception

Film critics were generally enthusiastic about the film as an intelligent and entertaining piece of political satire. It has a "Certified Fresh" rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 73 out of 100 rating, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", at Metacritic.^[2] In 2008, the film was included in Entertainment Weekly's list of the "25 Movie Sequels We'd Line Up to See"^[3] and "The Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years".^[4]

The movie's use of profanity gained it a spot in the 2001 edition of Guinness World Records for "Most Swearing in an Animated Film" (399 profane words, including 139 uses of fuck^[5], 79 uses of shit, and 66 uses of bitch, 128 offensive gestures and 221 acts of violence). In effect, one every six seconds.

There is an urban myth that the film was also banned in Iraq, for its depiction of Saddam Hussein as Satan's [abusive] lover.^[6] While the real Saddam was on trial for genocide charges in 2006, Matt Stone joked that the U.S. military was showing the movie repeatedly to the former dictator as a form of torture.^[7] Parker and Stone were also given a signed photo of Saddam Hussein by the U.S. Marines.^[8]

The film opened at #4 with a gross of $14,774,666 over the 4-day Independence Day weekend from 2,128 theaters for an average of $6,943 per theater ($11,335,889 and an average of $5,327 over three days) and a total of $23,078,186 since its Wednesday launch. It ended up with a gross of $52,037,603 in the United States and Canada, with the 3-day opening making up 28.39% of the final domestic gross. It made an additional $31,100,000 internationally for a total of $83,137,603 worldwide.

[edit] Awards

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Music, Original Song" for "Blame Canada". They lost to Phil Collins and made fun of him in two consecutive episodes in season 4 ("Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" and "Timmy 2000"). Creator Trey Parker explained the reasoning for these barbs in the season 4 DVD commentary, saying "we were fully expecting to lose, just not to Phil Collins". "Blame Canada" was performed by Robin Williams during the televised award show – this airing was the first awards ceremony to carry a TV-14 parental advisory, due in part to the adult language used in that song. On the telecast Robin Williams performed the song with a full chorus line and inserted the lyrics of the song's reprise from "La Resistance" within the performance. Voice actress Mary Kay Bergman, who provided most of the female voices in the movie, was supposed to perform the song at the Oscars. However Bergman — who had apparently been suffering from a psychological ailment — committed suicide a few months after the film's release. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone showed up to the Oscars in drag as Jennifer Lopez at the Grammys and Gwyneth Paltrow at the 2000 Oscars.^[9]

Another track from the movie, "Uncle Fucka", won an MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance; Trey Parker and Matt Stone accepted the award, and thanked the audience for "not nominating Phil Collins".

[edit] Awards and nominations

• American Film Foundation: Nominated for The E Pluribus Unum Award For Feature Film
• Nominated for 3 Annie Awards,
  • Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature
  • Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Mary Kay Bergman as "Sheila Broflovski"
  • Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
• MTV Movie Award: Won, Best Musical Performance for Uncle Fucka
• Chicago Film Critics Association: Won for Best Original Score
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Won for Best Animated Feature
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Film
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Won for Best Music
• Motion Picture Sound Editors: Won for Best Sound Editing - Music - Animation, Nominated for Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Won for Best Original Score
• Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media and Best Original Song for Quiet Mountain Town
• The film has been nominated by the American Film Institute for their list of the Greatest American Musicals.^[10]
• In 2006, South Park finished fifth in the United Kingdom's Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote.^[11]
• In 2006, readers of Empire Magazine voted this the 166th greatest film of all time.
• In 2001, Terry Gilliam selected it as one of the ten best animated films of all time^[12].
• In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted this the 13th greatest comedy film of all time.
• The film is fifth on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies.

[edit] See also

• South Park
• Canada–United States relations
• List of musicals
• Censorship
• List of films that most frequently use the word "fuck"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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