December 6, 1980 (Los Angeles)
December 12, 1980 (United States)
Popeye is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman and produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. It is based on E. C. Segar's comics character of the same name. The script was written by Jules Feiffer, and it featured Robin Williams as Popeye the Sailor Man and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. Its story follows Popeye's adventures as he arrives in the town of Sweethaven.
The film premiered on December 6, 1980 in Los Angeles, California and opened in the rest of the United States the following week. It grossed $6.3 million in its opening weekend, and $49.8 million worldwide, against a budget of $20 million. It received negative reviews from critics when it was first released, but has received improved reviews over time.
Storyline[]
The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.
Sound Effects Used[]
This movie heavily uses a library of sound effects later included in the sound library of Horta Editorial & Sound later in the 80s, and a few years later released on the Cartoon Trax Volume 1 library, along with a few Hanna-Barbera sounds.
- DePatie-Freleng Creature Growling, Hissing, Snarling Sound
- Disney - WOOD BREAK
- H-B FALL, CARTOON - HOYT'S LONG FALL
- H-B SLIDE, CARTOON - CRAZY SLIDE WHISTLE TWIRLING SLIDE
- Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057903
- Hollywoodedge, Boings For Impacts CRT016701 (Debut.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cans Crash Floor Rol CRT033403/Sound Ideas, CRASH, CANS - FALLING CANS
- Hollywoodedge, Cuckoo Bird Followe CRT041202 (Pluck only)
- Hollywoodedge, Descend Slid Whistl CRT057908
- Hollywoodedge, Ind Gust Wind PE780101
- Hollywoodedge, Ind Gust Wind PE780201
- Hollywoodedge, Ind Gust Wind PE780301
- Hollywoodedge, Ind Gust Wind PE780401
- Hollywoodedge, Rapid Metallic Warb CRT041204
- Hollywoodedge, Small Tight Timpani CRT030301
- Horta Editorial SFX - Jews Harp Boings (Possible debut.)
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - DOINK 03/HIT, CARTOON - PAT'S BILP
- Sound Ideas, Electronic - Synthesized sound of an old car having trouble starting
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BILP
- Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - SINGLE BLURP
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01