The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writers (WGA):

Paul Henning (television series)
Lawrence Konner (story) ...

Release Date:

15 October 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The day they moved in... Beverly Hills moved out.

Plot:

A feature adaptation of the classic TV show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves he and his kin to posh Beverly Hills.

Plot Keywords:

Arkansas | Billionaire | Monster Truck | Moped | School

Cast

Jim Varney	...	Jed Clampett
Diedrich Bader	...	Jethro Bodine
Erika Eleniak	...	Elly May Clampett
Cloris Leachman	...	Granny
Lily Tomlin	...	Miss Jane Hathaway
Lea Thompson	...	Laura Jackson
Dolly Parton	...	Herself
Rob Schneider	...	Woodrow Tyler
Dabney Coleman	...	Milburn Drysdale
Penny Fuller	...	Mrs. Margaret Drysdale
Kevin Connolly	...	Morgan Drysdale
Linda Carlson	...	Aunt Pearl
Lyman Ward	...	Chief Gallo
Leann Hunley	...	Miss Arlington
Ernie Lively	...	Briggs

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Germany:6 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills High School - 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The Clampett's automobile is a 1921 Oldsmobile.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When "Jed was shooting at some food" and fired the shotgun, there was a noticeable delay of about a sec between the shot/puff of smoke and his jerking his shoulder back due to the recoil on the shotgun. If the gun had really been loaded and there'd really been that much recoil, his shoulder would have moved at the same time we saw the smoke/flash of the gun.

Quotes:

Elly May: This Here's what I call The Clampett Clamp.
[During the match,to Derek while she choking him with a headlock]
Derek: [Grunts] THAT'S NOT LEGAL!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Barnaby Jones" (1973)

Soundtrack:

I'M MOVIN' ON

I only wish there was more of it!

I liked this film version of the television show because it makes me laugh on a rainy day or when I am having a bad day. The casting is excellent. I feel that Jim Varney plays an excellent Jed Clampett. I wish there was a sequel when he was still alive. Sadly, he's gone. I think we saw him apart from his Ernest character a lot more in Jed. He seem to feel right at home in this character. Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Granny and I really felt that she enjoyed the role. Erika Leniak does an actually good job as Elly May Clampett. She seems to fit at right home with the role. I liked Diedrich Bader as both Jethro and his twin sister Jethrine. Bader is really an excellent comedic actor. I thought Lily Tomlin played Ms. Jane Hathaway in her own updated style. I felt this Jane had more gusto than Nancy Culp did in the series. Dabney Coleman is always fun to see and in this one as Drysdale. I liked him and Tomlin together. I liked Penny Fuller as Mrs. Drysdale and Kevin O'Connell who plays their son, Morgan. I felt Morgan and Elly could have gotten together. I liked Linda Carlson as Jethro's mother. I wished she was on more. Rob Schneider and Lea Thompson really do a good job as con-artists after the Clampetts. But I really enjoyed watching this film to see the stars like Zsa Zsa Gabor, Miguel Ferrer, Buddy Ebsen as Rockford, Dolly Parton, etc. Their cameos made it worth while to see them. It's nice to see Zsa Zsa poke fun at herself on screen in anything.