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''Herbie Goes Bananas'' was the most poorly received film in the ''[[Herbie]]'' franchise since its inception in 1969 with ''[[The Love Bug]]''. Most film critics remarked that the series had run its course, with [[Leonard Maltin]] commenting that there was "one amusing scene where the VW turns matador; otherwise, strictly scrap metal." Maltin added that the plot dealt with its cast "encountering all sorts of 'hilarious' obstacles along the way."<ref>{{cite book| last = Martin| first = Leonard | authorlink = Leonard Maltin | coauthors =| title = Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide | publisher = Signet Books | year = 2006| location = | pages = 563| doi =| id = | isbn = 0-451-21265-7}}</ref> Phil Patton, author of the book ''Bug: The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile'', commented that ''Herbie'' franchise was "a game of diminishing returns: ''Herbie Goes Bananas''...is filled with "south of the border" clichés and stereotypes."<ref>{{cite book| last = Patton| first = Phil | authorlink = Phil Patton | coauthors =| title = Bug: The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile| publisher = Simon & Shuster | year = 2002| location = | pages = 110-111| doi =| id = | isbn = 0-7432-0242-2}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:10, 26 October 2011
| Herbie Goes Bananas | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Vincent McEveety |
| Written by | Gordon Buford Don Tait |
| Produced by | Kevin Corcoran Ron Miller Don Tait |
| Starring | Cloris Leachman Harvey Korman Charles Martin Smith Stephen W. Burns John Vernon Elyssa Davalos Joaquin Garay, III Richard Jaeckel Alex Rocco |
| Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips |
| Edited by | Gordon D. Brenner |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution Co. Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $18,000,000 (USA) |
Herbie Goes Bananas is the fourth of a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie – the white Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. The film stars former Mel Brooks collaborators Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman.
Plot
Loosely picking up where Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo left off, Pete Stancheck (Stephen W. Burns) has inherited the one-of-a-kind automobile from his uncle, Jim Douglas. Pete travels to Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) with his friend Davy "D.J." Johns (Charles Martin Smith) to retrieve the car. There, they meet little Paco (Joaquin Garay, III), a comically mischievous, orphaned pickpocket.
Pete and D.J. board a cruise ship to Rio de Janeiro to enter Herbie in the Brazil Grand Primeo. Unknown to them, Paco has hitched a ride under Herbie's hood to avoid three irate victims of his thievery. On the trip, they meet an anthropology student named Melissa (Elyssa Davalos) and her extravagant, eccentric aunt Louise (Cloris Leachman), who is trying to find a husband for her niece. When Herbie wreaks havoc on board, Pete pretends to court Melissa, with the intended result that her Aunt Louise will sponsor the men for their race.
Meanwhile, Herbie helps Paco, who has dubbed the car 'Ocho' (which means 'eight' in Spanish, Paco having simply added together the individual numerals in Herbie's number 53, also being a pun on the affective Mexican nickname for the beetle: "vocho" or also pronounced "bocho".), escape captivity. When the overenthusiastic ship's captain Blythe (Harvey Korman) has his costume party wrecked by the mischievous boy and car, he puts Herbie on trial and sentences him to be dropped in the sea. Herbie becomes a rustbucket as a result of immersion in the salt water, but is rescued from the sea by Paco and disguised as a taxi.
Thence follows an Inca gold-stealing plot, Herbie's matador part in a bullfight, romance between Aunt Louise and Captain Blythe, and some bananas which are initially used to camouflage Herbie in a convoy of farm vehicles traveling to market and later used to comic effect by Herbie and Paco in an attempt to stop the villains escaping in their plane. The bad guys (John Vernon and Alex Rocco) are in pursuit of Paco, who misplaced some important film when he stole their wallets.
Cast
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Reception
Herbie Goes Bananas was the most poorly received film in the Herbie franchise since its inception in 1969 with The Love Bug. Most film critics remarked that the series had run its course, with Leonard Maltin commenting that there was "one amusing scene where the VW turns matador; otherwise, strictly scrap metal." Maltin added that the plot dealt with its cast "encountering all sorts of 'hilarious' obstacles along the way."[1] Phil Patton, author of the book Bug: The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile, commented that Herbie franchise was "a game of diminishing returns: Herbie Goes Bananas...is filled with "south of the border" clichés and stereotypes."[2]
Cars
- Only a few of the rusted Herbies that were used as props are left. The prop Herbie thrown into the sea was never retrieved. A total of 26 VW Beetles were used due to the enormous amount of stunts and tricks.
External links
- Herbie Goes Bananas at IMDb
- Herbie Goes Bananas at AllMovie
- Herbie Goes Bananas at Rotten Tomatoes
- Herbie Goes Bananas at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Martin, Leonard (2006). Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Signet Books. p. 563. ISBN 0-451-21265-7.
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