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Tunnelvision

  • 1976
  • R
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
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Tunnelvision (1976)
Dark ComedyParodySatireSketch ComedyComedy

A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely cr... Read allA committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of som... Read allA committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.

  • Directors
    • Neal Israel
    • Bradley R. Swirnoff
  • Writers
    • Michael Mislove
    • Neal Israel
  • Stars
    • Phil Proctor
    • Howard Hesseman
    • Beans Morocco
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    805
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Neal Israel
      • Bradley R. Swirnoff
    • Writers
      • Michael Mislove
      • Neal Israel
    • Stars
      • Phil Proctor
      • Howard Hesseman
      • Beans Morocco
    • 27User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Phil Proctor
    Phil Proctor
    • Christian A. Broder
    Howard Hesseman
    Howard Hesseman
    • Senator McMannus
    Beans Morocco
    • Senator Polanski
    • (as Dan Barrows)
    Stephen Feinberg
    • Proctologist
    Ron Silver
    Ron Silver
    • Dr. Manuel Labor
    Roberta Kent
    • Mrs. Betty Purvis
    Edwina Gough
    • Melanie Edwards
    • (as Edwina Anderson)
    Ernie Anderson
    Ernie Anderson
    • Quant O'Neill…
    James Bacon
    James Bacon
    • Gene Scallion
    Kurt Andon
    Kurt Andon
    • Man at breakfast…
    Lorry Goldman
    • Pierre Skooché…
    Lynne Marie Stewart
    Lynne Marie Stewart
    • Marie
    • (as Lynn Marie Stewart)
    Gerrit Graham
    Gerrit Graham
    • Freddie
    • (as Gerritt Graham)
    Pamela Toll
    • Street Attendant
    Gene Pistilli
    • Dying Man
    Demitri Ponse
    • Little Boy
    Lois Samuels
    • Mother
    Rick Hurst
    Rick Hurst
    • Father
    • Directors
      • Neal Israel
      • Bradley R. Swirnoff
    • Writers
      • Michael Mislove
      • Neal Israel
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    • Trivia
      In the early 1970s, an American margarine company convinced a fancy French restaurant to prepare two identical dishes, one made with their margarine and the other made with real butter, and offer both dishes to their customers for comparison. Cameras recorded the customers sampling the dishes and saying, "No difference". These were shown in American commercials for the margarine. This is the inspiration for the blindfolded French chef who appears repeatedly in the film, saying "NO DEE-FRAWNCE!" in a thick and phony French accent.
    • Goofs
      The Vitabrain Capsulized Library promises to provide "Wuthering Heights" by the Brontes with eggs over easy, but, although all the Brontes wrote, Only Emily is credited with "Wuthering Heights"
    • Quotes

      Tom: Well, don't worry about your breath or your armpits, Al. It's your personality that stinks.

    • Crazy credits
      In the credits, the title "Tunnel Vision" is graced with an eyeball protruding from a pair of lips.
    • Alternate versions
      The earlier release on Media in 1978 uses an exceedingly scratchy print and has two segments missing that are viewable on the later Harmonyvision release: a proctology TV ad that appears just after the Midas Touch Cleaning Fluid ad, and the "Convert. The Church Is Changing" spot, which appears towards the film's end, right after the Dinner Bars commercial. The latter spot features a woman dressed as a priest, stripping in front of a church window. The former features a line of bare male bottoms. It isn't clear why these scenes are missing (the film is still pretty explicit without them), but both are intact on the later Harmonyvision release, which also boasts a much-better source print.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Best of Sex and Violence (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Tunnelvision
      Written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter

    User reviews27

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    4/10

    Prophetic but not Good ... i'm serious, prohphetic!!

    Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon, and SCTV alumnus are all together in a sometimes funny sketch film.

    However, it is very interesting to watch now, at the start of 2005. Twenty years after this movie is supposed to take place, look at how many of their gags have become absolutely true: There is a mock movie trailer, that probably wasn't even clever at the time, for something called "The Pregnant Man" which came true with Arnold Schwarzenegger's dumb movie "Junior" There is a commercial spoof, that probably wasn't even clever at the time, for something featuring Sammy Davis Jr. and Jackie Onasis called "Celebrity Wrestling" which has now come true with a popular show called "Celebrity Boxing" There is a mock movie trailer, that probably wasn't even clever at the time, that features John Candy in a movie about a severed head. Watch this trailer and look how similar it's shots and plot are to Frank Hellenlotter's Basket Case!! And finally there is an ad for a late late show documentary about "a dead dream, the only two left ..." The name of the documentary is ... THE LAST HIPPIES! LOL.

    Four prophecies come true!
    • angels_egg1
    • Dec 27, 2004
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    • Release date
      • March 29, 1982 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tunnel Vision
    • Filming locations
      • Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Intro shot to "Ramon and Sonja" show.)
    • Production company
      • International Harmony
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    • Budget
      • $250,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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