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Beavis and Butthead Do America (Special Collector's Edition)

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And I'm not kidding. This is absolutely one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, in terms of really dumb people who continue to do really dumb (but amazingly hilarious) things. I have NEVER laughed so hard during a movie - and I do laugh a lot - as I did for this one. I actually missed a few parts of the movie - I was laughing so hard I couldn't pay attention anymore, because I was so worried about not starving myself of oxygen.

Robert Stack is absolutely wonderful as the hard-nosed FBI agent, who wants to cavity search everyone he comes across. He plays his role, a very absurd but serious lawman, with perfecet straightness, like Leslie Nielsen in the airplane movies.

This is a movie that is consistently well-written throughout, with no real weak spots, or lapse in the comedy, and no lapse of self-awareness that Beavis and Butthead are truly stupid - intellectualy, culturaly, socially, and interpersonally, they are completely deficient.

The opening, too, is great - just like the musical introduction to starsky and hutch and other truly bad "cinematic" TV shows and movies of the 70s. Thank God we left that decade, eh?

I recommend this movie heartily to anyone who might like Airplane, Monty Python, Hot Shots, or other absurdist humor. Brilliant writing, and hilarious!

Alot of people today seem to have forgotten Beavis & Butt-Head. People today usually restrict themselves to The Simpsons or South Park. Although those shows are EXTREMELY hilarious, we must never forget the crazy antics of Beavis & Butt-Head. Because without Beavis & Butt-Head, shows like South Park would probably never exist. Matt Stone & Trey Parker (creators of South Park) themselves said that they like Beavis & Butt-Head. And there would CERTAINLY be no King of the Hill without Beavis & Butt-Head. If you have seen little to no Beavis & Butt-Head in your life, then you are truly deprived of really funny comedy. Mike Judge (creator of Beavis & Butt-Head and King of the Hill) is a very funny person with very good ideas, and this movie proves that beyond a shadow of a doubt.

For those of you who don't know, Beavis & Butt-Head are two very stupid yet very funny teenagers who are completely perverted and who are obsessed with heavy metal bands such as AC/DC and Metallica. Their crazy antics affect their life at home, at school, at stores, and basically everywhere. If you don't think they are funny from just this description, buy this movie and your attitude will change COMPLETELY!

Beavis & Butt-Head Do America is basically Beavis & Butt-Head on a roadtrip across America. After their T.V. is stolen, they are somehow thrown into an international conspiracy dealing with two criminal masterminds and a virus that is inside a computer-chip-like object. While they are being thrown into all this, they are prooclaimed the most dangerous men in America. And while the FBI is after them, they are blissfully unaware of what is going on. I don't want to give away what actually happens in the movie, but I will say that their journey takes them from their home town of Highland to Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam, a church, the Old Faithful geiser, the middle of a desert, and Washington D.C..

All in all, this movie is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time. This movie deserves a place right next to South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in your personal VHS/DVD library. If you like comedy like South Park and The Simpsons, then you will definately like Beavis & Butt-Head and ultimately...Beavis & Butt-Head Do America.

I think like most people who have purchased this DVD are ike me, and love the movie, it truely is a classic comedy. But the DVD could have done with more bonus features.

I was hoping that maybe Mike Judge would do an Audio commentary? I could imagine quite clearly the opening credits rolling, and Mike saying that persons name, and then Beavis and Butthead saying somthign like "shes a s**t" and "I scored with her" and all the other classic things that Beavis and Butthead would say.

Plus there is apperently delted scenes that are not on this DVD. This movie is great. But the DVD should have more features then just a couple of trailers.

One of the funniest 'underground' TV shows becomes one of the five funniest theatrical comedy films of the 1990's! BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (1996) stars our favorite pair of perpetually horny and clueless Texas teens as they go searching all over the country for their stolen TV set---while trying to "score," of course. That's all the plot there is! That's all the plot there needs to be; indeed, the whole point of this film is to sit back and follow the precocious, infectiously chuckling duo as they get from Point A to Point Z---with lots of stops along the way---and do what they do best.

Besides doing the voices of the titular characters---"hehe hehe"---Mike Judge also voices that old favorite, Tom Anderson, who would later metamorphose into Hank Hill. (As a testament to Judge's perpetual maintenance of television popularity, "King of the Hill" is currently in its seventh season and has by far outlasted the show that spawned it.) In his work, Mike Judge really shows that he is not merely a voice-over comedian; rather, he is a social commentator of all the different types of people you'd likely find in Middle America...and he is very funny.

Plot being irrelevant in this film, expect to see the kind of gags used on the show reappearing here (including, of course, The Amazing Cornholio!) and jammed into 80 minutes of quality crude comedy. Because this is a PG-13 movie, the crudeness is definitely turned up a notch from the TV show; however, nothing too outrageous happens (at least not onscreen). Robert Stack has a lot of fun spoofing his serious Elliot Ness image in the character of ATF Agent Flemming, who displays a much-too-eager predilection for cavity searches. (That's DEEP cavity searches!) In fact, this is his most inspired comedic performance since AIRPLANE! (1980). Cloris Leachman also has a lot of fun as a nice little old lady who keeps meeting Beavis & Butt-head at various times throughout their adventure and, miraculously enough, can see no wrong in them whatsoever. Other standout voice-overs are handled by Eric Bogosian (remember him from Oliver Stone's TALK RADIO?), Jacqueline Barba, Pamela Blair and even David Letterman!

Bottom line: If you loved the TV show, you'll love the movie; although if you loved the TV show, that most likely means that you already own this on DVD and have seen it at least 10 times. If you were too young to remember the show, but like stoner comedy in general, then you can safely bet you'll like this one. At the time it was released, BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA was the funniest feature-length animated film of all time. Even though it easily lost that title to the Trey Parker/Matt Stone sidesplitter SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT just a few years later, this movie still, like, totally rules in its own right. And it's got one killer soundtrack. Yeah, dude!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
MOST RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF THE TV SHOW

INTRODUCTION:
Beavis and Butt-Head is not only the most successful series in the history of MTV, it's also the very best. Mike Judge is a comedy genius, and he proved it with this series. His series became so successful, that he even made a major motion picture! Read on for my review of Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

BASIC PLOT:
Beavis and Butt-Head have been robbed of the most important thing of theirs in the world - their television. They go looking for it, but end up as pawns in a plan to unleash a biological weapon in Washington D.C.

FILM OPINIONS:
Great film. I had my doubts that Beavis and Butt-Head would transfer well to the big screen, but this film shattered those doubts. If you liked the series, it's doubtful that you won't like the film. Voice acting is one of the greatest aspects of this film. Among the voice actors are Bruce Willis and Demi Moore as smugglers, and the late Robert Stack as the head of the ATF. Even the musical arrangement was done well. There's a little bit of everything musical in this movie, and everything seems to fit in perfectly. In the end, this film is one of Mike Judge's masterpieces.

DVD:
I LOVED the film, but the DVD could have been WAY better. First and foremost, you don't get an option between full screen and widescreen on the disc - you have to purchase one or the other. Second is the lack of extras. There's two trailers for the film and that's it! Where's the deleted "national archives" scene that aired on MTV? Also, episodes of the series would have been a good extra. Of course, Paramount doesn't exactly have a reputation for putting good extras on DVDs, so I guess this was to be expected.

OVERALL:
Overall this is a great film, I just wish the DVD would have been done better! Paramount needs some serious counseling when it comes to putting good extras on their DVDs! But I won't let that little blunder get in the way of the movie, which is the main attraction. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie - it will be impossible not to laugh.

This movie is about that Beavis and butthead's t.v. was stolen. They are traveling every where they cuold to get a new t.v. While they are trying to find a t.v. they meet a guy and the guy told them he'll pay them 10k to do it with his wife. The guy took them to the airport to go to Las Vegas because she was over there. Then they're in a hotel and they were trying to open a door.A hot chick opens the door and they realized that she was the chick they were paid to do she had a deadly weapon called x5, the hot chick put the weapon in beavis's shorts.This weapon may be small but it is veary powerful.Then she told them to go to D.C. and wait her there.Then they had to go through the desert to go to D.C.They also met a old lady that gave beavis drugs wich makes him crazy. IN the end a guy has the pants which the x5 was at. So then the guy gets arrested. in the end they find their t.v. that was sten. I think this is a funny movie. I would recomend it to people. Last if I was you would Buy this hilarious movie.

This big-screen version of the popular MTV breakout hit about the dimwitted duo probably won't make any converts, but if you're already a fan, there's a whole lot to enjoy.

The doozy theme: famed slackers Beavis and Butt-Head go on a cross country trip to find their stolen television, but mistaken identity plunges them deep into a complex terrorist scheme.

Whether you like Intelligently Silly comedies or not is up to you, but this DVD is easily one of my prized possessions now, for the following reasons:

(1) It's a B&B show without any of the ads or music video interruptions
(2) And it's a pure gut-buster. Some gags are laugh out loud
(3) The cast of voices is terrific (e.g., Demi Moore, David Letterman, Bruce Willis)
(4) The music, surprisingly, is pretty neat (e.g., White Zombie, AC/DC)
(5) What do you know, it's actually got a plot to it that had me watching

Highly recommended rental to enjoy with friends or to convert a slow evening into some quality time.

I watched this all the time, and never get tired of it.Im watching it rite when they on the plane.This is dead ass hilarious, kids could probably watch this, it is funny has hell.Get it if you didnt see it yet.

I like Beavis and Butthead. But not for four or five stars. Let's face it, this was probably the best the movie could be. Yeah Yeah. The Cornholio stuff is worth the price.

In an interview in the special features of one of the Star Trek DVDs, Patrick Stewart said that he was the only member of the Academy to vote for "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" for best picture. I think "Braveheart" won that year.

Anyway, based on Captain Picard's rcommendation, I decided to have a look. I was surprised to find that it was relatively coherent and watchale all the way through. If you hated the MTV series, I'm sure you'll hate the movie nearly as much, but if you like idiotic juvenile humor,