<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/f9tiaPQLtOE?version=3&" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/f9tiaPQLtOE?version=3&</a>]]>Number 21 : Alferd Packer: The Musical(aka Cannibal! The Musical!)(44 points on 4 of 12 lists. Top Vote #11 by Compound)Synopsis:In 1873, a group of miners in Provo, Utah heard of a gold strike in Breckenridge, Colorado Territory and decide to head that way to make their claim. They hire Alferd Packer to lead them there since he's had experience in the area. They head off on the three week journey to Breckenridge. Four weeks later, they determine that they are lost. The miners encounter a group of trappers, who are hostile to the miners, but who seem to like Packer's horse. The horde disappears soon after. after crossing the Colorado River, the party stumbles across a group of Indians, who bring them to their village to wait out the winter storms. But Packer urges the party to follow the trappers, who he believe have his horse. After encountering a cyclops, the party is lost, cold, frostbitten and hungry. After one party member is shot for his incessant cheerfulness, the party resorts to eating him. Packer leaves to find signs of life, but when he returns, he discovers that the rest of the party has been slain by the prospective preacher, whom Packer kills in self defense.
After returning to Saguche, Packer is jailed for cannibalism, but is saved by a reporter who has taken a shine to him and convinced the Governor that Packer could not be jailed for the crime since Colorado was not a state at the time. Packer is freed, the evil head trapper is dispatched and the still living Shannon Wilson Bell lurks, still not quite dead.
Memorable Songs:Aside from the far too catchy "Let's Build a Snowman", the most recognizable song would be "Shpadoinkle", Packer's made up word that celebrates all that makes the world shpadoinkly. It's also memorable as part of it is used for the production logo that shows up in every episode of South Park.
Awards:None, although Troma considers it to be part of their "Tromasterpiece" collection as it's one of their best films. Not really a high bar there...
Trivia Notes: Alferd Packer is a bit of a cult hero at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 1968, the students voted to name the grill in the UMC after him, much to the annoyance of the regents of the school. Since then, however, they've warmed to the name and CU has an Alferd Packer day every spring.
Since the film's release, there have been several stage productions of Cannibal, including a run in the West End. (That got cancelled by the way.)
The opening scene of Cannibal was staged to be a reference to the Star Trek episode "The Cage." It also included several members of Parker's family.
Finally, the original commentary track for the DVD was performed by the cast members who did a drunk commentary, with more and more alcohol being consumed as the commentary progressed. As a side note, during the time where Stone and Parker attended CU, a number of comics in the student newspaper also did drunk comics where the cartoonists would start drinking as they made their comics, to rather unartistic results. Hmmm.....
Coming Soon:#20-11! New York! London! Paris! Los Ang... wait. We've been to all these places before! What the hell, musicals? Well, join us next time as we revisit all the same places that we've already been to. See you then for a deja vu filled list!
Topic: LoC 70: Top 50 Musicals! (Read 24700 times)
