Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958 American science fiction
feature film
produced by Bernard Woolner for Allied Artists Pictures. It was directed by Nathan H. Juran (credited as Nathan Hertz) from a screenplay
by Mark Hanna
, and starred Allison Hayes
, William Hudson
and Yvette Vickers
. The original music score was composed by Ronald Stein
. The film was a take on other movies that had also featured size-changing humans, namely The Amazing Colossal Man
and The Incredible Shrinking Man
, but substituting a woman as from the protagonist to antagonist.
The story concerns the plight of Nancy Archer, a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien
being causes her to grow into a giantess
. She uses her new size and power to seek revenge against her philandering husband Harry and his mistress, Honey Parker.
), a wealthy but highly troubled woman, is speeding along a desert road one night when a glowing ball settles on the highway in front of her and a giant alien reaches for her. She escapes and runs back to town, but nobody believes her story, owing in part to her history of drinking problems and mental instability. Her shifty husband, Harry (William Hudson
), is more interested in his floozy, Honey (Yvette Vickers
), but he pretends to be the good husband in hopes that Nancy will 'snap' and return to the 'booby hatch'. Nancy convinces him to search the desert with her, looking for the "satellite". Eventually, they find it, and as the alien emerges Harry flees, leaving Nancy behind.
Nancy is later found on the roof of her pool house, but she is delirious and must be sedated by her doctor. Harry, impatient to obtain her fortune, attempts to give her a lethal injection of sedative, but when he goes up to her room, he finds that she has grown into a giant. Nancy's mysterious increase in size makes the sheriff and Nancy's butler wonder whether her story about a giant alien is true. While searching the desert, they find the alien's spherical ship and learn that it has been collecting diamonds, perhaps as fuel. The giant catches them exploring his ship and attacks them, wrecking their car. Meanwhile, back in town, Nancy awakens and breaks free. Determined to find her wayward husband, she breaks through the roof of her house, and stomps off to town. While there, she takes the roof off the bar and a beam falls on Honey, killing her. Harry panics and begins shooting at Nancy, but she picks him up and walks away. Gunshots have no apparent effect on her, but at the end, she accidentally hits a power line transformer. It blows up near Nancy and kills her, with Harry lying crushed in her hand.
In the mid-1980s, filmmaker Jim Wynorski
was considering a remake of the 1958 movie, with Sybil Danning
in the title role. Wynorski made it as far as a shooting a photo session with Danning dressed as the 50 foot woman but, again, the project never materialized, as Wynorksi opted to film the 1988 remake of Not of This Earth
instead.
The film was finally remade in a 1993 HBO movie, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
. The film, directed by Christopher Guest
with a script by Thirtysomething scribe Joseph Dougherty
, starred Daryl Hannah
in the title role.
In 1995, Fred Olen Ray
produced a parody entitled Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
, starring J. J. North
and Tammy Parks. Beyond the basic premise, the plot had little in common with the original movie, being concerned with the side-effects of a beauty-enhancing formula on two ambitious female models. The movie was deliberately farcical and made on an extremely low budget; the illusion of size-difference was achieved using forced perspective
, unlike the earlier movies which used composite imaging.
on June 26, 2007. It includes an audio commentary with co-star Yvette Vickers and interviewer Tom Weaver. The title is also available in instant streaming format from Netflix
.
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
produced by Bernard Woolner for Allied Artists Pictures. It was directed by Nathan H. Juran (credited as Nathan Hertz) from a screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
by Mark Hanna
Mark Hanna (screenwriter)
Mark Hanna was an American screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing the screenplays for many science fiction B movies in the 1950s, particularly Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. His first major screenplay was Gunslinger in 1956. He continued to be prolific through the mid-1960s, after which...
, and starred Allison Hayes
Allison Hayes
Allison Hayes was an American film and television actress and model.-Early life:Born Mary Jane Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia, Hayes won the title of Miss District of Columbia and represented Washington, DC in the 1949 Miss America pageant...
, William Hudson
William Hudson (actor)
William Woodson Hudson Jr. was an American actor best remembered for the role of Ranger Clark in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and the role of Special Agent Mike Andrews in the Emmy Award nominated spy drama I Led Three Lives.-History:After appearing uncredited in over a dozen movies Hudson got his...
and Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers
Yvette Iola Vickers was an American actress, pin-up model and singer.-Early life and career:...
. The original music score was composed by Ronald Stein
Ronald Stein
Ronald Stein was an American film composer.-Biography:Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Stein wrote scores for numerous low budget horror and exploitation films during the 1950s and 1960s, many of which were released by American International Pictures...
. The film was a take on other movies that had also featured size-changing humans, namely The Amazing Colossal Man
The Amazing Colossal Man
The Amazing Colossal Man is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction film, directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Glenn Langan. The film revolves around a 60 foot mutant man produced as the result of an atomic accident....
and The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold and adapted for the screen by Richard Matheson from his novel The Shrinking Man ....
, but substituting a woman as from the protagonist to antagonist.
The story concerns the plight of Nancy Archer, a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
being causes her to grow into a giantess
Giantess
A giantess is a female giant. The term may refer either a mythical being resembling a woman of superhuman size and strength or a human woman of exceptional stature, often the result of some medical or genetic abnormality ....
. She uses her new size and power to seek revenge against her philandering husband Harry and his mistress, Honey Parker.
Plot
A television announcer (Dale Tate) tells of people around the globe spotting a floating red ball. Nancy Archer (Allison HayesAllison Hayes
Allison Hayes was an American film and television actress and model.-Early life:Born Mary Jane Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia, Hayes won the title of Miss District of Columbia and represented Washington, DC in the 1949 Miss America pageant...
), a wealthy but highly troubled woman, is speeding along a desert road one night when a glowing ball settles on the highway in front of her and a giant alien reaches for her. She escapes and runs back to town, but nobody believes her story, owing in part to her history of drinking problems and mental instability. Her shifty husband, Harry (William Hudson
William Hudson (actor)
William Woodson Hudson Jr. was an American actor best remembered for the role of Ranger Clark in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and the role of Special Agent Mike Andrews in the Emmy Award nominated spy drama I Led Three Lives.-History:After appearing uncredited in over a dozen movies Hudson got his...
), is more interested in his floozy, Honey (Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers
Yvette Iola Vickers was an American actress, pin-up model and singer.-Early life and career:...
), but he pretends to be the good husband in hopes that Nancy will 'snap' and return to the 'booby hatch'. Nancy convinces him to search the desert with her, looking for the "satellite". Eventually, they find it, and as the alien emerges Harry flees, leaving Nancy behind.
Nancy is later found on the roof of her pool house, but she is delirious and must be sedated by her doctor. Harry, impatient to obtain her fortune, attempts to give her a lethal injection of sedative, but when he goes up to her room, he finds that she has grown into a giant. Nancy's mysterious increase in size makes the sheriff and Nancy's butler wonder whether her story about a giant alien is true. While searching the desert, they find the alien's spherical ship and learn that it has been collecting diamonds, perhaps as fuel. The giant catches them exploring his ship and attacks them, wrecking their car. Meanwhile, back in town, Nancy awakens and breaks free. Determined to find her wayward husband, she breaks through the roof of her house, and stomps off to town. While there, she takes the roof off the bar and a beam falls on Honey, killing her. Harry panics and begins shooting at Nancy, but she picks him up and walks away. Gunshots have no apparent effect on her, but at the end, she accidentally hits a power line transformer. It blows up near Nancy and kills her, with Harry lying crushed in her hand.
Cast
- Allison HayesAllison HayesAllison Hayes was an American film and television actress and model.-Early life:Born Mary Jane Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia, Hayes won the title of Miss District of Columbia and represented Washington, DC in the 1949 Miss America pageant...
as Nancy Fowler Archer - William HudsonWilliam Hudson (actor)William Woodson Hudson Jr. was an American actor best remembered for the role of Ranger Clark in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and the role of Special Agent Mike Andrews in the Emmy Award nominated spy drama I Led Three Lives.-History:After appearing uncredited in over a dozen movies Hudson got his...
as Harry Archer - Yvette VickersYvette VickersYvette Iola Vickers was an American actress, pin-up model and singer.-Early life and career:...
as Honey "Mira" Parker - Roy Gordon as Dr. Isaac Cushing
- George DouglasGeorge DouglasGeorge Douglas may refer to:*George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus , Scottish magnate*George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus , Scottish magnate*George Douglas, Master of Angus , Scottish nobleman*George Douglas of Pittendreich George Douglas may refer to:*George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1378–1402),...
as Sheriff Dubbitt - Ken TerrellKen TerrellKen Terrell was an American western and action film actor and stuntman best known for playing Joe Marcella in the 1956 film The Indestructible Man. He died March 8, 1966 from arteriosclerosis-Partial filmography:...
as Jess Stout - Otto Waldis as Dr. Heinrich Von Loeb
- Eileen StevensEileen StevensThis page does redirect here. For the fictional character, check out Even Stevens.Eileen Stevens is an American actress based in New York City. She is best known as the voice of Belldandy in Ah! My Goddess. Other than anime and stage, Stevens has also done audio-books and commercials...
as Nurse - Michael RossMichael RossMichael Bruce Ross was an American serial killer. In 2005, he was executed by the state of Connecticut, making it the first execution in Connecticut since 1960.- Early life :...
as Tony the Bartender / Space Giant - Frank Chase as Deputy Charlie
Remakes and sequels
With its low budget — the film was made for around $88,000 — Attack of the 50 Foot Woman made enough money to prompt discussion of a sequel. According to producer Jacques Marquette, the sequel was to be produced at a higher budget, and in color. A script was also written, though the project never advanced beyond the discussion phase.In the mid-1980s, filmmaker Jim Wynorski
Jim Wynorski
Jim Wynorski is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.-Career:Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s. He has directed over 75 feature films. His earliest films were released to the theatrical audience and played in movie theaters...
was considering a remake of the 1958 movie, with Sybil Danning
Sybil Danning
Sybil Danning is an Austrian actress known for her many roles in B movies, science fiction films, and action films.-Early life:Danning was born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria as Sybille Johanna Danninger...
in the title role. Wynorski made it as far as a shooting a photo session with Danning dressed as the 50 foot woman but, again, the project never materialized, as Wynorksi opted to film the 1988 remake of Not of This Earth
Not of This Earth (1988 film)
Not of This Earth is a 1988 remake of the 1957 science fiction-horror Not of This Earth. The film was directed by Jim Wynorsky. The film was made as a result of a wager where Wynorsky bet he could remake the film in the same budget and schedule as the 1957 version by Corman.This film starred Traci...
instead.
The film was finally remade in a 1993 HBO movie, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 film)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman is a 1993 made-for-TV movie based on the 1958 film of the same name. Directed by Christopher Guest and starring Daryl Hannah and Daniel Baldwin, the film premiered on HBO on December 11, 1993, and was later theatrically released in the UK, France, and Germany.- Plot:The...
. The film, directed by Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest , better known as Christopher Guest, is an American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor and comedian. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational "mockumentary" films that...
with a script by Thirtysomething scribe Joseph Dougherty
Joseph Dougherty
Joseph Dougherty is an American television producer, writer and director. He won an Emmy Award and a Humanitas Prize for his writing on Thirtysomething...
, starred Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne and Kill Bill.-Early life:Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Susan...
in the title role.
In 1995, Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer.-Biography:He is the producer, director, and screenwriter of low to medium-budget feature films in many genres, including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, softcore sex films and crime dramas...
produced a parody entitled Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold is a 1995 science fiction film starring J.J. North, Ted Monte, Tammy Parks, Raelyn Saalman, Nikki Fritz, John Lazar, Michelle Bauer, Tim Abell, and Jay Richardson...
, starring J. J. North
J. J. North
J.J. North is an American actress, best known for her role in the science-fiction film Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold .-Early life and education:She was born Janey Jaye North in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in New Jersey...
and Tammy Parks. Beyond the basic premise, the plot had little in common with the original movie, being concerned with the side-effects of a beauty-enhancing formula on two ambitious female models. The movie was deliberately farcical and made on an extremely low budget; the illusion of size-difference was achieved using forced perspective
Forced perspective
Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture...
, unlike the earlier movies which used composite imaging.
In popular culture
- This clip taken from this movie of "The Alien" picking up 1 Brand of Car (a Sedan) and throwing a totally different car (A "Woodie" Wagen) into a ditch, from "The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" was used to end the Original Opening Sequence of WPIX Channel 11 New York's "Chiller Theatre" back in the 1960s
- Clips from the movie are spoofed in the music video for Neil FinnNeil FinnNeil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
's 1998 single "She Will Have Her WayShe Will Have Her Way (song)"She Will Have Her Way" is a 1998 solo single by New Zealand singer/songwriter and Crowded House lead singer Neil Finn. The music video for this song is a spoof of the science fiction movie Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and the film The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock including film clips from both movies...
". - Clips from the movie theme and related merchandise and scenario were used in the video clip for the song "Call Me" from the 80s pop music group Go WestGo West (band)Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist and drummer Peter Cox ; and guitarist and vocalist Richard Drummie...
. - Various animated television series have referenced the film, usually in episodes which involve a female character becoming giant-sized. For example, the Challenge of the Superfriends from 1978 features the origins of superhero Apache ChiefApache ChiefApache Chief is a fictional Native American superhero from the various Super Friends cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera. He was one of the new heroes added to increase the number of non-white characters in the Super Friends ranks...
and super-villainess GigantaGigantaGiganta is a fictional character, a red-haired super-villainess appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. A longtime enemy of Wonder Woman and an occasional foil for The Atom, Giganta possesses the superhuman ability to increase her physical size and mass, effectively transforming into...
. - Terry PratchettTerry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
's "Discworld" book Moving PicturesMoving Pictures (novel)Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. The book takes place in Discworld's most famous city, Ankh-Morpork and a town called "Holy Wood"...
climaxes with a giant, 50 foot woman carrying a screaming ape up a tall tower. This is also an inversion of the ending of King KongKing KongKing Kong is a fictional character, a giant movie monster resembling a gorilla, that has appeared in several movies since 1933. These include the groundbreaking 1933 movie, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, as well as various sequels of the first two films...
, with flying wizards on broomsticks taking the place of the aeroplanes. - In a Dexter's LaboratoryDexter's LaboratoryDexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...
short episode called "The Big Sister", Dee Dee eats a experimental cookie made by Dexter and grows to an enormous height. - The iconic Movie Poster has previously been parodied with a similar poster entitled Attack of the 50 ft Christ.
- The movie was also homaged in Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #13, a story entitled Attack of the Fity-Foot Girl!, spotlighting Avengers member Giant-Girl. the cover of this issue was also based upon the Movie's Poster.
- In the animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Lucky Star, Hiyori has a delusion resembling the poster for the film, with her classmate Yutaka as the giant woman. - A commercial was made that played on MTV2 which was a Buddy Lee advertisement that had a 90 ft. woman walking in the city.
- On the UK TV show CouplingCoupling (UK TV series)Coupling is a British television sitcom written by Steven Moffat that aired on BBC2 from May 2000 to June 2004. Produced by Hartswood Films for the BBC, the show centres on the dating and sexual adventures and mishaps of six friends in their thirties, often depicting the three women and the three...
, the character Jeff Murdock has the movie poster on the wall of his apartment. - One episode of Mo WillemsMo WillemsMo Willems is an American writer, animator, and children's books author/illustrator.-Early life:Willems was raised in New Orleans, where he graduated from Trinity Episcopal School and the Isidore Newman School. He graduated cum laude from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He married...
´ Sheep in the Big CitySheep in the Big CitySheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 4, 2000 to April 7, 2002....
features a spoof called "Attack of the 50 Foot Creature", referring to a monster made of 50 human feet. - Preschool Tea Party Massacre, a Cyber-Grind band has the Attack of the 50 Foot Women as their album cover for the album Return to the Bone Concubine.
- Psychobilly band Horrorpops' album "Kiss Kiss Kill Kill" features the 50 Foot Woman in the album artwork with Patricia Day as the woman
- An episode of the 1998 Warner Bros. cartoon ToonsylvaniaToonsylvaniaToonsylvania is an animated television series, which ran for 2 seasons in 1998 on FOX's Saturday morning cartoon block in its first season, then was moved to Tuesday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until December 21, 1998, when it was cancelled...
called "Attack of the 50-Footed Woman" was about a woman who, through nuclearIonizing radiationIonizing radiation is radiation composed of particles that individually have sufficient energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule. This ionization produces free radicals, which are atoms or molecules containing unpaired electrons...
mutationMutationIn molecular biology and genetics, mutations are changes in a genomic sequence: the DNA sequence of a cell's genome or the DNA or RNA sequence of a virus. They can be defined as sudden and spontaneous changes in the cell. Mutations are caused by radiation, viruses, transposons and mutagenic...
, grows 50 feet tall, and also grows 50 legs. - In an episode of Ed, Edd n EddyEd, Edd n EddyEd, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's longest running and most successful franchises and the longest-running...
entitled "May I Have this Ed?", Ed makes casual conversation with a mock-up woman by talking about a B movieB movieA B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
entitled Attack of the 50 Foot TV Tray. - In the Treehouse of Horror XVIITreehouse of Horror XVII"Treehouse of Horror XVII" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons eighteenth season, and the seventeenth Treehouse of Horror episode. In "Married to the Blob", Homer eats green extraterrestrial goo and morphs into a rampaging blob with an insatiable appetite; in "You Gotta Know When to Golem", Bart...
segment "I Married the Blob" episode of The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, while Homer attack the city as a giant blob a "50 foot Lenny" also attacks, though he states that everyone is paying attention to Homer. - An episode of Phineas and FerbPhineas and FerbPhineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
called "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister" has Candace using her brothers' potion to grow a few inches. However, she gets more than what she bargained for. - An episode of Mon Colle KnightsMon Colle KnightsMon Colle Knights, known as in Japan, is an anime and manga series. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on Monster Collection trading card game....
(dubbed Attack of the 50 Foot Lovestar) has Lovestar growing huge after drinking some enchanted water at a farming village. - Reese WitherspoonReese WitherspoonLaura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower...
's character Susan Murphy (aka Ginormica) in Monsters vs. AliensMonsters vs. AliensMonsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
was inspired by this film. Ginormica was, originally, exactly 50 feet. - Former WWE Diva Trish StratusTrish StratusPatricia Anne Stratigias , better known by her ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress and television personality currently signed with WWE. She is also a former fitness model....
Posed for a Poster Similar to the Original Movie Poster - La Cucharacha parodied it with a poster called "Attack of the 50 Ft. Latina"
- In the 1988 cult classic film Saturday the 14th Strikes BackSaturday the 14th Strikes BackSaturday the 14th Strikes Back is a 1988 comic-horror film, directed by Howard R. Cohen and produced by Julie Corman. It is a sequel to Saturday the 14th....
, the oldest sister Linda Baxter, played by Julianne McNamara, becomes a 50 foot women and is stuck inside her house. We only see her hand (which she closes on her father who is trying to come into her room to see her and she closes it in his face from embarrassment), her eye which is looking outside a window and a on looking neighbor sees it, and we hear her voice. There is no explanation on how she became big but she turns back to normal size at the end of the film. - In the series Off CentreOff CentreOff Centre is an American sitcom that aired on The WB network from October 14, 2001 to October 31, 2002. Created by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Danny Zuker, the series was heavily promoted as "from the guys who brought you American Pie".-Synopsis:...
, the two main characters own a poster of the 1958 movie. - An episode of iCarlyICarlyiCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
titled "iBeat The Heat," which originally aired June 26, 2010, references Attack of the 50 Foot Woman in its final scene, in which a very tall female fan of iCarly treads upon and destroys Carly's school diorama of an American UtopiaUtopiaUtopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
. - The movie Planet 51Planet 51Planet 51 is a 2009 Spanish/British/American animated science fiction/family film directed by Jorge Blanco, written by Joe Stillman, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott, and John Cleese. Produced by Madrid-based Ilion Animation Studios and...
makes a brief reference to this. - An episode of Totally Spies! titled Attack Of The 50 Foot Mandy features Mandy as a giant. The episode also features a scene that closely resembles the movie poster from Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
- The cover of a 2010 Mother Jones issue parodies the movie by depicting Sarah Palin as the titular character.
- The cover of French book "Les Cahiers du Jeu vidéo 4" (2011) about girls and video games depicts Princess Peach (from Super Mario games) as the 50 ft. woman.
- An episode of the 1980s Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988...
animated series titled Attack of the 50 Foot Irma features the Turtles' friend Irma as a giant. - An episode of DuckTalesDuckTalesDuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Based on Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge comic book series, it premiered on September 18, 1987 and ended on November 28, 1990 with a total of four seasons and 100 episodes...
titled Attack of the 50 Foot Webby features Webby Vanderquack as a giant. - An episode of Archie's Weird MysteriesArchie's Weird MysteriesArchie's Weird Mysteries is an American animated children's television program, based on the successful Archie comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab gone awry, making the town of Riverdale a "magnet" for B-movie style monsters.The show is distributed as meeting the...
titled Attack of the 50 Foot Veronica features Veronica LodgeVeronica LodgeVeronica Lodge is a fictional character in the Archie Comics books series.-Fictional history and character:She is called both by her name Veronica and her nickname Ronnie...
as a giant. - One of the main characters of the 2009 movie Monsters vs Aliens Susan Murphy AKA Ginormica is a parody of the Fifty foot woman with a total height of 49 feet and 11 inches.
- The album The Completion Backward PrincipleThe Completion Backward PrincipleThe Completion Backward Principle is the sixth studio album from the rock group The Tubes.-Side one:#"Talk to Ya Later" #"Sushi Girl"#"Amnesia"#"Mr...
by The TubesThe TubesThe Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...
has a song called "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman". - The album You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself IntoYou Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into-Personnel:*James Rushent - lead vocals, bass, guitar, synth, vocoder*Rob Bloomfield - drums, bass, guitar, synth, backing vocals*Dan Coop - synth*Sebastien Grainger - vocals on "Let's Make Out"*Elliot James - guitar...
by Does It Offend You, Yeah?Does It Offend You, Yeah?Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.-History:Does It Offend You, Yeah? were formed in 2006 in Reading, UK by James Rushent and Dan Coop and soon joined by Rob Bloomfield and Morgan Quaintance....
has a song called "Attack Of The 60 FT Lesbian Octopus". - The song "City Life" from Tonio K.'s 1987 release Notes From the Lost Civilization references "The leftover hippies/The 50 foot woman".
Availability
The original Attack of the 50 Foot Woman was released on DVD by Warner Bros.Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
on June 26, 2007. It includes an audio commentary with co-star Yvette Vickers and interviewer Tom Weaver. The title is also available in instant streaming format from Netflix
Netflix
Netflix, Inc., is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California...
.
External links
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