Porklips Now is a short, low budget parody film

Parody film

A parody film is a comedy that satirizes other film genres or films. Although the genre is often overlooked, parody films are commonly profitable at the box office...

, made in 1980 by the American director Ernie Fosselius

Ernie Fosselius

Ernie Fosselius is an American filmmaker who has largely stayed out of the public eye. He is best known for his satirical spoofs of popular films, including the classic Star Wars parody Hardware Wars.-Film career:...

, based on the 1979 motion picture Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...

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It chronicles the journey of Dullard (played by William "Billy" Gray, most famous as "Bud" in the Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s.-Radio:...

TV series), a gardener and handyman, sent to Chinatown by two butchers to meet a business rival, Fred "Madman" Mertz, and "take care of business". The film cleverly and humorously incorporates references to signature elements of the film on which it is based, albeit in a somewhat conspicuously low-budget manner.

Echoing a widely-held if erroneous belief about Apocalypse Now, the film features several alternate endings.

The film was included on the compilation VHS

VHS

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 release Hardware Wars

Hardware Wars

Hardware Wars is a short film parody of the classic science fiction film Star Wars. The thirteen-minute film, which premiered in theatres only seven months after Star Wars, consisted of little more than inside jokes and visual puns that heavily depended upon audience familiarity with the...

, and Other Film Farces from Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

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 and is currently available on VHS and DVD from Pyramid Direct Films.

Complete credited cast

• Billy Gray - Dullard
• Ernie Fosselius
  Ernie Fosselius
  Ernie Fosselius is an American filmmaker who has largely stayed out of the public eye. He is best known for his satirical spoofs of popular films, including the classic Star Wars parody Hardware Wars.-Film career:...
  
   - Mertz/Kilroy
• John Brent
  John Brent
  -Biography:Brent was born at Rotherhithe on 21 Aug. 1808, and was the eldest son of a father of the same name, a shipbuilder there, who about the year 1821 removed to Canterbury, and became thrice mayor of the city and deputy-lieutenant of the county. His mother was Susannah, third daughter of the...
  
   - Head Butcher
• Leon Martell - Butcher's Aide
• Mark Lee - "Slick"
• Jim Turner
  Jim Turner (comedian)
  Jim Turner is an American actor and comedian, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father, George Turner, was in the Air Force and moved his family around often during Jim's youth to places including Quebec, Arizona, and Iowa. Turner married Lynn Freer in 1992 and they have a son, Otto...
  
   - Rick
• Larry Walker - "Famous Italian Director"
• Tom Bullock - photographer

External links

• HardwareWarsDVD.com - Official Webesite For Hardware Wars & The Films of Ernie Fosselius including Porklips Now