Run Barbi Run is a comedy movie released by Cinemax Studios (nee GMA Films)

GMA Films

GMA Network Films, Inc. is a film production company and a film studio established in 1995 by GMA Network, Inc. in the Philippines....

 and Moviestar Productions topbilled by Joey de Leon

Joey de Leon

José María Ramos de León, better known as Joey de Leon is a Filipino comedian, actor, and television presenter. He hosts the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga!. He is a member of the comedy trio Tito, Vic and Joey that has made several comedy movies and TV shows...

 in 1995 with the Eraserheads and Maricel Laxa

Maricel Laxa

Maricel Laxa is a Filipino comedian and actress. She performed in the 1992 movie "Iisa Pa Lamang" for which she won Best Supporting Actress awards in both the 1992 FAMAS Awards and 1992 Star Awards.She graduated with a degree of B.S...

. The movie was directed by Tony Y. Reyes.

Story

Bartolome is a pizza delivery boy who witnesses the massacre of the Black Scorpion Gang committed by a group of henchmen while delivering pizza at night. As a result, he was fired from his job and had to decide whether to turn state witness or hide forever. Ultimately, he decides to turn himself over to the authorities after his grandmother and mother appeared in his dream. Unknown to him however, he is already on the death list of the henchmen's boss Gardo who was not pleased with his revelations. A conflict with the authorities over a supposed filmization of the massacre witnessed by Bartolome almost cost him his life after Gardo was able to find his whereabouts. Thus, he had to run again and hide. He later found himself in a bar that features gay impersonators and rock bands. Seeing an opportunity to escape from being hounded by different personalities involved in the investigation of the crime he witnessed, he disguised himself as Barbi, the gay impersonator of Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

.

As Barbi, he was able to enjoy the life as an impersonator/DJ in the bar and was able to make friends with the bar's in-house band, the Eraserheads. He even got to help save the band from music pirates who were copying the band's songs. But when he crossed paths with a policewoman named Victoria "Toyang" Fernandez, he had to reveal his true identity as the star witness of the crime that he saw. As a result, he joined forces with Toyang and the Eraserheads to finally pin down the crime boss Gardo who wants him dead.

Cast

• Joey de Leon
  Joey de Leon
  José María Ramos de León, better known as Joey de Leon is a Filipino comedian, actor, and television presenter. He hosts the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga!. He is a member of the comedy trio Tito, Vic and Joey that has made several comedy movies and TV shows...
  
   as Bartolome
• The Eraserheads
  The Eraserheads
  Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a Filipino rock band of the 90s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro. The band is one of the most successful, critically acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of OPM...
  
   as themselves
• Maricel Laxa
  Maricel Laxa
  Maricel Laxa is a Filipino comedian and actress. She performed in the 1992 movie "Iisa Pa Lamang" for which she won Best Supporting Actress awards in both the 1992 FAMAS Awards and 1992 Star Awards.She graduated with a degree of B.S...
  
   as Victoria "Toyang" Fernandez
• Allan K.
  Allan K.
  Allan K. is a singer, comedian, actor and TV host. He is one of the co-hosts of the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga.-Career:...
  
  
• Nanette Inventor
• Inday Garutay
• Subas Herrero
  Subas Herrero
  Ricardo Wright Herrero , better known as Subas Herrero, is a Filipino actor, comedian and singer. He is the father of Cutuy Herrero, current vocalist of local Filipino band Chapter 2....
  
  
• Noel Trinidad as Major Velarde
• Roldan Aquino as Gardo (crime boss)
• Richard Merck as Junior
• Robert Talby as Frankie
• Giovanni Calvo as himself
• Gary Lising
• Lou Veloso
  Lou Veloso
  Lou Veloso is a Filipino actor, comedian, theater actor, director and politician. He is known for his supporting roles in over 30 popular comedy films, which include Mga kwento ni Lola Basyang , Pulis Patola , Ang Cute ng ina mo! , Desperadas 2...
  
  as Shakey's supervisor