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apartment where an oblivious child is listening to the radio. The tomato is about to kill Dixon but suddenly flies out the window. Dixon peers out to see if it has died, and he spots the assassin hijacking his car. He chases the assassin in a "slow car chase" that has since been copied by other comedies. Dixon is eventually knocked out by his own car. Awakening, Dixon finds himself captured by Richardson. Though he did not create the killer tomatoes, he has discovered how to control them and plans to do so once civilization has collapsed – leaving him in control. He is about to reveal his secret of control to Dixon when Finletter charges in and runs him through with his sword.
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Gretta is killed, and further regression has led leaders to bring in tanks and soldiers to the West Coast in a battle that leaves the American forces in shambles. Dixon, walking among the rubble, sees a trail of tomato juice and decides to investigate. He ends up being chased by a killer tomato to an
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Smith is sent out to infiltrate the tomatoes at a campfire, eventually blowing his cover while eating a hotdog and asking if anyone could "pass the ketchup." Colburn and Gretta are sent to sectors, while Finletter stays with Mason. Meanwhile, the President sends Richardson to the fictitious ad agency
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A human is revealed to be also plotting to stop Dixon when a masked assassin attempts to shoot him but misses. A senate subcommittee meeting is held where one secret pamphlet is leaked to a newspaper editor, who sends Lois Fairchild on the story. While she tails Finletter, he mistakes her for a spy
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The tomatoes are cornered in a stadium. "Puberty Love" is played over the loudspeaker, causing the tomatoes to shrink and allowing the various people at the stadium to stomp on them repeatedly. Fairchild, meanwhile, is cornered by a giant tomato wearing earmuffs, hence cannot hear the music. Dixon
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UH-12E that had been rented for the production was supposed to have landed in the tomato patch behind the officers. But during the landing the Hiller's tail rotor struck the ground, causing the craft to spin out of control near the ground, roll over, and burst into flames. The helicopter pilot
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Dixon, picking up some strewn records, realizes that he has seen the tomatoes retreat at the sound of the song "Puberty Love" but had not put two and two together until now. He orders Finletter to gather all the remaining people and bring them to the stadium. Finletter remarks that "only crazy
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The theme song, written by DeBello, describes the tomatoes' rampages through the world, describing that they have killed a man named Herman Farbage while he was taking out the garbage, that the mayor is on vacation to get out of stopping them, that they have scared off the
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A series of attacks perpetrated by tomatoes occurs, including a man dying by drinking tomato juice made from a killer tomato, a boy heard being gobbled up by a killer tomato, and a sequence where the tomatoes attack innocent swimmers in a parody of
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may be one of history's most misunderstood films. It has often been celebrated as a prime example of 'so bad it's funny' cinema, when in fact it's an attempt at intentional comedy that is, at best, a scattershot success."
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Mind Makers, where executive Ted Swan spends vast amounts of money to develop virtually worthless ploys, including a bumper sticker with "STP" for "Stop Tomato Program" on it, a satirical reference to both the real "
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American composer and orchestrator Gordon Goodwin, one of the original composers for the film, later wrote an Emmy-nominated, big-band piece inspired by the music for this film, to be played with his jazz ensemble
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saves her by showing the tomato the sheet music to "Puberty Love." He professes his love to her, in song. The film ends with a carrot that rises from the soil and says, "All right, you guys. They're gone now."
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While the President's press secretary, Jim Richardson, tries to convince the public that no credible threat exists, the President puts together a team of specialists to stop the tomatoes, led by a man named
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is based in a world where genetically engineered tomatoes killed off a significant portion of the human population. The author admitted inspiration came from this movie.
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people" are left in the nearly deserted city, resulting in a motley assortment of people in costumes facing the attacking tomatoes at the stadium.
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escaped without serious injury. The crash was caught on film as the cameras were rolling at the time. The crash was later worked into the film.
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was mostly negative. The box office success of the film led to three sequels, all co-written by the same three writers and directed by DeBello.
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and trashes a hotel room attempting to kill her. He then chases the assassin as the masked man fails again to kill Dixon but loses him.
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reported that 27% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 4.30/10. On
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The conference room scene in the film is parodied in the opening title sequence for the 2022
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called the film a "one-joke spoof". Eric Henderson, reviewing the DVD edition for
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In 2008, a remake was announced. Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, creators of
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Dialogue from a scene that was worked into the film after the helicopter crash
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and John DeBello, and directed by John DeBello based upon an original idea by
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The screenplay was written by Dillon, Peace, and DeBello. The film spoofs
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picks up the story 10 years later. The film is notable for the casting of
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swimmer Gretta Attenbaum; and parachute-toting soldier Wilbur Finletter.
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and was made on a budget of less than $ 100,000. The story involves
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becoming sentient by unknown means and revolting against humanity.
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decals and bumper stickers, which were commonplace in the 1970s.
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and Paul Sundfor with lyrics by Dillon, DeBello, and Peace.
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This article is about the 1978 film. For other uses, see
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writer Michael Gingold later wrote, in a review of the
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game consoles, which was based on the animated series.
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The song "Puberty Love" was sung by the then-teenaged
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The film also contains the first screen appearance of
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wrote that the film "isn't even worthy of sarcasm."
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