Tunnelvision

1976
R
1h 10m

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Dark Comedy Parody Satire Sketch Comedy Comedy

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely cr... Tout lireA committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of som... Tout lireA committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.

Directors
- Neal Israel
- Bradley R. Swirnoff
Writers
- Michael Mislove
- Neal Israel
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,0/10

819

MA NOTE

Directors
- Neal Israel
- Bradley R. Swirnoff
Writers
- Michael Mislove
- Neal Israel
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
In the early 1970s, an American margarine company convinced a fancy French restaurant to prepare two identical dishes, one made with their margarine and the other made with real butter, and offer both dishes to their customers for comparison. Cameras recorded the customers sampling the dishes and saying, "No difference". These were shown in American commercials for the margarine. This is the inspiration for the blindfolded French chef who appears repeatedly in the film, saying "NO DEE-FRAWNCE!" in a thick and phony French accent.

Gaffes
The Vitabrain Capsulized Library promises to provide "Wuthering Heights" by the Brontes with eggs over easy, but, although all the Brontes wrote, Only Emily is credited with "Wuthering Heights"

Citations
Tom: Well, don't worry about your breath or your armpits, Al. It's your personality that stinks.

Générique farfelu
In the credits, the title "Tunnel Vision" is graced with an eyeball protruding from a pair of lips.

Autres versions
The earlier release on Media in 1978 uses an exceedingly scratchy print and has two segments missing that are viewable on the later Harmonyvision release: a proctology TV ad that appears just after the Midas Touch Cleaning Fluid ad, and the "Convert. The Church Is Changing" spot, which appears towards the film's end, right after the Dinner Bars commercial. The latter spot features a woman dressed as a priest, stripping in front of a church window. The former features a line of bare male bottoms. It isn't clear why these scenes are missing (the film is still pretty explicit without them), but both are intact on the later Harmonyvision release, which also boasts a much-better source print.

Connexions
Featured in The Best of Sex and Violence (1982)

Bandes originales
Tunnelvision
Written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter

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Dated yet intellectual raunchy comedy

If you don't think today's American comedies have been dumbed down, you should give TUNNEL VISION a look. Crude and tasteless, extremely dated, but very, very smart. It's amazing how many jokes you miss because here, it's all in the writing. Sure, kids today won't get a lot of the 70's pop and political references, but if you actually paid attention in your history and political science classes (as well as TNN and TVLAND), it shouldn't be a problem. Can you say that about TOMCATS and AMERICAN PIE? The wraparound segments of a federal hearing pertaining to the effects on the nation for watching the Tunnel Vision network are eerily prophetic given the current Media Marketing Responsibility Act Lieberman and Clinton and Kohl are trying to push. Politically Correct viewers may balk at some of the bits on race, but the film skewers everybody, plus it's obvious that there's more going on then just a cheap laugh at different minority (and majority) groups' expense. TUNNEL VISION is more than just an old sketch comedy movie from the 70's, and it's sad that most modern comedies can't approach the cerebral humor on display here.