The Apple

1980
PG
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

Catherine Mary Stewart in The Apple (1980)

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Dystopian Sci-Fi Jukebox Musical Steampunk Music Musical Sci-Fi

In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.

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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Trivia
Director Menahem Golan has said that when the picture was booed midway through at the 1980 Montreal Film Festival, he left the theater, went to his hotel and was preparing to commit suicide by jumping off the balcony when his business partner barged in and stopped him.

Goofs
Under the opening titles, there is a shot of a bank of flags that prominently includes one for the "ICC Berlin" (the actual filming location), not a likely location for the Worldvision 1994 if it takes place in the United States.

Quotes
Mr. Boogalow: [singing] Like a puppet on a string / Like a monkey on a swing / Man is clinging to the ropes / Of the fantasies and hopes / We are dangling / He's so eager to believe / And so easily deceived / Like a baby watching magic / He's so gullible, it's tragic / In a word, naïve.

Alternate versions
In 2008, MGM loaned out an uninspected print of the film for a midnight showing that was marked "Screening Print." This version of the film included the missing "Child of Love" and wedding scenes (which are present on the soundtrack album and glimpsed in the trailer) as well as other deleted footage, including differently edited musical numbers, unfinished visual effects in the finale, and a longer scene of Alphie searching for Bibi during the party/orgy. This print was screened at several midnight movie showings over the next several years. It was hoped that Kino Lorber's Blu-Ray release of the film in 2016 would be able to include this footage, but the print was stolen in the intervening years, and has not been found as of 2020.

Connections
Featured in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares: Ruby Tates (2007)

Soundtracks
BIM
Music by Kobi Recht
Lyrics by Iris Recht and George S. Clinton (as George Clinton)
Performed by Allan Love and Grace Kennedy

User reviews104

Featured review

beautiful

I've been waiting for this movie all my life.until now,my favorite film musicals were "xanadu","voyage of the rock aliens",and "the pirate movie", but this one far and away exceeds them all.I'd heard about it for a few years,and finally got the chance to see (and tape) it.this was about three weeks ago,and i've seen it at least a dozen times since then.my friends have stopped coming over because i keep "subjecting" them to it,but i don't care,i'm part of the BIM family now.my coworkers have been giving me strange looks just because i walk around singing "popping power by the hour-SPEED","light my way child of love", the entire APPLE SONG,which i know by heart,and of course"hey hey hey bim's on the way".they may think i'm crazy,but i know someday Mr. Topps will come down and take me away in his holy pimpmobile.