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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a american film of genre Comedy directed by J. F. Lawton released in USA on 15 march 1989 with Shannon Tweed
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 march 1989
Length 1h30
Directed by J. F. Lawton
OriginUSA
Themes Comedy horror films
Rating48%
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a 1989 film starring Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher. The film sends-up many pop culture motifs and societal trends, including feminism (and feminist movements' fragmentation around various issues), B-movies (particularly Cannibal Holocaust), celebrities, major writers and political figures. It was the first feature directed (under the pseudonym J. D. Athens) by screenwriter J. F. Lawton, who also authored Pretty Woman, Under Siege and its sequel, and television show V.I.P.
Synopsis
The U.S. government grows worried for the nation's avocado supply after some confrontations with the "Piranha" tribe of cannibal women, who live in the mysterious "Avocado Jungle" (westernmost outpost: San Bernardino) and ritually sacrifice and eat men. The government recruits Margo Hunt (Tweed), a professor of feminist studies at a local university ("Spritzer College"), to travel into the Avocado Jungle and make contact with the women to attempt to convince them to move to a reservation/condo in Malibu. Along the way, she and her travelling companions—male chauvinist guide Jim (Maher) and ditzy undergraduate Bunny (Karen Mistal) -- meet a tribe of subservient men called the "Donnahew" (a reference to talk-show host Phil Donahue) and face dangers in their path.Actors
Shannon Tweed
(Dr. Margo Hunt)
Bill Maher
(Jim)
Adrienne Barbeau
(Dr. Kurtz)
Barry Primus
(Ford Maddox)
Jim McKrell
(Dean Stockwell)
Pat Crawford Brown
(Secretary)
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