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From 1988 this is the film "Purple People Eater", a kids film that is really for the big kid in all of us.Based on the Sheb Wooley song of the same name - Sh...
A shaggy alien and a 12-year-old boy (Neil Patrick Harris) form a band and bail out oldsters (Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters) with a benefit concert.
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- Linda Shayne
- PG
- Ned Beatty
Aug 17, 2021 · Neil Patrick Harris stars as Billy Johnson, a kid who plays the famous tune and somehow causes the "one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater" to show up. Can Billy and his new pal stop an evil landlord (Wooley) from kicking an old couple (Ned Beatty and Shelley Winters) out of their home?
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- Kids & Family, Comedy
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1988 Directed by Linda Shayne. The one-eyed… one horn… flying… A kid plays the old novelty song “Purple People Eater” and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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- Motion Picture Group, The
- Linda Shayne
Purple People Eater: Directed by Linda Shayne. With Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Peggy Lipton. A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears.
- (1.2K)
- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- Linda Shayne
- 1988-12-16
"The Purple People Eater" tells how a strange creature from outer space (described as a "one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater") descends to Earth because it wants to be in a rock 'n' roll band. The premise of the song came from a joke told by the child of a friend of Wooley's; Wooley finished composing it within an hour.
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Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, [2] written and directed by Linda Shayne, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton, and Thora Birch in her film debut.
