Screenplay by
Jules Feiffer
Music Composed by
Harry Nilsson
Theatrical Release Date
December 12, 1980
DVD Release Date
June 24, 2003
Production Companies
Walt Disney Productions, Paramount Pictures
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Sweet Haven is a ramshackle seaside town, home to a number of quirky residents: Wimpy, the hamburger-loving freeloader; Olive Oyl and her family; and Bluto, a big bully of a pirate who has the whole town under his thumb. Enter our hero, Popeye, a one-eyed sailor man with bulging muscles and plenty of attitude. Popeye's in search of his long-lost pappy, but he has enough time to clear punks out of the local hamburger joint, fight a champion boxer, woo and win Olive, and take care of a foundling baby named Swee'pea. Armed with his trusty can of spinach, Popeye might even find the strength to take down Bluto.
Popeye
Blow me down!
Popeye
Another thing I got a sensk of huminligration. Now maybe one of you swabs can fool
your intelligensk, and sees I'm aksing you for an apolgicky.
Popeye
If I was gonna be Swee'pea's mother, I should've at least let Olive be his father. Or
viska versa. I ain't man enough to be no mother.
Popeye
Bluto! Even though you're bigger than me, you can't win, 'cause you're bad, and the
good always wins over the bad.
Robin Williams
Popeye
Shelley Duvall
Olive Oyl
Paul L. Smith
Bluto
Wesley Ivan Hurt
Swee'pea
Ray Walston
Poopdeck Pappy
Paul Dooley
Wimpy
The Sailor Man with the spinach can!
Locations
Anchor Bay, Malta
Mellieha, Malta
The makeup appliances for Robin's fake forearms were not ready when filming began, so in early shots, Popeye wears a long-sleeved raincoat to hide his normal-sized arms.
Most of Robin's muttered Popeye voice was discovered to be inaudible once filming wrapped, and he had to re-dub much of the dialogue.
During filming of the scene where Ray Walston throws Robin the can of spinach, Ray hit Robin in the head so hard that he required several stitches in his scalp. This delayed filming for several weeks.
Australia
May 7, 1981
Japan
July 25, 1981
France
West Germany
December 17, 1981
Sweden
December 19, 1981
Denmark
Finland
December 25, 1981
Sweden
Karl Alfred the Movie
Finland
Kippari-Kalle
Italy
Popeye - Braccio di ferro
West Germany
Popeye, der Seemann mit dem harten Schlag
Greece
Popeye, o naftis
Finland
Skeppar-Kalle (Swedish title)
Denmark
Skipper skræk
This title is available on:
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This soundtrack used to be available on vinyl, but is out of print. Your best bet is to check secondhand record stores and websites for a copy.
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross
$49,823,037 (USA)
N/A (international)
$49,823,037 (total)
Opening Weekend
$6,310,520 (901 theaters)
Widest Release
901 theaters
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Nom - 1981 - Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
