David L. Crowley Danforth as Danforth. David Byrd Mr. Mackey as Mr. Penelope Spheeris. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills, when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city, so when Jed starts a search for a new wife, there are inevitably plenty of takers and con artists ready to make a fast buck.
Upscale neighborhood, Down-home heart. Rated PG for some off-color humor. Did you know Edit. Trivia Final film of Buddy Ebsen. Goofs During the scene where the whole family is first driving into Beverly Hills, in the scene where they wave hello, the camera crew can be seen in the reflection of some of the cars. Quotes Clampett Relative : Reverend, do you think cousin Bill's gonna be too busy to make it to the wedding? Crazy credits The orangutan used in this film is a captive-born animal.
He belongs to a highly endangered species protected by international laws and treaties. User reviews 81 Review. Top review. Weeeeeeeeeeell doggies! Jim Varney could actually ACT! This was one I put off seeing for some time, unable to face the prospect of a new cast portraying the Beverly Hillbillies, who had been made immortal by Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan and Company in the 's.
Since then I have been surprised to hear the movie slammed many times and have been even MORE surprised to realize there are people who dislike the original TV series! The movie DOES have two potential strikes against it. On one hand, classic TV aficionados like myself have trouble accepting new actors in the familiar and well-loved roles as the Hillbillies and their neighbors.
No, this is not the same cast that we grew up with and, yes, the characters are interpreted slightly different by each actor. I have to admit that I did not look closely at the back of the box when renting it. Varney proves to be a very human and very believable Jed Clampett. I wish he had received more praise for it. Back in , The Beverly Hillbillies was abruptly cancelled after nine seasons. But the stars did reunite for a TV movie a decade later in Drysdale" both died shortly after the series ended, so they weren't in the film.
Otherwise, all the surviving stars reunited — except for "Jethro" actor Max Baer Jr. If you watched Return of the Beverly Hillbillies , you probably noticed that "Jethro" was played by a different actor. So, why no Max? He actually turned the movie down. He then concentrated on feature motion pictures. It was the highest-grossing movie per dollar invested at the time. This record would last until it was broken by The Blair Witch Project in He then got the idea of using the title of a popular song as a movie title, acquiring the rights to the Bobbie Gentry hit song and producing Ode to Billy Joe Since the success of Ode to Billy Joe , the motion picture industry has capitalized on the idea, producing more than one hundred song title movies.
Baer decided to pursue the rights to the hit song "Like a Virgin", recorded by the singer Madonna in He still makes occasional guest appearances on television. Baer has said he feels playing Jethro Bodine sank his acting career. He was asked by Paul Henning to reprise the role for a television movie, but he declined. Nevertheless, when the feature film The Beverly Hillbillies was made twelve years later, Baer was reportedly upset that only Buddy Ebsen was asked to do a cameo.
In , Baer began investigating the gambling industry. There was nothing to see but a working cattle ranch, but people enjoyed it because of the Bonanza connection. Baer decided that tourists would also pay for something dealing with The Beverly Hillbillies. He began using his Jethro Bodine role as a marketing opportunity toward the gambling and hotel industry. Baer obtained the sublicensing rights, including food and beverage rights, to The Beverly Hillbillies from CBS in
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