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FilmPG1980
Popeye
Directed by Robert Altman
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto. From TMDB
171 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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Popeye is a 1980 action adventure comedy film, directed by Robert Altman, starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall and Ray Walston.
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60 of 171 · most liked firstTEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA but about a reclusive Popeye still living on the movie set in Malta
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminder about all the horror movies of public domain characters: Want a badass Popeye film? A silly Steamboat Willie cartoon? A wholesome Winnie the Pooh story? YOU CAN DO IT NOW! Start it today, let that passion flow and remember you can publish & profit off it now without any legal trouble!
neutral · AI labelView post →Really enjoyed Altman’s Popeye at the Prince Charles Cinema this afternoon - a movie I’ve never seen. Delighted it forms a Brawling Sailorman Double Feature with the last film I went to see, The Odyssey, and to discover that the films share a common star in Bill Irwin (Ham Gravy / The Cyclops).
positive · AI labelView post →Hello Popeye... Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle & Buddy "Cloudy" Russo exploded onto movie screens in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, OTD 10/7/1971. Raw & dirty thriller about narcotics in NYC, immortal chase sequences, sizzling & funny dialogue. Winner of 5 Oscars, including Picture & Gene Hackman. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Had a crazy dream last night. I was back with my old college theater group and we were exploring an abandoned hotel. Then we start rehearsing a combination of Cats and the 1980 Popeye movie out in the parking lot. People started showing up to watch but parking right where we were performing.
neutral · AI labelView post →10.10pm Sun on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, John Frankenheimer's French Connection II isn't quite as good as the original, but it's a gripping manhunt movie. Gene Hackman's Popeye Doyle heads for French France in pursuit of his quarry Frog One. 4 out of 5 #TPTV film-authority.com/2026/10/18/f...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘I gets it…believe me I gets it !’ says Josh Hartnett, sporting a Newfoundland accent somewhere between Popeye and Long John Silver in Netflix eco-thriller Below. You might get it too; this supernatural monster story features giant frozen balls of snot...3 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/12/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Disney+ released a list of essential projects to watch before AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY: Condorman Gus The Kicking Mule The Apple Dumpling Gang Returns The Cat From Outer Space Escape to Witch Mountain The Shaggy D.A. The Black Cauldron Popeye Kentucky Fried Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →It bears repeating: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye movie didn’t get canceled because of The Emoji Movie. Make fun of the movie for everything else and showing how executives are out of touch, but this is a common misconception. It was the Sony hack.
neutral · AI labelView post →Disney History 7/21/1951 Happy Birthday to the voice of the Genie, Robin Williams. Some other Disney film credits include: •Aladdin •Popeye •Good Morning, Vietnam •Jack •Dead Poets Society •Aladdin and the King of Thieves •Flubber •Good Will Hunting l •Bicentennial Man •Old Dogs
neutral · AI labelView post →In case of some of you are unaware, the 1980s POPEYE film is one of the greatest movies ever made.
positive · AI labelView post →They're referring to Kubrick's renowned intense treatment of his actors to evoke the emotions he wants to see, particularly Shelly Duvall in The Shining, who also played Olive Oyl in the live-action Popeye movie. He kept Shelly Duvall terrified for almost that entire movie
neutral · AI labelView post →And just for clarification this film is not the reason that Popeye movie was cancelled It was the 2014 Sony Pictures hack ok
neutral · AI labelView post →Those make sense more than turning Popeye into a Horror movie monster. Hey wait, those versions are public domain next year? ...😈*Ryuk laugh* I'm going to put on my slasher movie cap on with my pitches!
neutral · AI labelView post →Popeye is astonishing in that a tighter hand on the ADR would fix almost everything and make it a sweet little movie. Nothing in the film makes actual sense, but there’s a rolling gibberish track of Sailorman nonsense, some of which could surely deal with plot details. But Altman didn’t bother.
neutral · AI labelView post →Popeye 2: Returns (2026) 34/100 #100horrormoviesin92days Geez not even 15 minutes in and this movie is all over the place.
negative · AI labelView post →These are the kinds of questions I annoy CP with on the daily. (Rattlesnake is from the live action Popeye movie and I’ve basically made it my “this needs answering” word)
neutral · AI labelView post →Also it's barely a leap of logic to look at IP where the core gag is Coyote uses faulty contraptions from the same company and arrive at "what if lawsuit?" Funny premise, but hardly defies logic. It's about as on the nose as a Popeye movie where he gets explosive diarrhea from contaminated spinach
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s amazing how many people to this day don’t know that Popeye was a comic long before his animated exploits ever happened. And although the live action Popeye The Movie is a mixed bag at best, its casting and production design were spot-on and deserve recognition.
neutral · AI labelView post →Arrival of a Train I remember everyone else running away in a panic but not me. I got up and stood there, daring the train to do it. I instinctively knew it wouldn't, not because I understood how film worked, but even as a child I knew that train didn't have the guts. It was that or Popeye (1980).
neutral · AI labelView post →# KICKBACKCARTOONS It's finally the "FAN FAV FRIDAY FRENZY" TOONERS! LET'S GOOOOOO!!🤸🏾♂️.....QUICK!!....Show a TOON, Show or film that EVERYONE should see! 5,4,3,2,1!.....C'MON!!!! LET'S 👀 EM! '30s, Fleischer Popeye!
neutral · AI labelView post →She was the first girl in her hometown to wear pants too! 😂 I had my maternal gramma and then one of my paternal grandfathers, Popeye, would watch horror, Benny Hill and every 3 Stooges with me. The last movie I watched with Gramma was Jaws. #TexasChainsawMassacre2 #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →Blow me down! First-ever Popeye horror comedy set to reach the American Film Market in Las Vegas This looks like it could be fun. I'd be interested in seeing the final film when it is released. Check out the trailer in the article!!! gnofhorror.com/blow-me-down...
neutral · AI labelView post →We can finally have that lame-assed Bugs Bunny/Popeye movie.
negative · AI labelView post →trying to explain the plot of the live action 1980 Popeye movie to my bf and they're getting increasingly mad
neutral · AI labelView post →Big showdown with Dallas tonight and tomorrow. Wanted a worthy movie game matchup. It’s a Robert Altman spotlight Avs Win - The Long Goodbye Avs Lose - Popeye #GoAvsGo
neutral · AI labelView post →The first one that leaps to mind is *The Phantom Menace*. World-class score, Duel Of The Fates alone is utterly epic. Casting is almost perfect, probably don't ruin that poor child's life. Get a teenager to play Anakin. Set and costume design are great, the plot is ridiculous. The boys at RedLetterMedia articulated it better than I ever will, but, you could fix it with a script rewrite or two. *Popeye* also jumps to mind. The 1980 live-action movie starring Robin Williams and Shelley…
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie wasn't bad. Like, it wasn't GOOD. But I can see people getting krunk as hell and having a good time riffing on it. The biggest sin the movie commits is not hiring someone who can do a passable Popeye voice. Ya gotta have him doing murders and making Popeye noises.
neutral · AI labelView post →Im watching Robert Altman's Popeye and I have never been so confused from a movie in all my life.
negative · AI labelView post →Movie 130/100 Movie: Popeye III Requiem Director: William Stead #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days boxd.it/gy3LZF
neutral · AI labelView post →It's bad enough they cancel a Popeye movie over this piece of shit. We were seriously robbed.
negative · AI labelView post →#Svengoolie #TheRaven That reminds me of the horse race in the Robin Williams movie "Popeye", of which I am a fan.
positive · AI labelView post →POPEYE is one of my favorite movies and it’s the most faithful adaptation of comic source material into film ever. Critics did it dirty.
positive · AI labelView post →Pretty sure it was this? Saugus ,MA two-screen theater. A nice old man lectured us before the movie about how Popeye wasn’t the original star of the comic strip and it was about the souls and I was a very polite boy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie 131/100 Movie: Popeye 4 Resurrection Director: William Stead #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days boxd.it/gy7GMf
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie 129/100 Movie: Popeye II Returns Director: William Stead #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days boxd.it/gy0Itb
neutral · AI labelView post →The scene towards the end of Robert Altman's live-action Popeye movie with the pirate skeleton and a matching parrot skeleton on Scab Island. They're not undead or anything. Just creepy to a 6 year old.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was at the dollar store and saw this strange print of a pop-art style paint-over of what I know to be a still from an animation test for a cancelled Popeye film. I realize this is just the result of someone grabbing a pic from Google without knowing its origin, but it’s weird that this exists.
neutral · AI labelView post →William Stead directed four "Popeye, but violent horror movie" films in a year and a half. I've got to respect the dedication to the bit, even if there's no chance I'm watching them.
neutral · AI labelView post →things i was afraid of as a kid: -the octopus in the Popeye movie (1980), i thought it lived under my bed - volcanoes (after Mt St Helens eruption) - trains derailing and running thru our house - swimming/drowning - riding a bike - my mom dying - the end times - faces melting (re: Indiana Jones)
neutral · AI labelView post →Shelley Duvall would be enshrined in the hallowed halls of genre film history if only for Wendy Torrance, but she's a warm presence in Frankenweenie, a fun player in the Time Bandits ensemble, and is arguably the greatest comic-to-life casting ever in Popeye. RIP. An eternal icon.
positive · AI labelView post →Reg: I’m watching the movie of Popeye. I love his twister punch, boom
positive · AI labelView post →I have spent the entire day at the tiny Maltese tourist attraction built around the set of the Robert Altman Popeye film. *dissociating wildly*
neutral · AI labelView post →From PARAMOUNT, I got three recently released 4Ks! Robert Altman's POPEYE (1980), and THE SAINT (1997) and ENEMY AT THE GATES (2001) 4K Steelbooks (I think THE SAINT actually came out this week...) Thoughts on each film will follow below as usual!
neutral · AI labelView post →I went to film school and I’ve been thinking of him as the Popeye guy all this time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, I owe Robin Williams an apology because of this game. The live action Popeye movie looks like Citizen Kane when compared to this game.
positive · AI labelView post →Looks like the set for the Popeye movie. 🩷
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a comic. I’m talking only drawn/printed comic strips, not animation. The Popeye movie ALMOST counts cuz it’s based directly on Segar’s comic but it had great songs added by Harry Nilsson. Slap that on the stage it would count as a musical.
neutral · AI labelView post →We're back to King of Iron Movie Tournament programming once again now with the 3rd installment Metropolis (2001) vs Waking Life (2001) and Popeye the Slayerman (2025) vs Bacurau (2019).
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember that one! This might have also been right before he played Popeye Doyle in a made-for-tv movie, about a year after this episode aired.
neutral · AI labelView post →🍿 Friday Insomnia Theater: Can’t sleep? Enjoy Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “Jennifer”, a 1953 American film noir starring Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Robert Nichols and Mary Shipp: youtu.be/xGS7DKVbbFQ The Short Feature? Popeye - Parlez Vous Woo: youtu.be/tRbYKeyRcdc
neutral · AI labelView post →Them for harassment and the other is also known for cancelling films like the Popeye movie, The Black Knight movie, and even cancelled Matt and Rebecca’s movie until their movie was picked up by a different studio.
neutral · AI labelView post →55 years ago: The French Connection (US) Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a ... 1971-10-09 #Cinema #GeneHackman #RoyScheider #FernandoRey https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1051
neutral · AI labelView post →🍿 Friday Insomnia Theater: Can’t sleep? Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “New Orleans Uncensored”, an American Film Noir starring Arthur Franz and Beverly Garland: youtu.be/8JzlW1R1GR0 The Short Feature? “Popeye - Parlez Vous Woo”: youtu.be/tRbYKeyRcdc
neutral · AI labelView post →🍿 Fancy a Thursday Matinée? Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “Road House”, a 1948 American film noir starring Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm and Richard Widmark: youtu.be/_CiVxsL74Uk The Short Feature? Popeye - Parlez Vous Woo: youtu.be/tRbYKeyRcdc
neutral · AI labelView post →The dudes are back with a brand new season. It took us a second, but we’re excited to start sharing episodes again. Season 3 starts now with the 1980 film Popeye. LINK: linktr.ee/TwoDudesOneD... #popeye #robinwilliams #moviepodcast #ourfeaturepresentation #robertaltman
neutral · AI labelView post →When a movie is so exhausting that going straight from it to Robert Altman's Popeye is actually a way to downshift...#TCMParty
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't watched this movie in probably 25 years, but I still think about Popeye talking to a photograph of his pappy that's just "me pappy" written on brown paper in a picture frame at least once every two weeks.
positive · AI labelView post →Yesterday I watched cartoons Popeye and shipping wars. For lunch I made bbq pork sandwich. They were good. After lunch I watched Percy Jackson & The Olympians The Lightning Thief. In the evening I watched Titanic it's a movie about a ship. Then I went to bed early I was tired. 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie was very over-exposed and loud, so I'm going to watch some Popeye Cartoons
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