Cannibal! The Musical

(1996)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 172 votes

Genres: Comedy, Western, Thriller

Year: 1996

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Трей Паркер

Cast: Трей Паркер, Мэтт Стоун, Dian Bachar, Ian Hardin, Jon Hegel, Masao Maki, Robert Muratore, Toddy Walters, Jason McHugh, Stan Brakhage

Plot

Heading through Colorado Territory in search of gold and women, Alferd Packer and his group of bemused companions find themselves lost, starving and musically inspired by the obstacles they confront along the way, including a die-hard Confederate cyclops, a trio of surly trappers, a tribe of Japanese-speaking "Indians," and ultimately, each other.

Alferd Packer was a mountain guide and sole survivor of a party of pioneers that got lost in the mountains in winter. Accused and convicted of murdering and eating his travelling companions, he was to be executed by hanging. The movie begins at his trial, where he pleads his innocence to an unsympathetic audience. Only reporter Polly Pry will listen to his story, which is then related to the viewers in the form of flashbacks. As Packer and his gold-prospecting clients make their way through the forests and mountains, they encounter bemused Japanese Indians, an unimpressed group of mountain men and the brutal Rocky Mountain winter, all of which inspire the travellers to break out into song and dance.