Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
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| Directed by | Mike Judge |
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Beavis and Butt-Head by Mike Judge |
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| Music by | John Frizzell |
| Cinematography | David J. Miller |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $63.1 million (US) |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | November 5, 1996 |
| Recorded | 1995–96 |
| Genre | Heavy metal, alternative rock, punk rock, hip hop |
| Length | 49:00 |
| Label | Geffen |
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is a 1996 American animated road comedy film based on the MTV television series Beavis and Butt-Head. The film was directed by series creator Mike Judge, and stars the regular television cast of Judge, with guest performances by Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Robert Stack, and Cloris Leachman. The plot follows Beavis and Butt-Head who travel across the country in search of their stolen television set.
Previous offers by MTV to create a film version of Beavis and Butt-Head were rejected by Judge, but he eventually accepted one in 1994. When the film went into production, Judge and the show's staff halted production on the series, while Judge and Joe Stillman wrote the script. They conceived numerous plot ideas, with Judge's being the one developed into a film. The music was composed by John Frizzell.
The film was well received by critics and grossed $63 million in the US, becoming the biggest December box-office opening in history until it was beaten the following year by Scream 2 and subsequently one week later by Titanic. The film was theatrically released on December 20, 1996, by Paramount Pictures.
After a surreal dream of the two of them menacing a city as giants, Beavis and Butt-Head wake up to realize that someone has stolen their television. The pair then embark on a quest to find it. After several mishaps they visit a low-quality motel that advertises "TVs in every room". There, they encounter Muddy Grimes, who is waiting for two hired hitmen (later revealed to be the same people who stole Beavis and Butt-head's television) to murder his wife, Dallas. Muddy (who is drunk), thinking that Beavis and Butt-head are the killers he has contacted, says that they must "do" (murder) his wife. Thinking that by "do" Muddy means "score with", Butt-head convinces Beavis that both of them can "score" as well as get paid enough to buy a new television. Muddy hands them a photograph of Dallas with instructions on where to find her. He then drives them to the airport to catch a plane to Las Vegas.
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