The Compleat Al

August. 07,1985 NR

Rating：

7.5

Genre：

Comedy Music

Keywords：

Biography Mockumentary Music History

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Compleat Al (a title parody/homage of the 1982 documentary ‘The Compleat Beatles’) is a mockumentary about the life of "Weird Al" Yankovic, the Grammy® award-winning master of musical parody and rock-and-roll comedy, from his birth to 1985. Although a mockumentary, it is roughly based on Yankovic's real life, beginning with his childhood years, his high school and college days, and up through his early-career rise to stardom. This semi-concocted chronicle also contains classic moments from AL-TV, footage from his trip to Japan, and a somewhat embellished version of how he received permission from Michael Jackson for "Eat It". And to top it off, The Compleat Al contains eight "Weird Al" music video classics: "Ricky", "I Love Rocky Road", the award-winning "Eat It", "I Lost on Jeopardy", "This Is the Life", "Like a Surgeon", "One More Minute", and "Dare to Be Stupid"!

'Weird Al' Yankovic as Self

Barry Hansen as Self (Dr. Demento)

Dick Clark as Self

Don Pardo as Self / "Jeopardy!" Announcer

Tress MacNeille as Francine / Lucy Ricardo

Frank Collison as Look-A-Like Salesman

Steve Jay as Self / Various

Jon Schwartz as Self / Various

Jim West as Self / Various

Steve Cropper as Self

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Reviews

Karry

1985/08/07

Best movie of this year hands down!

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ThedevilChoose

1985/08/08

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Humbersi

1985/08/09

The first must-see film of the year.

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Bergorks

1985/08/10

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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