The Beverly Hillbillies
A feature adaptation of the classic TV show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves he and his kin to posh Beverly Hills.
- Director:Penelope Spheeris
- Genre:Comedy / Family
- Runtime:94 minutes
Cast
Jim Varney : Jed Clampett
Diedrich Bader : Jethro Bodine
Erika Eleniak : Elly May Clampett
Cloris Leachman : Granny
Lily Tomlin : Miss Jane Hathaway
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Jed Clampett (Jim Varney), a hillsman of humble means, discovers oil on his land whilst shooting at a rabbit. His missed shot causes a spontaneous eruption of several oil geysers within a few yards of one another, prompting a visitation from an oil company interested in purchasing his land. According to their estimates, there is enough oil on his land to rival Kuwait and they offer him a very generous deal for the property. His cousin, Pearl Bodine (Linda Carlson), convinces him that his daughter, Elly May (Erika Eleniak), needs to be taught “womanly ways,” and so the widowed Jed, his daughter, his mother-in-law, Granny (Cloris Leachman), and his nephew, Jethro, Pearl’s son (Diedrich Bader), load up the old, dilapidated truck in their home near Bugtussle, Arkansas, with Jethro driving and Granny sitting in a rocking chair elevated in back, and move to Beverly Hills.
They arrive in Beverly Hills and locate their mansion, which has been provided for them by the banker in charge of Jed’s billion dollars, Milburn Drysdale (Dabney Coleman). He purchased the mansion next door to his own with the help of his secretary/assistant, Miss Jane Hathaway (Lily Tomlin). Upon arrival in their dilapidated country clothing however, the Clampetts are perceived to be transient derelicts by Miss Jane and the police are called. Sometime later their identities are discovered, and while she is prepared to resign, the Clampetts are actually touched somebody would have defended their property and she keeps her job.
When they get settled into these large and strange surroundings, the country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city and have to contend with a serious culture clash, strange and unusual customs, and snobbish neighbors, especially Mrs. Drysdale (Penny Fuller). Mr. Drysdale pushes his reluctant son into befriending Elly May, but he quickly becomes attracted to her. At school, Elly May easily outwrestles a bully on the wrestling team, though Jed does not approve of such actions from a lady.
Wanting to make Elly May into a “sophisticated woman,” Jed decides she needs a French tutor to help her acquire more ladylike ways. He also expresses a desire for a new wife, for Elly’s sake. The Clampett clan, along with everyone else, set out to hunt him down a bride. Since he is filthy rich, there are plenty of women who will gladly marry Jed. Woodrow Tyler (Rob Schneider), an employee in Drysdale’s bank, contrives a scheme to bilk the bumpkin hillbilly out of his millions. He gets his golddigging, con artist girlfriend, Laura Jackson (Lea Thompson), to go to the front door of the Clampett mansion posing as a French etiquette teacher, Laurette Voleur (voleur means thief in French), asking for work. Read more
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