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MOVIE · 1980

Popeye

ActionAdventureComedyFamilyFantasyMusicalRomance114 min

Robin Williams is Popeye, a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor who washes ashore in the harbor town of Sweethaven while searching for his father. Taken in by the Oyl household, he finds himself drawn to Shelley Duvall's Olive Oyl, even as her looming fiancé Bluto stands in the way. Robert Altman's live-action musical builds a ramshackle comic-strip village around Popeye's muttered one-liners, sudden brawls, and his famous can of spinach, with the romance and rivalry unfolding alongside the town's offbeat routines and local scheming.

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