| Little Shop of Horrors | |
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| 2 Nominations | |
| Year | 1986 |
| Director | Frank Oz |
| Writer | Howard Ashman |
| Starring | Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Levi Stubbs, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, |
| 59th Academy Awards | |
Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 musical comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman. Their Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman.
Nominations
- Best Original Song — "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
- Best Visual Effects — Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
Plot[]
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper. Soon enough, Seymour feeds Audrey's sadistic dentist boyfriend to the plant and later, Mushnik for witnessing the death of Audrey's ex. Will Audrey II take over the world or will Seymour and Audrey defeat it?
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