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Meet the Applegates

A new species of comedy
Jun 6, 1990 · 1h 30m
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Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.

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CAST

Ed Begley Jr.
Richard P. Applegate
Stockard Channing
Jane Applegate
Dabney Coleman
Aunt Bea
Robert Jayne
Bobby Jacoby / Johnny Applegate
Camille Cooper
Sally Applegate
Glenn Shadix
Greg Samson
Susan Barnes
Opal Withers
Adam Biesk
Vince Sampson
Directed by Michael Lehmann

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$485,772
Production
Cinemarque Entertainment, New World Pictures, Triton Pictures
Country
US
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