Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon
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Directed by	Joe Dante Carl Gottlieb Peter Horton John Landis Robert K. Weiss
Written by	Michael Barrie Jim Mulholland
Produced by	John Landis Robert K. Weiss
Starring	Rosanna Arquette Paul Bartel Ralph Bellamy Carrie Fisher Sybil Danning Griffin Dunne Steve Forrest Monique Gabrielle Steve Allen Steve Guttenberg Arsenio Hall Howard Hesseman Lou Jacobi Ed Begley, Jr. Russ Meyer Kelly Preston Henny Youngman B.B. King
Cinematography	Daniel Pearl
Edited by	Malcolm Campbell
Music by	Ira Newborn
Production company	Hollywood Road Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 18, 1987 (1987-09-18)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$548,696[1]

Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 American satirical science fiction film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget films on late-night television. The film, featuring a large ensemble cast including cameo appearances from film and TV stars and even non-actors, was written by Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland, and takes the form of a compilation of 21 comedy skits directed by five different directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, and Robert K. Weiss.

The title Amazon Women on the Moon refers to the central film-within-a-film, a spoof of science-fiction films from the 1950s that borrows heavily from Queen of Outer Space (1958) starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, itself a film that recycles elements of earlier science-fiction works such as Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1955), and Forbidden Planet (1956).^[2]

John Landis had previously directed The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), which employed a similar sketch anthology format.