History Film / TheApple

* CanadaEh: Alphie and Bibi are said to be from Moosejaw in Canada, which is repeatedly stated to be a backwater in the middle of nowhere.

One of [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon Films]]' first English-language efforts, ''The Apple'' was intended to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the success]] of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'', although its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. Along with having a complicated and {{troubled production}}, the film proved a major [[BoxOfficeBomb financial]] and critical flop, concurrent with [[DiscoSucks the sharp decline of Disco]].

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Made in 1979-80, set in the future {{dystopia}} of 1994. Originally to be set in 19'''84''' [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour for obvious reasons]], but Golan decided that such a date was far too close by to feel futuristic enough and pushed it back by ten more years.

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[GenreBusting dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory showbiz disco-rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]] and his powerful Boogalow International Music (BIM) MegaCorp, the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. Alternatively known as ''Star Rock''.

In the far off future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 1994]], Canadian singer-songwriters Alphie and Bibi compete in the [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Worldvision competition]]. Despite being more talented and popular with the audience, Boogalow International Music (BIM) rig the contest to ensure their own band, featuring {{glam rock}}ers Pandi and Dandi, succeeds instead. In spite of their loss, the wicked Mr. Boogalow attempts to sign the two of them to his label, enticing Bibi into a life of sinful rock and roll that is also slowly corrupting all of humanity. Bibi's popularity allows BIM to eventually take over the world as Alphie fights to get her away from Boogalow's diabolical control.

One of [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon Films]]' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the success]] of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'', its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. In addition to having a very complicated and {{troubled production}}, it proved a major [[BoxOfficeBomb financial]] and critical flop, concurrent with [[DiscoSucks the sharp decline of Disco]].

Despite some rather heart-pumping songs and choreography, the prosaic lyrics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy aesthetic]] and off-the-wall script place it squarely in {{camp}} territory. However, starting with a 2004 DVD release, the film began to gather a small but dedicated cult following and started appearing on the midnight circuit, especially thanks to the Alamo Drafthouse. A [[AlternateDVDCommentary hilarious commentary]] by Podcast/{{RiffTrax}} was released in 2013.

In the far off future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 1994]], Canadian singer-songwriters Alphie and Bibi compete in the [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Worldvision competition]]. Despite being their being more talented and popular with the audience, Boogalow International Music (BIM) rig the contest to ensure their own band, featuring {{glam rock}}ers Pandi and Dandi, succeeds instead. In spite of their loss, the wicked Mr. Boogalow attempts to sign the two of them to his label, enticing Bibi into a life of sinful rock and roll that is also slowly corrupting all of humanity. Bibi's popularity allows BIM to eventually take over the world as Alphie fights to get her away from Boogalow's diabolical control.

* NonSpecificallyForeign: Boogalow seems to have no specific nationality. He speaks numerous languages fluently, but has a foreign accent when he speaks English. He tends to drop French into his speech, such as "voila!" His actor, Vladek Sheybal, was Polish.

* TheEndingChangesEverything: In the climax, [[spoiler:Mr. Topps - never mentioned until minutes before his arrival - appears in a Rolls Royce and takes all hippies to heaven or a new planet (or both)]]. This means: 1.) [[spoiler:Up to this point, you could interpret this film as anti-commerce message when Bibi is corrupted by Boogalow's business but is not necessarily a stand-in for hippy culture. With this ending, it completely takes sides in favor of the hippies and portrays them and their love/peace-cause as unambiguously good.]] 2.) [[spoiler:All of Alphie's visions are to be taken literally (Boogalow is not metaphorically ''that'' devil but ''literally'', Bibi does not take the forbidden fruit metaphorically but literally etc.)]] 3.) [[spoiler:Alphie and Bibi are no longer the main characters but the hippies - not introduced until the third act and receiving next to no character development or being spotlighted on their culture - are and get an eschatological meaning.]] A sequence where [[spoiler:Mr. Topps creates the world and Boogalow falls from grace]] as a prologue was planned, but abandoned due to production troubles (according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, involving a tiger escaping from the set.)

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[GenreBusting dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory showbiz disco-rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]] and his powerful Boogalow International Music (BIM) MegaCorp, the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches.

* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: The setup for the DarkReprise of "BIM ([[RefrainFromAssuming BIM's on the Way]])".

* EvilBrit: Boogalow's bodyguards/henchmen are thuggish, Cockney-esque type with an overbite, right down to being played by British actors.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Made in 1979-80, set in the future {{dystopia}} of 1994. Originally to be set in 19'''84''' for obvious reasons, but Golan decided that such a date was far too close by to feel futuristic enough and pushed it back by ten more years.

* LouisCypher: Boogalow again as a human(ish) identity of Satan.

* {{Camp}}: It's hard to classify the film as anyone else given its outrageous fashion, insane dance numbers and everyone giving the most ridiculously over-the-top performances committed to celluloid.

* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: The setup for the DarkReprise of "BIM ([[RefrainFromAssuming BIM's on the Way]])". "It is now one minute to four o'clock. Time to stop ordinary activities and prepare for the National BIM Hour. (...) The National Fitness Program is watching ''you''. Five, four, three, two, BIM."[[note]]'''[[Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} Bill Corbett]]:''' (As Creator/JeffFoxworthy) If you ever notice crews installin' hundreds of loudspeakers to tell you what to do, you might live in a cliched dystopia.[[/note]]

* EvilBrit: Boogalow's bodyguards/henchmen are thuggish, Cockney-esque type, right down to being played by British actors.

* GodWasMyCopilot: Alternate versions have [[spoiler:the hippie patriarch transform into Mr. Topps, instead of the grand entrance from the golden flying car. Makes sense, considering that they were played by the same actor.]]

* LouisCypher: Boogalow again as a human identity of Satan.

* NonSpecificallyForeign: Boogalow seems to have no specific nationality. He speaks numerous languages fluently, but has a foreign accent when he speaks English. He tends to drop French into his speech, such as "voila!" The actor, Vladek Sheybal, was Polish.

* SeriousBusiness: The BIM Hour, where everyone, regardless of whatever they're doing, breaks into choreographed dance numbers by force of law. Even in the middle of surgery.

* TriumphantReprise: It's not easy to make out, but [[spoiler:the hippies are singing a choral version of "Universal Melody" as they march off to be raptured]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Alphie's landlady simply disappears during the third act.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's unclear where the action is supposed to be taking place through most of the film. Everyone speaks English except a few international reporters, but there are a wide range of accents in the cast, including some that [[OohMeAccentsSlipping aren't supposed to be there]]. We know that they're not in Canada because Alphie and Bibi are from there, and it's not clear whether they're actually in America, because when BIM announces that Bibi will tour America, and she reacts like she's not already in the country. The film was primarily shot in Germany.
* WorldOfHam: Clearly, subtlety was dead by 1994.

In the far off future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 1994]], Canadian singer-songwriters Alphie and Bibi compete in the [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Worldvision competition]]. Despite being their being more talented and popular with the audience, Boogalow International Music (known as BIM) rig the contest to ensure their own band, featuring {{glam rock}}ers Pandi and Dandi, succeeds instead. In spite of their loss, the wicked Mr. Boogalow attempts to sign the two of them to his label, enticing Bibi into a life of sinful rock and roll that is also slowly corrupting all of humanity. Bibi's popularity allows BIM to eventually take over the world as Alphie fights to get her away from Boogalow's diabolical control.

Despite some rather heart-pumping songs and choreography, the prosaic lyrics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy aesthetic]] and off-the-wall script place it squarely in {{camp}} territory. However, starting with a 2004 DVD release, the film began to gather a small but dedicated cult following and started appearing on the midnight circuit, especially thanks to the Alamo Drafthouse. A hilarious commentary by Podcast/{{RiffTrax}} was released in 2012.

* DeusExMachina: A-near literal example with [[spoiler:Mr. Topps]], who is not only a seemingly all-powerful MessianicArchetype, but is never mentioned until [[spoiler:moments before he arrives to rescue the heroes]].

* IntercourseWithYou: Pandi's "Coming for You" manages to make [[Music/DonnaSummer "Love to Love You Baby"]] seem subtle, even without the bed-based choreography.

* LyricalShoehorn: "Meet an actual actual actual vampire!"
* MarkOfTheBeast: The BIM mark, which is a holographic sticker of the company's logo that Boogalow mandates society wear on their face, to the point that violators will be threatened with fines or arrest.

** Alphie is [[spoiler:Adam, the first man. In other words, the alpha]].

* NonSpecificallyForeign: Boogalow seems to have no nationality. He speaks numerous languages fluently, but has a foreign accent when he speaks English. He tends to drop French into his speech, such as "voila!" The actor, Vladek Sheybal, was Polish.

* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: Bizarrely {{inverted|Trope}}. In the first party scene, Pandi orders two (presumably drugged) drinks for her and Alphie, but he downs both while she smiles sheepishly. Later, she has sex with him while he's under the influence. The next day, she, the rapist, is the one who is redeemed, and finally decides to help Bibi escape. [[spoiler:Thus at the end of the film, Mr. Topps allows her to join the hippies in the Rapture.]]

* SlippingAMickey: Dandi drugs Bibi early in the film, and later Pandi does the same in order to sleep with Alphie.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Alphie's landlady simply disappears from the film during the third act.

One of [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon Films]]' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the success]] of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'', its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. In addition to having a very complicated and {{troubled production}}, it proved a major [[BoxOfficeBomb financial]] and critical flop, concurrent with [[DiscoSucks the sharp decline of Disco]].

Soundtrack [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2xh0ZVdTnNyq2pnxLf6rYllQ5mlPvuIn here]]. The same channel also uploaded a [[Podcast/{{RiffTrax}} riffed]] [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2xh0ZVdTnNzxxkthF5nKUmbdycFFDlKe version]].

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Made in 1979-80, set in the future {{dystopia}} of 1994. Originally to be set in 19'''84''' for obvious reasons, but Golan decided that such a date was far too close by to feel futuristic enough and pushed it ahead by ten more years.

-->'''Mr. Topps:''' Let's give it a try.

* {{Camp}}: It's hard to classify this film as anyone else given its outrageous fashion, insane dance numbers, and everyone in the film giving the most ridiculously over-the-top performances committed to celluloid.

* DrivenToSuicide: Alphie almost gives fully into this trope according to his landlord after his first attempt to convince Bibi to leave BIM fails. Of course, whether he actually intended to do so or not is, like so many things in this film, unclear.
* TheDragon: An almost literal example with Shake to Mr. Boogalow, who even appears at several points in a flamboyant snake costume to hammer into your head what Biblical allegory he is.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An entire (imagined) musical number takes place there. Compared to the hippy commune of Paradise, it seems quite pleasant.

* LouisCypher: Mr. Boogalow again as a human identity of Satan.

** Bibi is [[spoiler:Eve, the second human. The Beta, or B]].

* NonSpecificallyForeign: Mr. Boogalow seems to have no nationality. He speaks numerous languages fluently, but has a foreign accent when he speaks English. He tends to drop French into his speech, such as "voila!" The actor was Polish.

* OneBookAuthor: George Gilmour (Alphie) hasn't appeared in anything before or since.

* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: Bizarrely {{inverted|Trope}}. In the first party scene, Pandi orders two (presumably drugged) drinks for her and Alphie, but he drinks down both of them while she smiles sheepishly. Later, she has sex with him while he's under the influence. The next day, she, the rapist, is the one who is redeemed, and finally decides to help Bibi escape. [[spoiler:Thus at the end of the film, Mr. Topps allows her to join the hippies in the Rapture.]]

* SissyVillain: A huge portion of Shake / Boogalow's inner circle fits one overblown CampGay stereotype or another.

In the far off future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 1994]], Canadian singer-songwriters Alphie and Bibi compete in the [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Worldvision]] competition. Despite being the most talented group, the Boogalow International Music Group (known as BIM) rig the contest to ensure their own band, featuring {{glam rock}}ers Pandi and Dandi, succeeds instead. In spite of their loss, the wicked Mr. Boogalow attempts to sign the two of them to his label anyway, enticing Bibi into a life of sinful rock and roll that is also slowly corrupting all of humanity. Bibi's popularity allows BIM to eventually take over the world as Alphie struggles to get her away from Boogalow's diabolical control.

Despite some rather heart-pumping songs and choreography, the prosaic lyrics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy aesthetic]] and off-the-wall script place it squarely in {{Camp}} territory. However, starting with its 2004 DVD release, the film began to gather a small but dedicated cult following and started appearing on the midnight circuit, especially thanks to regular showings by the Alamo Drafthouse. A hilarious commentary by Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} was released in 2012.