The Beverly Hillbillies is a 1993 20th Century Fox comedy motion picture starring Jim Varney (of the Ernest movies), Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman, and Penny Fuller. It features cameo appearances by Buddy Ebsen, Dolly Parton and Zsa Zsa Gabor. The movie was directed by Penelope Spheeris. See also: 1992 in film, other events of 1993, 1994 in film, list of years in film. Events March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the Big Ten movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment industry. ... James Albert Varney Jr. ... Ernest P. Worrell was a character portrayed by American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials and later in a television series and a series of motion pictures. ... Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor. ... Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American Playboy Playmate, supermodel, and actress, born in Glendale, California. ... Cloris Leachman (born April 30, American actress. ... Lily Tomlin (born Mary Jean Tomlin on September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan), is an American actress and comedian. ... Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor. ... Penny Fuller (born July 21, 1940) is an American actress. ... Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen (Christian Rudolph Ebsen) ( April 2, 1908 - July 7, 2003) was an American actor best remembered for his role in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. ... Dolly Parton (1987) Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. ... Zsa Zsa Gabor is an actress, born Gábor Sári in Budapest, Hungary, probably on February 6, 1917. ... Penelope Spheeris (born 2 December 1945) is and American director and writer, best known for directing Waynes World, Suburbia and The Decline of Western Civilization. ...

Based on the long-running CBS TV sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies, a poor hillbilly named Jed Clampett (played by Jim Varney) goes hunting on his land one day and becomes a billionaire when he misses an animal with his rifle and the bullet hits the ground, sending a bubbling crude of oil gushing up. CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Beverly Hillbillies is a TV sitcom about a hillbilly who strikes oil while rabbit hunting, becomes a millionaire and moves with his family to Beverly Hills, California. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths crust. ...

After his sister-in-law, Pearl Bodine (played by Linda Carlson), convinces the extremely rich Jed that his daughter, Elly May (played by Erika Eleniak), needs to be taught "womanly ways," the widowed Jed, his daughter, his mother-in-law, Granny (played by Cloris Leachman), and his nephew, Jethro (Pearls son, played by Diedrich Bader), load up the old, dilapidated truck and move from their home near the fictional Bugtussle, with Jethro driving and Granny sitting in a rocking chair elevated in back, to Beverly Hills, California. For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

Part of the country-meets-city humor comes when the hillbillies reach Los Angeles and an angry driver flips Jethro the finger. The hillbillies all mistakenly think that is the "Californy greeting," so they start making the obscene hand gesture to other motorists. Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

Once they arrive in Beverly Hills and locate their mansion, which has been provided for them by the banker in charge of Jed's billion dollars, Milburn Drysdale (played by Dabney Coleman), which he purchased next door to his own with the help of his secretary/assistant, Miss Jane Hathaway (played by Lily Tomlin), the Clampetts are perceived to be transient derelicts and the police are called. Miss Jane gets there and discovers their true identity as Mr. Drysdale arrives. The fawning and covetous Drysdale convinces them that all is well.

When they get settled into these large and strange surroundings, the country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city and have to contend with a serious culture clash, strange and unusual customs, and snobbish neighbors, especially Mrs. Drysdale (played by Penny Fuller). The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). ...

Wanting to make Elly May into a "sophisticated woman," Jed decides she needs a French lady to help her acquire more ladylike ways. He then expresses a desire for a new wife, for Elly's sake. The Clampett clan, along with everyone else, set out to hunt him down a bride. Since he is filthy rich, there are plenty of women who will gladly marry the plainspoken former coon-hunting billionaire and become Mrs. Jed Clampett. Woodrow Tyler (played by Rob Schnieder), an employee in Drysdale's bank, contrives a scheme to bilk the bumpkin hillbilly out of his billions. He gets his golddigging, con artist girlfriend, Laura Jackson (played by Lea Thompson), to go to the front door of the Clampett mansion posing as a French etiquette teacher, Laurette Voleur, asking for work. Lea Thompson (born May 31, 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress. ...

Once she is hired, Voleur lures Jed into proposing marriage and plans are set. All the Clampett's kin from back in the hills, including Pearl and Jethro's twin sister, Jethrene Bodine (also played by Diedrich Bader), fly to California for the wedding. Granny, however, hears Laurette Voleur and Woodrow Tyler talking about their scheme while she is brewing some moonshine, and she jumps up and yells, "Ah haw!" They grab her and quickly have her committed to a mental hospital. Shine Road The name tells the history of this back road Hemingway, South Carolina The literal meaning of moonshine is the light of the moon, but because the activity of distilling whiskey unlawfully was usually done at night with as little light as possible, the word became both a verb...

Miss Jane, searching for a private investigator to locate Granny, goes to the offices of Barnaby Jones (Buddy Ebsen, who portrayed the original Jed Clampett in the TV series, recreating the title role of his later TV series). Barnaby Jones was a detective series which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1980. ...

During the big, elaborate wedding, which has Dolly Parton performing as herself, country singer Dolly Parton, Woodrow plans to transfer all of Clampett's money in Drysdale's bank to a Swiss account on his laptop computer when the couple says "I do." Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ...

However, the plot is foiled when Miss Jane finds out from Barnaby Jones that Granny is in the mental hospital and helps her escape. They arrive at the wedding in time to foil the plot. The Clampetts learn that "sparking" and marrying are not the same in Beverly Hills as back home in Bugtussle.

The movie has Zsa Zsa Gabor parodying her 1989 Beverly Hills arrest, as she stands in a lineup at the police station. Jim Varney brings to his role as Jed an air of dignity not seen in the TV series; Erika Eleniak, though she may have been cast for her other attributes, gives a good performance as airheaded Elly May; Diedrich Bader is convincing enough in his dual role, though his Jethro seems ten times stupider than he is in the TV show; and Cloris Leachman is fantastic as Granny. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The end-credits are shown over various out-takes and bloopers. A blooper usually refers to a faux pas made by an actor while filming a television show or movie. ...

In its first weekend, The Beverly Hillbillies grossed $9,525,375 at the box-office. The U.S. gross alone was $41,954,205. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

External links

• The Beverly Hillbillies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106400/) at the Internet Movie Database