The Burbs

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American film black comedy film film satirical film

The Burbs is a 1989 dark comedy film starring Tom Hanks that satirizes suburban paranoia as neighbors grow suspicious of a mysterious new family on their cul-de-sac.

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Label	Occurrences
The 'Burbs	19
The Burbs canonical	7
The 'Burbs universe	2
The 'Burbs (1989 film)	1
The 'Burbs (1989)	1
The 'Burbs franchise	1
The 'Burbs: The Original Draft	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ black comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ
character	Art Weingartner ⓘ Carol Peterson ⓘ Dr. Werner Klopek ⓘ Hans Klopek ⓘ Lt. Mark Rumsfield ⓘ Ray Peterson ⓘ Ricky Butler ⓘ Rube Klopek ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Robert M. Stevens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Joe Dante ⓘ
distributedBy	Universal Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	North America ⓘ
editedBy	Marshall Harvey ⓘ
filmingLocation	Universal Studios Hollywood ⓘ surface form: Universal Studios backlot
genre	black comedy ⓘ mystery comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
mainCharacter	Ray Peterson ⓘ
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
notableScene	The explosion of Ray Peterson's house. ⓘ The neighbors digging in the Klopeks' backyard at night. ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	Neighbors in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac grow suspicious of a mysterious new family, the Klopeks, and become obsessed with uncovering their secrets. ⓘ
producer	Larry Brezner ⓘ Michael Finnell ⓘ
productionCompany	Imagine Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate	1989-02-17 ⓘ
releaseYear	1989 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 101 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Dana Olsen ⓘ
setting	suburban cul-de-sac ⓘ
starring	Brother Theodore ⓘ Bruce Dern ⓘ Carrie Fisher ⓘ Corey Feldman ⓘ Courtney Gains ⓘ Henry Gibson ⓘ Rick Ducommun ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ Wendy Schaal ⓘ
theme	fear of the unknown ⓘ satire of suburban life ⓘ suburban paranoia ⓘ

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