# Bubba Hotep
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 18, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877 "2003-11-18T09:20:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Vezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vezer)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877/1 "2003-11-18T09:20:10Z")
Anyone else seen this little delightful film that is getting thrown to the wayside?
Stars Bruce Campbell as an old picture/audio perfect Elvis Presley. Ossie Davis plays JFK (he is now black because the government dyed him). Together this geriatric duo squares off a reanimated mummy out to steal the souls of the elderly.
I giggled profusely during this one, anyone else?
Oh…and Cleopatra does the nasty!
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### Author:  [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877/2 "2003-11-18T13:56:41Z")
I saw it last summer at the Cine-Vegas film festival. I can’t believe that this isn’t getting a theatrical release while another film I saw at the same convention, Sunshine State, did. What a piece of crap that was!
Bruce Campbell was there in person. The guy is just hilarious. Some guy in the audience asked, “Can I come give you a hug?” Bruce responded, “Can I punch you in the eye?”
Another good movie from that festival was “Poolhall Junkies”. It is out on DVD now, and I highly recommend it.
I hope Bubba Ho-tep at least gets a video release.
“I’ll shine my own knob from now on!”
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877/3 "2003-11-18T15:09:09Z")
There’s a long thread on this movie already in the system, try a search when the hamsters have calmed down. Actually there are two other threads, I started one because my search missed it too.
It’s a kick ass movie.
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### Author:  [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877/4 "2003-11-18T16:52:54Z")
I just saw the preview at our local arts cinema. Hopefully they will be showing it. It looked great.
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### Author:  [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubba-hotep/213877/5 "2003-11-18T17:30:41Z")
I’m a huge Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, and Bruce Campbell fan, so I saw Bubba Hotep at the Landmark here in Chicago. It was a good film, but not nearly as good as the others. It was funny in parts, but it also got a bit repetitive and not nearly as witty as the others.
Your mileage may vary, of course.