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	\| director = Tom Bussmann		\| director = Tom Bussmann
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	*[[List of fictional prime ministers of the United Kingdom]]

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{{About|the 1986 film|the 1982 TV series|Whoops Apocalypse}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox film
| name = Whoops Apocalypse
| image = WhoopsDVD.jpg
| caption = UK DVD cover
| director = Tom Bussmann
| producer = [[Brian Eastman]]
| writer = [[Andrew Marshall (writer)|Andrew Marshall]]<br />& [[David Renwick]]
| starring = [[Loretta Swit]]<br />[[Herbert Lom]]<br />[[Peter Cook]]
| distributor = [[ITC Entertainment]]
| released = 1986 [[UK]]<br />1988 [[US]]
| runtime = 93 min
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''Whoops Apocalypse''''' is a 1986 British comedy film directed by Tom Bussmann and starring [[Loretta Swit]], [[Herbert Lom]], and [[Peter Cook]]. The film shares the same title as the TV series ''[[Whoops Apocalypse]]'', but uses an almost completely different plot from the series.

== Plot ==
The beginning of the film parodies the [[Falklands War]] when a small British colony is invaded by its neighbour, the fictional country of Maguadora, whose dictator General Mosquera is played by [[Herbert Lom]]. The new president of the United States, Barbara Adams, tries to sort out the mess, but the peace talks are sabotaged by Lacrobat ([[Michael Richards]]), the world's leading [[terrorism|terrorist]]. The British, under the leadership of PM Sir Mortimer Chris, send in a task force to seize the islands back. For revenge, Mosquera hires Lacrobat to kidnap the British Princess Wendy, to hold her for [[ransom]] to get the British out. Sir Mortimer then threatens that unless she is returned in 48 hours, he will release a nuclear strike. So now President Adams not only has to deal with Mosquera and Lacrobat, but she must also deal with Sir Mortimer, and also with the fact that Mosquera decides to align himself with Russia, and this whole thing could start World War III.

[[Loretta Swit]] is Barbara Adams, the first female president. She was only sworn in office when the previous president, a former circus clown (a parody of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s entertainment career), died after asking a journalist to hit him in the stomach with a crowbar as a test of physical strength (a take on the death of [[Harry Houdini]]). As comical satire, Swit plays the role straight. Adams, while trying to maintain the peace, is shown to be incompetent, especially when trying to handle questions from the press. Her husband runs a weapons company which hired Lacrobat to start the war in the first place.

The film also features [[Peter Cook]] playing Sir Mortimer, an insane conservative British prime minister (an insane PM being one of the few similarities between the film and the series), who claims that unemployment is caused by evil invisible [[pixie]]s. Later, he hands out [[Union Flag]] umbrellas to [[conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] voters to protect them from nuclear bombs, and plans to reduce unemployment by pushing employed people off of cliffs, creating new jobs. Despite the fact he is clearly insane, the public adore him and follow him blindly. The rest of his party attempts to assassinate him, but he only loses his hand, getting a hook, instead. He then takes up a new policy of [[crucifixion|crucifying]] disloyal party members in [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]].

Princess Wendy is a parody of [[Princess Diana]], who was at the height of her popularity at the time. When kidnapped by Lacrobat, Wendy is placed in increasingly odd disguises, including bondage gear and a [[King Kong]] outfit. [[Rik Mayall]] is featured playing the commanding officer of an inept [[Special Air Service|SAS]] squad, most of whom are massacred in a shootout in a wax museum when attempting to rescue Wendy, who has been disguised as an exhibit. Rik Mayall had a small role in the original as Biff, a guitar player. [[Michael Richards]] plays Lacrobat, the only character from the original series to appear. Lacrobat is partly responsible for the war between the two countries beginning, and is seemingly the only intelligent character in the film. He dies when a tiger – that the SAS have for no reason – rips his throat out. [[Alexei Sayle]], who also appeared in the original series, has a different role in the movie as a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] soldier who is hiding nuclear weapons on a Caribbean holiday island.

Other characters include two tabloid journalists who discover the Communist weapons, but are killed; a rear admiral who is openly [[homosexual]] (appropriately enough, since "rear admiral" is also apparently slang for a man who practices [[anal sex]]), two security guards who accompany President Adams everywhere (even when she is going swimming) and a former president (a parody of [[Richard Nixon]]), who is now in prison and authored the book ''Commie Bastards I Have Known''.

Although Wendy is rescued, Sir Mortimer ignores Adams' pleas to call off the nuclear strike. She then calls the rear admiral (whom Lacrobat hypnotised to imagine he was in a burning building when fingers are snapped). He ponders calling off the strike, but when a sailor snaps his fingers, he calls "Fire!", the strike is launched, and the film ends.

The film reuses some jokes from the series, like Lacrobat's absurd disguises (at one time going by the name Dr. Thesius Lyndon Penis), a dying Soviet leader, a [[crucifixion]] sight gag, the president being unable to decipher other people's [[technobabble]], an insane prime minister, and an overly macho CIA agent with ludicrously complicated plans. An SAS sequence is in the series, as well, and another gay military character. The following mock news story was used in both, as well, "A woman who secured a lock of [[Frank Sinatra]]'s hair twenty years ago today sold it back to him for an undisclosed sum."

== Cast ==
In Credits order:
{{cast list|
* [[Stuart Saunders (actor)|Stuart Saunders]] as Governor of Santa Maya
* [[Graeme Garden]] as Man Who Walks to the Phone
* Marc Smith as Dan Hickey (TV anchorman)
* [[Loretta Swit]] as President Barbara Adams
* [[John Benfield]] as Secret Service Agent
* [[Ben Robertson (actor)|Ben Robertson]] as Secret Service Agent
* [[Peter Cook]] as Sir Mortimer Chris
* [[Anthony Correa]] as Convict
* [[Alexander Davion|Alex Davion]] as Maguadoran General
* [[Herbert Lom]] as Gen. Mosquera
* [[Daniel Benzali]] as William Kubert (U.S. Defence Secretary)
* Phil Marquis as Rock Pit Guard
* [[Murray Hamilton]] as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (former President)
* [[Shane Rimmer]] as Marvin Gelber (U.S. Secretary of State)
* [[Robert Arden]] as White House Reporter
* [[Blain Fairman]] as White House Reporter
* [[Christopher Muncke]] as White House Reporter
* [[Michael Richards]] as Lacrobat
* [[Dan Fitzgerald]] as Foyer Guard
* [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
* D.L. Blakely as Window Cleaner
* [[Raymond Forchion]] as Conference Guard
* [[John Sessions]] as Mr. Sweetzer
* [[Richard Pearson (actor)|Richard Pearson]] as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
* [[Tristram Jellinek]] as Dickie
* [[Ian Richardson]] as RAdm. Bendish
* [[Christopher Coll]] as Flag Lt. Gerald Beaverstone
* [[Christopher Malcom]] as Gallagher
* [[Ian McNeice]] as Thrush
* [[Maria Whittaker]] as Pin-up Girl
* Karen Kelly as Pin-Up Girl
* [[T.R. Durphy]] as Student Protester
* [[Don Wellington]] as Student Protester
* [[Joy Lynn Frasca]] as Cute Little Girl
* [[Joanne Pearce]] as Princess Wendy
* [[Simon Dormandy]] as Soldier Parted From His Loved Ones
* [[Paul Beech]] as Doctor
* [[Nicholas Coppin|Nick Copping]] as Teapot Stirrer
* [[Ken Jones (actor)|Ken Jones]] as Man On-Off Cliff
* John Cassady as Virgil Grodd (American Intelligence)
* [[Alexei Sayle]] as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
* [[Manolo Congo]] as Granny Buyer
* [[Ruben Rabasa]] as Granny Vendor
* [[Robert Blythe (actor)|Robert Blythe]] as Guard with Egg in Mouth
* [[Christine Peake|Christine Peak]] as Topless Dancer
* [[Suzanne Mizzi|Suzanne Mitzi]] as Topless Dancer
* [[Terry Taplin]] as Ed Rosario
* [[Mickey O'Donoughue]] as Hypnotised Serviceman (Chicken)
* [[John Darrell]] as Hypnotised Serviceman (Stripper)
* [[Ron Webster]] as Soldier at Concert
* [[Gary Martin (actor)|Gary Martin]] as Purveyor of Rambograms
* [[Clifton James]] as Maxton S. Pluck
* [[Czeslaw Grocholski]] as President Trezhnikov
* [[Leon Lissek]] as Politburo Member
* [[Michel Poole]] as Politburo Member
* [[Christopher Rozycki]] as Russian Doctor
* [[Ed Bishop]] as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
* [[John Archie]] as U.S. Sailor
* [[Robert Goodman]] as U.S. Sailor
* [[Harold Bergman]] as Desk Clerk
* [[Iris Acker]] as Woman in Boarding House
* [[Richard Murdock]] as Cabinet Minister
* [[Babara Keough]] as Woman at Wax Museum
* [[Elizabeth Proud]] as Woman at Wax Museum
* [[Rik Mayall]] as Specialist Catering Commander
* [[Gavin Richards]] as Donald
* [[John Blundell (actor)|John Blundell]] as Douglas
* [[Daniel Peacock]] as Dominic
* [[Robert Bathurst]] as Damien
* Ellen Kennedy as Dancer
* Sharon Boyce as Dancer
* Emma Bryant as Dancer
* Lorraine Doyle as Dancer
* Jenny Drummond as Dancer
* Wendy Millward as Dancer
* Tracy Smith as Dancer
* Laura Wynne as Dancer
}}

== See also ==
*''[[The Mouse that Roared]]''
*''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''
*''[[Canadian Bacon]]''
*''[[Wag the Dog]]''
*[[List of films based on British sitcoms]]
*[[List of fictional prime ministers of the United Kingdom]]

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0092211}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1986 films]]
[[Category:Apocalyptic films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:British satirical films]]
[[Category:Films based on television series]]
[[Category:ITC Entertainment films]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:1980s British films]]

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	*''[[The Mouse ~~that~~ Roared]]''		*''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)\|The Mouse That Roared]]''
	*''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''		*''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''
	*''[[Canadian Bacon]]''
	*''[[Wag the Dog]]''

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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