We had this trailer for Super Fuzz sitting around our theater for a long time and used to toss it up before midnight movies just because it was so darn good. Audience reaction was always the same: totally enthusiastic. A cable staple from the days when cable would play whatever they could get their hands on, this is one of those films that is just burned in my memory. And so, one day a few years ago we finally came across a print of the film, and one of the most euphoric big-screen movie experiences I've ever had was finally, finally seeing Super Fuzz on the big screen.
Nice guy cop Dave Speed (Terence Hill, best known for his Italian action-comedies alongside comedy partner Bud Spencer) paddles his canoe too close to a NASA test station and after getting drenched with radiation finds that he is imbued with super powers. The problem is, nobody believes him, not even his partner Ernest Borgnine (whose blustery over-acting knows no limits), because whenever he sees red his powers go away.
Though director Sergio Corbucci had a good number of classic cult films (mostly Spaghetti Westerns) under his belt, Super Fuzz is technically terrible - filled with underplayed slapstick, shoddy effects, inept criminals, bad dubbing, and a giant bubble gum deus ex machina. But these shortcomings also make the whole thing seem so innocently goofy, stupid, and fun, and ultimately there's something about this movie that makes it darn near impossible to harbor any bad feelings.
And once you've heard the theme song, I dare you not to spend the rest of your life chanting "Supah Supah" whenever you do something totally cool.
MP3: "Super Snooper", The Oceans
This used to come on HBO all the time in the 80's, and I watched it quite a few times as a kid. Isn't there a scene towards the end where he blows a giant gum bubble and floats on it? Was that this film?
Posted by: Gavin | June 12, 2007 at 05:29 AM
my brother and i watched this movie daily way back when. awesome. the theme song is a fantastic bonus. thanks.
Posted by: Jeff | June 12, 2007 at 05:57 AM
Ernest Borgnine was omni-present in the mid-70s-early 80s.
He was everywhere.
Posted by: detroitsuperfly | June 12, 2007 at 08:30 AM
I actually saw this puppy in the theater when I was 13 or 14. The trailer must have put a spell on me. Hehe. Good times.
Posted by: Grandpa Scorpion | June 12, 2007 at 09:13 AM
I loved this movie as a kid and have blogged about it as well in the past http://betheboy.blogspot.com/2006/02/super-super-all-morning-ive-been.html but I haven't had the pleasure of seeing it in at least 20 years.
Posted by: will | June 12, 2007 at 12:13 PM
FMU should screen this in the parking lot along with C.H.O.M.P.S.; the link is an audio sample of this film from Brian Turner's show.
Posted by: Listener James from Westwood | June 12, 2007 at 01:30 PM
Ah, yes. C.H.O.M.P.S. Another, um, gem. I saw that one just because I was in love with Valerie Bertinelli.
Oh, and you can all see Superfuzz again, as it is indeed on DVD. I bought a copy at Kim's earlier this year, but you can also Netflix that shit.
Posted by: Resident Clinton | June 12, 2007 at 02:30 PM
I thought that was Giuliani campaign ad.
Posted by: Flava | June 12, 2007 at 04:55 PM
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting the MP3 for the theme song. I've been driving myself crazy trying to find it.
Everything he got don't SHOOOOOOW!
Posted by: Jason | June 12, 2007 at 05:47 PM
Rosie la Bouche LIVES!
Posted by: Sara | June 17, 2007 at 01:19 PM
Thank you for posting mp3. I recently rented this from Blockbuster.com. Seeing this movie again for the first time in like 20 years reminds of how great it was to be a kid.
Posted by: Rich | October 23, 2007 at 02:15 AM
I remember as a kid renting the same movie again an again...was looking 4 the title track ..thanks a lot
Posted by: bhaylu | February 25, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Thanks a lot for posting the theme song. I just watched the DVD of this childhood classic. I was transported back 25+ years to a true age of innocence.
Thanks!
Posted by: Zee | November 11, 2009 at 06:25 PM