First-Time Viewing
On Top of the Whale
Release Date:June 20, 1986
Running Time:97 min
Genres:Fantasy
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Cast
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Synopsis
A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia to study the last speakers of a dying language. That language apparently consists of a single word, which therefore means everything.
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