Pukahontas
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"Don't cry for me, I'm already dead."
Pukahontas is the film that Barney made for the Springfield Film Festival. It is a touching black-and-white film about Barney's struggle with alcoholism, and is best known for its closing tagline, "Don't cry for me, I'm already dead."
Movie critic Jay Sherman considered the movie to be "sensitive,yet unfortunately-titled." He and Marge Simpson immediately voted for it to receive the grand prize at the film festival. After a night of soul-searching, Homer concurred, and Pukahontas won the grand prize, having earned the votes of three of the five judges.
Cultural References / Trivia
- The film's title is a pun on the 1995 Disney animated movie Pocahontas.
- Several parts of Pukahontas are based on the 1945 classic film The Lost Weekend, which is about an alcoholic writer.
- The song heard throughout Barney's film is "Un Bel di Vedremo", from the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini.
- In the DVD commentary, the creators also state that some of the effects in the film, such as the time lapse and the music, are a nod to the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi.
