Bio-Dome (1996)

Director:

Jason Bloom

Writers (WGA):

Adam Leff (story) &
Mitchell Peck (story) ...

Release Date:

12 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Bud and Doyle are here to save the world. But who's gonna save the world from Bud and Doyle?

Plot:

Bud and Doyle's girlfriends just dumped them. Now the two friends get trapped in the "Bio-Dome" trying...

Plot Keywords:

Environmental | Trapped | Yoga | River | Marijuana

Awards:

1 win

Cast

William Atherton	...	Dr. Noah Faulkner
Denise Dowse	...	Olivia Biggs
Dara Tomanovich	...	Mimi Simkins
Kevin West	...	T.C. Romulus
Kylie Minogue	...	Dr. Petra von Kant
Pauly Shore	...	Bud Macintosh
Stephen Baldwin	...	Doyle Johnson
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Monique (as Joey Adams)
Teresa Hill	...	Jen
Patricia Hearst	...	Doyle's Mother
Robbie Thibaut Jr.	...	Young Doyle
Adam Weisman	...	Young Bud
Henry Gibson	...	William Leaky
Brian Hayes Currie	...	Guard
Courtney Mizel	...	Screamer

Also Known As:

Biodome (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude language, sex-related material and some drug content.

Runtime:

88 min | Argentina:95 min | Germany:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

New Zealand:M | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34308) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant - 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Trivia:

During the final sequence with the remote control and the exploding coconuts, the timers on the remote and the computer sync up with the time in the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The bio-dome is supposed to be airtight but the roof is obviously made of flimsy plastic that blows in the wind.

Quotes:

Young Doyle: Leave Bud alone, mom!
Doyle's Mother: [holding Bud's head underwater] I'm teaching Bud how to hold his breath underwater.
[pulls Bud's head out]
Doyle's Mother: Much better, Bud! Now let's try for three minutes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

Soundtrack:

Your Intelligence

Holy Mother of God

This is an example of writers smoking crack in the back room and being "enlightened" enough to write a movie. Bio Dome is not the absolute worst movie I have ever seen, and by no means deserves to be on the bottom 100 list, but it's pretty darn close. I have braved worse before, such as some of the other Paul Shore movies out there. If you can sit through Jury Duty, you'll have no problem watching this. Not that I would recommend putting yourself through such an unnecessary hell.

Bio Dome was absolutely torturous. It's not meant to be taken seriously, but I'm convinced that you would either have to be retarded, or have recently had a lobotomy to enjoy this movie. Movies that have plots that can be summed up in one sentence usually aren't that great to begin with. Here's the whole synopsis: Two stoners go into a bio dome and then come out some time later. Nothing else worthy of mentioning happens, believe me.

There have to be better forms of entertainment than this. Go outside and run yourself into exhaustion. I admit, embarrassed enough, that I did sit through this entire movie, and probably lost precious IQ points as a result. I am now mentally retarded. Don't take the route I did kids.

2/10