Movie Info

A university professor is paid to find the last undiscovered tribe of New Guinea. When he fails to find the tribe, he comes home, and rather than admi...(read more...) tting that he's failed, he gives a lecture about the Shelmikedmu tribe (named after his children: Shelly, Mike, and Edmund). He then has his family dress like "Shelmikedmus", so that he can film them as proof of his discovery.

Director: Todd Holland

MPAA: PG-13

Running Time: 94 min.

Release Date: Feb 27, 1998

Cast: Carl Michael Lindner, David Ogden Stiers, Elaine Stritch, Gregory Smith, Jenna Elfman, Lily Tomlin, Natasha Lyonne, Richard Dreyfuss, Siobhan Fallon, Stephen Root, Susan Ruttan, Tom Poston