Actors: Mel Brooks, Dom
DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Anne Bancroft, Liza
Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman
Rating: 7 out of 10,
This hasn’t aged well because all of the big stars that were one of the movie’s
gimmicks are either dead or not that big a deal any more. It still remains a loving tribute to the silent
movie era and resurrects a lot of the typical scenarios prevalent in that
genre. Brooks is better behind the
camera and/or writing than as a lead actor.
It could have been a better movie if the maniacal Marty Feldman was allowed
more free rein as well. The plot involves
a has-been movie director trying to convince a studio head and A List actors to
make – a silent movie. If nothing else
this was a nice trip down slapstick memory lane.
MVP: Feldman as the
slightly perverted Marty Eggs
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