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Release Date: 1976
Cast: Marty Feldman, Chuck McCann, Yvonne Wilder, Bernadette Peters, Barry Levinson, Harry Ritz, Valerie Curtin, Marcel Marceau, Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Paul Newman, Charlie Callas ...MORE
Cast: Marty Feldman, Chuck McCann, Yvonne Wilder, Bernadette Peters, Barry Levinson, Harry Ritz, Valerie Curtin, Marcel Marceau, Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Paul Newman, Charlie Callas, Liam Dunn, Carol Arthur, Howard Hesseman, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Liza Minnelli, Fritz Feld, Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks, James Caan ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Silent Film, Absurdism, Slapstick, Parody, Comedy
Silent Movie is a 1976 satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman playing themselves.
While indeed silent (except for one word and numerous sound effects), the film is a parody of the silent film genre, particularly the slapstick comedies of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. Among the film's many... MORE
Silent Movie is a 1976 satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman playing themselves.
While indeed silent (except for one word and numerous sound effects), the film is a parody of the silent film genre, particularly the slapstick comedies of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. Among the film's many jokes is the fact that the only audible line in the movie is spoken by a noted mime (Marcel Marceau).
Sound is a big factor in the film's humor, as when a scene that shows New York City begins with the song "San Francisco", only to have it come to a sudden stop as if the musicians realize they are playing the wrong music. They then go into "I'll Take Manhattan" instead.
A play on the 1970s trend of large corporations buying up smaller companies is parodied in this film by the attempt of the Engulf and Devour Corporation to take control of a studio (a thinly veiled reference to Gulf+Western's takeover LESS
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