Silent Movie (1976)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 2
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Silent Movie is just that: a totally nonverbal comedy, save for one single line. Director Mel Brooks stars as a once-famous comedy director, who with his faithful assistants Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman return to Hollywood with plans for a comeback. Brooks wants to return to the good old days by producing a silent movie (he explains this via subtitle). Producer Sid Caesar is agreeable, provided Brooks can line up top stars. In a series of vignettes better seen than described, Brooks persuades
Jun 16, 1976 Wide
Apr 4, 2006
Cast
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Mel Brooks
Mel Funn -
Marty Feldman
Marty Eggs -
Dom DeLuise
Dom Bell -
Bernadette Peters
Vilma Kaplan -
Sid Caesar
Studio Chief -
Harold Gould
Engulf -
Ron Carey
Devour -
Carol Arthur
Pregnant Lady -
Fritz Feld
Maitre d' -
Patrick Campbell
Motel Bellhop -
Charlie Callas
Blind Man -
Henny Youngman
Fly-In-Soup Man -
Eddie Ryder
British Officer -
Al Hopson
Executive -
Rudy De Luca
Executive -
Barry Levinson
Executive -
Howard Hesseman
Executive -
Lee Delano
Executive -
Jack Riley
Executive -
Sivi Aberg
Beautiful Blonde -
Erica Hagen
Beautiful Blonde -
Robert Lussier
Projectionist -
Liam Dunn
Newspaper Vendor -
Marcel Marceau
Himself -
Chuck McCann
Studio Gate Guard -
Liza Minnelli
Herself -
Harry Ritz
Man from Tailor Shop -
Arnold Soboloff
Acupuncture Patient -
Yvonne Wilder
Studio Chief's Secretar... -
Anne Bancroft
Herself -
James Caan
Himself -
Valerie Curtin
Intensive Care Nurse -
Paul Newman
Himself -
Burt Reynolds
Himself -
Inga Neilsen
Beautiful Blonde
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)
Not Brooks' best, but still funny
While Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein stride across the land with seven-league boots, Silent Movie glides on tip-toe like Bugs Bunny in ballet slippers.
Mel Brooks has never known when a joke is worthy of a five-minute bit and when it's something you can flesh out into a full length feature.
Largely a success due to some very funny sight gags, but even at a brief 87 minutes, Brooks seems to be stretching things to feature-film length in the last half-hour.
Low end of Mel Brooks' films.
Mel Brooks was THE comic master of the 70's
Brooks' tribute to silent cinema has its drawbacks, but his obvious affection for pre-talkies saves the day.
Nearly everything is done in that special Mel Brooks brand of broad comedy that quickly palls for all but the faithful.
One of the funniest movies from my childhood.
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