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Crazy People

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Crazy People
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R,1hr 30min
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1990
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Paramount
Synopsis: Dudley Moore stars as Emory Lesson, an advertising genius whose finds himself committed to an insane asylum in Tony Bill's Crazy People. Emory becomes tired with creating phony ad campaigns and decides to create his own campaigns that tell the brutal truth. Since sex sells, Emory designs an explicit ad campaign consisting of unadorned sexuality. The campaign is so offensive that his colleagues have Emory put in a mental institution. At first Emory resists, but under the tutelage of a concerned psychiatrist, ... Full Synopsis
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Vastly underrated director Tony Bill reunites with Dudley Moore, the star of his film Six Weeks (1982), for this memorable comedy that relies too much on its genuinely funny central idea and not enough on developing its hilarious ensemble of wacky supporting characters. What works phenomenally well in this box-office bust is the concept of literal truth in advertising. Not only are the brutally honest ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Emory Leeson
Kathy Burgess
Stephen Bachman
Dr. Elizabeth Baylor
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