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Silent Movie

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Silent Movie
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PG,1hr 26min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1976
Director:
Mel Brooks
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise  ...more
Synopsis: 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 Burt ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Silent Movie is not Mel Brooks's best film, but it may be his sweetest. There's a touching innocence about most of this film, as well as a sense of playfulness that's rather endearing. The trio of characters at the core of the film are essentially childlike in nature, and with no "dialogue" to speak of, there's little room for the raunchiness or crassness that is often found in other Brooks films. ... Full Review
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Mel Brooks
Mel Funn
Marty Feldman
Marty Eggs
Dom DeLuise
Dom Bell
Bernadette Peters
Vilma Kaplan
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