Silent movie

United States, 1976

Film
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Only one word of dialogue, (spoken by Marcel Marceau), in this Mel Brooks satire. Brooks portrays a director who comes up with a radical idea to save an ailing movie studio. He and his cronies band together to make a silent movie. Filled with slapstick gags reminiscent of the original silent classics, “Silent movie” features cameo appearances from a star studded cast including Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar and Bernadette Peters.

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Credits

director

Mel Brooks

producer

Michael Hertzberg

production company

Crossbow

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Duration

01:27:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

307060

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q834385

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