Silent Movie
Fox (1976)
Comedy
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IMDB   6.3
1 hr 27 mins USA / None
DVD  Region 1   PG
Mel Brooks Mel Funn
Marty Feldman Marty Eggs
Dom DeLuise Dom Bell
Sid Caesar Studio Chief
Harold Gould Engulf
Ron Carey Devour
Bernadette Peters Vilma Kaplan
Carol DeLuise Pregnant Lady (as Carol Arthur)
Liam Dunn Newsvendor
Fritz Feld Maitre d'
Director
Mel Brooks
Producer Michael Hertzberg
Writer Ron Clark
Mel Brooks

One of Mel Brooks's weaker vehicles, this 1976 feature finds a movie producer (Brooks) deciding that the public is ready for the silent film form again. Reasonably ambitious and promising, the film ultimately doesn't do for silent cinema what Brooks did for atmospheric horror (by reviving it while parodying it) in Young Frankenstein. Lots of famous faces pass through Silent Movie, to varying effect. Perhaps the best joke in the movie is the one performer who actually has a line of dialogue: mime Marcel Marceau. --Tom Keogh
Edition Details
Distributor Fox
Subtitles English; German; Italian
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Price $26.99
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