L'ultima follia di Mel Brooks
Trama
Un regista alcolizzato, insieme ai suoi due bizzarri assistenti, tenta di salvare una casa di produzione indipendente realizzando un film muto e puntando sulla partecipazione di grandi nomi del cinema: Paul Newman, Liza Minnelli, James Caan, Anne Bancroft e il mimo francese Marcel Marceau che pronuncia l'unica parola del film. Film ineguale e squilibrato come la fantasia del suo autore; raffica di gag mute, doppi sensi e demenzialità ante litteram. Alcuni momenti, però, sono indimenticabili.
(1976) Commedia
Data rilascio : 17/06/1976
regia di Mel Brooks
Budget : 4.400.000,00 $
Incasso : 36.145.695,00 $
Cast
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 Arthur - Pregnant Lady
Liam Dunn - Newsvendor
Fritz Feld - Maitre d'
Chuck McCann - Studio Gate Guard
Valerie Curtin - Intensive Care Nurse
Yvonne Wilder - Studio Chief's Secretary
Harry Ritz - Man in Tailor Shop
Charlie Callas - Blind Man
Henny Youngman - Fly-in-Soup Man
Arnold Soboloff - Acupuncture Man
Patrick Campbell - Motel Bellhop
Eddie Ryder - British Officer
Al Hopson - Executive
Rudy De Luca - Executive
Barry Levinson - Executive
Howard Hesseman - Executive
Lee Delano - Executive
Jack Riley - Executive
Inga Neilsen - Beautiful Blonde #1
Erica Hagen - Beautiful Blonde #2
Robert Lussier - Projectionist
Burt Reynolds - Self
James Caan - Self
Liza Minnelli - Self
Anne Bancroft - Self
Marcel Marceau - Self
Paul Newman - Self
Sivi Aberg - Beautiful Blonde #3 (uncredited)
Jack Berle - Audience Member (uncredited)
Nick Borgani - Audience Member (uncredited)
Brian Clark - Young Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
George DeNormand - Patient (uncredited)
Erik Estrada - Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Dennis Falt - Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
Dody Goodman - Tourist Woman (uncredited)
Bob Harks - Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
George Holmes - Audience Member (uncredited)
Shep Houghton - Audience Member (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen - Audience Member (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers - Patient (uncredited)
Phil Leeds - Waiter (uncredited)
Norman Palmer - Patient (uncredited)
Harvey Parry - Steam Roller Operator (uncredited)
Candice Rialson - Girl (uncredited)
Leoda Richards - Patient (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts - Audience Member (uncredited)
Alton Ruff - Anne Bancroft's Associate (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo - Club Patron (uncredited)
Bill Scully - Audience Member (uncredited)
Ray Stewart - Movie House Manager (uncredited)
Robert Strong - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jerry Trent - Dancer (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury - Audience Member (uncredited)
Gary Wright - Audience Member (uncredited)
John Zimeas - Waiter (uncredited)