Thursday, August 4, 2011

Lets start off with the Silents....

Silent Movie (1976), Directed by Mel Brooks
A modern day silent film about the making of a modern day silent film. Say that again, please?
Film Director Mel Funn (Mel Brooks) convinces his producer (Sid Caesar) to make a modern day silent film in order to save the studio from a hostile takeover.  Extra Butter- The only person in the film to actually have a spoken line is Marcel Marceu, the famous mime. He says "Non!" when asked to be in their film.
Extra Extra- Look for the scene where they set up a cardboard cutout of starlet Vilma Kaplan (Bernadette Peters) in the boardroom.

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