Silent Movie
Although silent film stars could emote every emotion through facial contortion, talking movies were invented because eyebrows could not convey sarcasm.
Fortunately, this comedy opted for parody over irony.
Dreaming of releasing the first silent movie in over four decades, former director turned drunkard Mel Funn (Mel Brooks) pursues it.
Along with his subordinates (Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman), he seeks financing from the studio head (Sid Caesar).
But with its future in doubt, Funn must assemble Hollywood's brightest stars (James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli) for the hushed homage to guarantee a hit.
Meanwhile, the perspective buyer of the failing studio plants an amorous mole (Bernadette Peters) in Funn's production.
Masterminded by Mel Brooks, Silent Movie gathers moviedom's best muggers and has'em draw on the silent genre's finest attribute: slapstick.
Incidentally, the reason slapstick and silent films worked so well together was audiences couldn't hear Buster Keaton's collarbone snapping. (Yellow Light)
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Although silent film stars could emote every emotion through facial contortion, talking movies were invented because eyebrows could not convey sarcasm.
Fortunately, this comedy opted for parody over irony.
Dreaming of releasing the first silent movie in over four decades, former director turned drunkard Mel Funn (Mel Brooks) pursues it.
Along with his subordinates (Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman), he seeks financing from the studio head (Sid Caesar).
But with its future in doubt, Funn must assemble Hollywood's brightest stars (James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli) for the hushed homage to guarantee a hit.
Meanwhile, the perspective buyer of the failing studio plants an amorous mole (Bernadette Peters) in Funn's production.
Masterminded by Mel Brooks, Silent Movie gathers moviedom's best muggers and has'em draw on the silent genre's finest attribute: slapstick.
Incidentally, the reason slapstick and silent films worked so well together was audiences couldn't hear Buster Keaton's collarbone snapping. (Yellow Light)
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