SILENT MOVIE (1976) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise,
Sid Caesar, Bernadette Peters, Marcel Marceau,
Harold Gould, Chuck McCann, Valerie Curtin,
Burt Reynolds, Anne Bancroft, Paul Newman
An almost silent comedy with Mel, Dom and Marty as Hollywood players trying to land enough big-name stars to persuade a beleaguered studio chief (Sid Caesar) to let them make a silent movie. A 90-minute barrage of crazy sight gags that works best as a showcase for Feldman, who in another era would've made a great silent clown. It contains exactly one word of dialogue, spoken by the cast member you'd least expect to pierce the silent wall.
Sid Caesar
(1922-2014)
