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Overview

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6.4/10   5,677 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mel Brooks (screenplay) &
Ron Clark (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 June 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
MovieWeb's 2009 DVD Holiday Gift Guide
 (From MovieWeb. 20 November 2009, 12:55 PM, PST)

The Hatchet Q & A from the Cinefamily Screening
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User Comments:
What Can Words Say? more (44 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 ... Blindman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
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Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One scene shows the skyline of New York City. The orchestra begins playing "San Francisco", and the music comes to a sudden and noisy halt. The orchestra then goes into "I'll Take Manhattan". more
Goofs:
Continuity: As the car carrying Funn, Eggs and Bell approaches the gatehouse at Big Picture Studios, the windscreen of their car is flat on the hood of the car. But in the following shot from the rear of the car, the windscreen is obviously up when they crash into the lowered barrier, and the windscreen is again down as the car rolls under the barrier. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[last lines]
Marcel Marceau: [the only line heard] No!
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Soundtrack:
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FAQ

Is this movie really silent?
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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
What Can Words Say?, 4 May 2001
9/10
Author: EmperorNortonII from San Francisco, California

It's been decades since silent movies were regularly made. Mel Brooks took a bold step in conceiving a modern silent for his classic "Silent Movie." He seems to understand the classic slapstick of the old silents, and it shows in his movie. And who can forget Marcel Marceau's line, "Non!" (especially since it's the only line of dialogue)?

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