The Man with Two Brains (1983)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Carl Reiner

Writers:

George Gipe (written by)
Steve Martin (written by)

Release Date:

3 June 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Steve Martin Is A World Famous Surgeon. He Invented Screw Top, Zip Lock Brain Surgery. Trust Him.

Plot:

Steve Martin comedy about brain transplantation.

Plot Keywords:

Brain | Murder | Medical | Transplantation | Disembodied Brain

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr
Kathleen Turner	...	Dolores Benedict
David Warner	...	Dr. Alfred Necessiter
Paul Benedict	...	Butler
Richard Brestoff	...	Dr. Pasteur
James Cromwell	...	Realtor
George Furth	...	Timon
Peter Hobbs	...	Dr. Brandon
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Felix Conrad
Bernie Hern	...	Gun Seller
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Olsen (as Frank McCarthy)
William Traylor	...	Inspector
Randi Brooks	...	Fran
Bernard Behrens	...	James Gladstone
Russell Orozco	...	Juan

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Castle Green Apartments - 99 S. Raymond, Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

Aspen Film Society

Trivia:

When Steve Martin gets the bottle of window cleaner from the trunk of the car, the brand name is listed on the bottle, too small and too briefly to be seen without pausing the film. If you pause it, you can see that the label says "Pane in the Glass" window cleaner.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Dr. Hfuhruhurr is checking Dolores for grip strength, he says to the nurse, "Make a note; right arm good, left arm nothing." It was the other way around.

Quotes:

Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: I never thought it could be like that.That was the most exciting sexual encounter - without actually having it - that I ever, almost had.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: The Man with Two Brians (#7.5)" (2008)

Murmur!

Policeman: "That woman's not drunk, she's dead!" Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr: "Oh, i better get her to a cemetary right away!"

Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: The only time we doctors should accept death is when it's caused by our own incompetence.

Shameless madcap farce from Director Carl Reiner (The Jerk, All of Me, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, That Old Feeling) is part romance melodrama, part sex comedy, part thriller, part medical drama, and all silliness. Yet it uses this silliness to touch on a fairly risque philosophical issue - what exactly makes us human? Kathleen Turner is in temptress mode as Martin's new wife who lives to torment men, and forces Martin to seek comfort elsewhere... with a brain in a jar!

Anne Uumellmahaye: I don't think there's a girl floating in a jar anywhere who's as happy as I am.

You have to admire the over-the-top and on-the-edge comedy pairing of Reiner and Martin which produces genuine hilarity, letting-loose fun and general enjoyment for a nice friday night hour and a half (good length too!).

Two thumbs way-up!