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3 June 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
Steve Martin Is A World Famous Surgeon. He Invented Screw Top, Zip Lock Brain Surgery. Trust Him. moreUser Comments:
Murmur! more (53 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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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:RFun Stuff
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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. moreGoofs:
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. moreQuotes:
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. moreFAQ
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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!