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Writers (WGA):
Pat Proft (screenplay)
George S. Kaufman (screenplay) (suggestion) ...
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Release Date:
17 April 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
The producers of Airplane! and The Naked Gun invite you to a night of ballet. Fasten your seat belts. more
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Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire... more | add synopsis
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If you like the Marx Brothers, you'll like Brain Donors more (61 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Turturro | ... | Roland T. Flakfizer |
 | Bob Nelson | ... | Jacques |
| Mel Smith | ... | Rocco Melonchek |
| George De La Pena | ... | Roberto Volare |
| John Savident | ... | Edmund Lazlo |
| Spike Alexander | ... | Alan Grant |
 | Juliana Donald | ... | Lisa Le Baron (as Juli Donald) |
| Nancy Marchand | ... | Lillian Oglethorpe |
| Teri Copley | ... | Tina |
| Irene Olga López | ... | Pedestrian |
| Warren Thomas | ... | Paramedic |
| Dick Monday | ... | Rob |
| Katherine Heard | ... | Laura |
| Michael Ciotti | ... | Kid |
 | Gary Grossman | ... | Father |
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Also Known As:
Lame Ducks
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Spain:76 min | USA:80 min
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In 1991, Paramount Pictures was preparing to release the film under the title "Lame Ducks" with a major ad campaign, playing up the fact that it was produced by David and Jerry Zucker who produced Airplane (1980) and The Naked Gun (1988), but when the brothers bailed on the project, the movie was shelved, the publicity campaign was scrapped and the title was changed to "Brain Donors". It was released in a few theaters to some positive reviews, but it really made it's money on home video where it has attracted a small cult following. more
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Continuity: At the first party, Jacques is seen juggling scarves and is suddenly behind Flakfizer and then back juggling again. more
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Laslow:
[upon discovering that the doctors were the three men in disguise] Ah hah! So you were the doctors!
Rocco:
No we're not them. We're somebody else. The men you're looking for are our identical twin brothers, and you'll never see us together, 'cause we love the same women!
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THEME FROM 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK' more
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An obvious rip-off of the Marx Brothers' "Night at the Opera," but who cares? It was damn funny, with John Turturro playing the Groucho part to the hilt and the hilarious Bob Nelson doing a great Harpo, right down to the raincoat. A pity it bombed in theaters, but it makes a great "This one too" movie to rent -- an hour and a half you won't regret plopping on the couch and laughing your head off.