Brain donors 1992 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Then again, brain donors seems to be a movie that plays best if you approach it with modest expectations. Funny if blatent attempt at copying the marx brothers. Watch brain donors movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Amazingly funny film with great performances by all the cast, especially turturro. Brain donors 1992 dennis dugan cast and crew allmovie. The first few minutes will surely leave firsttimers wondering what they got themselves into, but once it picks up steam, is a comedy almost on par with classics like airplane. Stoogelike antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich. Brain donors 1992 stream and watch online moviefone. Brain donors is a game attempt to redo the marx brothers a night at the opera in a contemporary setting. Brain donors, dvd, manufactured on demand, dolby, ac3, comedy video, 032429330468. Movie, brain donors movie,brain donors trailer,brain donors 1992, dennis dugan,bob nelson, john turturro, mel smith, nancy marchand. Patterned after a night at the opera, brain donors badly.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. You are purchasing an original 1992 brain donors rolled, doublesided one sheet movie poster. Brain donors direction is a bit too much sometimes. Brain donors 1992 pg 1h 20min comedy 17 april 1992 usa three manic idiots. This movie follows that type and it is exceptional. Brain donors is a short, reasonably snappy attempt at nothing less than a presentday marx brothers comedy, with a cigarwaving john turturro mugging furiously in. Gallery of 5 movie poster and cover images for brain donors 1992. Read the brain donors movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. 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.
The title brain donors sounds like a horror film and for those expecting a comedy, it is. Stoogelike antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming bigshot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet. Its a bizarre question, and brain donors citywidea remake of a night at the opera, set in the world of. Released 1992, brain donors stars johnturturro, bobnelson, melsmith, nancymarchand the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 19 min, and received a score of 44 out of 100 on metacritic, which. Why try to do a new marx brothers movie when the marxes arent around. Great oneliners are delivered at a rapid pace and this movie is. The film was originally shot under the title lame ducks hence the animated duck in the movies title sequence, and studio paramount was going to give it a tremendous marketing push, hopeful that it would kickstart an ongoing comedy series.
I initially saw this movie on cable as a preteen, and when i revisited it a few years ago, i was pleasantly surprised by how much of the verbal humor. Brain donors is a 1992 american comedy film released by paramount pictures, loosely based on the marx brothers comedies a night at the opera and a day at. With john turturro, bob nelson, mel smith, nancy marchand. Movie info brain donors is a game attempt to redo the marx brothers a night at the opera in a contemporary setting. Mel smith, bob nelson, john turturro, teri copley three manic idiotsa lawyer, cab driver and a handymanteam up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Three manic idiotsa lawyer, cab driver and a handymanteam up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. The movie is quick and breezy for its first halfhour, then seems to grind down to a deadened pace. The idea of doing a remake of a marx brothers movie would already sound illadvised in itself seeing how its not the plots you watch those films for, but to try to recreate the very essence of those movies with a new cast seems doubly sacrilegious.
Flakfizer, to fulfill her late husbands dream of founding a ballet company, is merely a vehicle for a hilarious movie. John turturro plays the groucho character, a shifty lawyer hes even given a grouchoesque threebarrelled moniker. Brain donors 1992 original rolled ds 1 sheet movie poster. The actors routines lose their freshness, and the nonexistent story line becomes apparent. However, the zucker brothers, who were the main producers of the film, had a falling out with paramount and left the studio during postproduction. Brain donors is a game attempt to redo the marx brothers marx brothers in a contemporary setting. Cast and characters edit john turturro as roland t. Poster measures 27 wide x 40 high and is in very good condition with some handling wear. A sleazy lawyer and his two goofy friends seek control of a ballet company by sweettalking its wealthy patron. Before long, she has two incapable assistants including a useless jackofalltrades and master of none named jacques nelson and rocco smith who is a.
Their new film is basically a direct rip from the marx brothers classic a night at the. Brain donors is the hilarious story about a wealthy widow lillian nancy marchand who decides to found a ballet company after getting legal advice from her lawyer roland flakfizer turturro. The storyline of brain donors, about a rich widow who hires a screwball attorney, roland t. Brain donors 1992 is an american comedy movie released by paramount pictures, loosely based on the marx brothers comedies a night at the opera and a day at the races the two films the marx brothers did after leaving paramount. Poster does have some light soiling and a few minor dings.
Like the best marx brothers films, brain donors has gags for the sake of gags. A great memorable quote from the brain donors movie on roland t. Clips from brain donors,in order of how movie is played out. They had grown up doing vaudeville and it carried over into their movies. Find movie and film cast and crew information for brain donors 1992 dennis dugan on allmovie. For information about current medical research appeals, see brain donationbrain donors 1992 is an american comedy movie released by paramount pictures, loosely based on the marx brothers comedies a night at the opera and a day at the races the first two. Bob nelson is the harpo counterpart, a puckish handyman. Brain donors 1992 webrip 1080p yts yify three manic idiots. Brain donors is an american comedy movie released by paramount pictures, loosely based on the marx brothers comedies a night at. Were also a little fuzzy on panaglutin and viscosity. Tribute to the marx brothers, antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming bigshot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
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And mel smith completes the trio as a chicolike cabbie. Brain donors 1992 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. John turturro plays the groucho character, a shifty lawyer hes even given a. Its a bizarre question, and brain donors citywidea remake of a. From the zucker brothers, the creators of the naked gun. Download brain donors yts yify movies torrents download. Featuring a great cast, this film pays tribute to the marx and ritz brothers and slides in a few jokes that groucho couldnt get away with. Three oddballs, including flakfizer, soon put the three stooges to shame with their antics.