Silent Movie
1976
**½
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Paul Newman, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft
Mel Funn, a film director who destroyed his career with drinking, is convinced that he can make a comeback by directing a silent movie in the sound era, but he needs to sign a few stars to convince the studio. Mel Brooks tells this story in the form of a silent movie, obviously. His film is filled with slapstick humour and celebrity cameos, but the end result is cute rather than funny. The only spoken word comes from an unexpected source.
