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Silent Movie
Comedy
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy broad physical comedy, visual gags, affectionate industry satire, and the challenge of telling a feature-length story without spoken dialogue.
- Tone
- playful, satirical, lighthearted
- Payoff
- amusement
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- gentle
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- filmmaking, artistic persistence, commercial pressure, celebrity culture
- Setting
- contemporary 1970s, financially troubled Hollywood studio and production sets