Silent Movie (1976)


Silent Movie
Release Date16 June 1976
Budget$4,000,000
GenreComedy
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsUniversity of California, Irvine, California, USA
Sound MixStereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassParody/Spoof, Slapstick, Absurd Comedy
MoodJust for Laughs
ThemesAll Washed Up, Filmmaking, Nothing Goes Right
TonesStylized, Goofy, Madcap, Irreverent, Quirky, Satirical, Sweet
TagsActor, Alcoholism, Chase, Comeback, Film Director, Girlfriend, Silent Film, Studio, Takeover

Silent Movie is a 1976 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman playing themselves.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Mel Funn

Marty Eggs

Dom Bell

Studio Chief

Engulf

Devour

Vilma Kaplan

Pregnant Lady

Liam Dunn
Newsvendor

Maitre d'

Studio Gate Guard

Intensive Care Nurse

Studio Chief's Secretary

Man in Tailor Shop

Blindman

Fly-in-soup Man

Arnold Soboloff
Acupuncture Man

Patrick Campbell
Motel Bellhop

Eddie Ryder
British Officer

Al Hopson
Executive

Rudy De Luca
Executive

Executive

Executive

Lee Delano
Executive

Executive

Beautiful Blonde #1

Beautiful Blonde #2

Robert Lussier
Projectionist

Himself

Himself

Herself

Herself

Himself

Himself

Beautiful Blonde #3

Tourist woman #1

Phil Leeds
Waiter

Bit part

Ray Stewart
Movie House Manager

Jerry Trent
Dancer

Director

Writer

Ron Clark
,

Rudy De Luca

Producer

Michael Hertzberg
producer

Original Music

John Morris
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Cinematographer

Paul Lohmann

Editor

Stanford C. Allen
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John C. Howard
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Casting Director

Mary Goldberg
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Production Designer

Albert Brenner

Set Decorator

Rick Simpson
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Costume Designer

Patricia Norris
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Makeup Department

Mary Keats
hair stylist

Charles H. Schram
makeup man

makeup artist

Production Manager

Frank Baur
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Max Kleven
second unit director

Edward Teets
assistant director

Richard A. Wells
second assistant director

Art Department

Stephen Myles Berger
assistant art director

Richard Evans
assistant property master

Tom Fairbanks
property master

Hendrik Wynands
construction coordinator

Sound Department

Don Hall
sound editor

Don MacDougall
sound re-recording mixer

Richard Portman
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Ira Anderson Jr.
special effects

Stunts

Max Kleven
stunt coordinator

Roydon Clark
stunts

Paula Dell
stunts

James M. Halty
stunts

Orwin C. Harvey
stunts

Bob Herron
stunts

Harvey Parry
stunts

Greg Walker
stunts

Dick Warlock
utility stunts

Jesse Wayne
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Edmond L. Koons
camera operator

J. Michael Marlett
gaffer

Tom Prophet Jr.
key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jay Caplan
wardrobe: men

Wally Harton
wardrobe: men

Nancy Martinelli
wardrobe: ladies

Editorial Department

David Blangsted
assistant editor

Music Department

Billy Byers
orchestrator

Kevin F. Cleary
music recordist

John Morris
orchestrator

conductor

Jack Lesberg
musician: bass

Transportation Department

William Hogue
driver

Other Crew

Ron Clark
production consultant

Anthony Goldschmidt
title designer: Pacific Title

Robert Iscove
choreographer

Ray Quiroz
script supervisor

Production Company

Crossbow Productions
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Key Video

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Miscellaneous

Pacific Title
titles