Silent Movie - 1976

Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Folded as Issued 

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Size: 47 x 63 inches (120 x 160 cm)

An original French Grande movie poster from 1976 for the aptly named “Silent Movie”

An American satirical silent comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters and Sid Caesar, with cameos by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman as themselves. It is an affectionate parody of slapstick comedies, including those of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett and Buster Keaton. 

Mel Funn, a once-great Hollywood film director, is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck. He and his sidekicks, Dom Bell and Marty Eggs, pitch to Big Pictures Studios' Chief the idea to make the first silent movie in forty years.

The Chief rejects the idea at first, but Funn convinces him that if he can get Hollywood's biggest stars to be in the film, it could save the studio from a takeover by New York conglomerate Engulf & Devour.

“She's incredible! I hope to God she's not a female impersonator”.

Tags: 1970s American Grande Statement Poster Drama Comedy French