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Silent Movie
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543167259
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: 2226725
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 05, 2006
Running Time: 87 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: June 16, 1976
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Editorial Review:
Mel Brooks Dom Deluise and Marty Feldman pay affectionate hilarious tribute to Hollywood's Silent Era in this classic parody of the movie business. Attempting to save his studio from the conglomerate "Engulf and Devour" a has-been movie director (Brooks) casts some of the hottest movie stars in town (all of whom spoof themselves) in one huge blockbuster film.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 024543167259 Manufacturer No: 2226725
One of Mel Brooks's weaker vehicles, this 1976 feature finds a movie producer (Brooks) deciding that the public is ready for the silent film form again. Reasonably ambitious and promising, the film ultimately doesn't do for silent cinema what Brooks did for atmospheric horror (by reviving it while parodying it) in Young Frankenstein. Lots of famous faces pass through Silent Movie, to varying effect. Perhaps the best joke in the movie is the one performer who actually has a line of dialogue: mime Marcel Marceau. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Not great, but it's still fun
This is a second-tier Mel Brooks effort, which means it's very funny but not as consistently uproarious as YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE PRODUCERS or BLAZING SADDLES. However, there are still some inspired moments, especially the encounters with Burt Reynolds, Anne Bancroft, and Paul Newman. (By comparison, the bits with Liza Minnelli and James Caan promise more than they deliver.)
I'm sure this was not a high-priority DVD title for 20th Century-Fox, but nevertheless it would have been nice ... Read More
Rating:  - I love this movie
After watching almost every single Mel Brooks movie, I love this one as well!
It has his signature all over it and the people that he works with are so classic! If you have the patience for a silent film please watch but I do caution you on watching this movie with impatient people, it is for true film buffs!
Rating: - Silent Movie
This is a great movie. I ordered it for my husband and myself. We have checked it out many times from the library and wanted a copy for our own library. Thanks for making this possible.
Rating:  - Not the best Mel Brooks but it is Mel Brooks
It was fun to watch this movie again. I had seen it as a child, so I did not
even know who all the stars were. Looking again, I noticed lots of actors, like
James Cann that I did not even know when I first saw this film. Not the funniest
Mel brooks film, but it has a very unique feel to it. If you've never seen this movie,
I suggest you rent it before deciding to buy, unless you are collecting
all of Mel Brook's works. The same goes for Mel Brook's 12 chairs.
Rating: - One great big campy YES !!!
Silent Movie represents Mel Brooks' successful attempt to lampoon the greed of Hollywood with a comic tribute to the era of silent films when the actors merely had to work on their "faces." Silent Movie runs along at a brisk 87 minutes and the action simply never stops. The plot holds your attention and the color remains quite good after all these years.
Mel Brooks plays Mel Funn, a has-been movie director whose career was ruined by drinking. However, he gets an idea that could breathe ... Read More
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