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3 June 1983 (USA)
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Steve Martin Is A World Famous Surgeon. He Invented Screw Top, Zip Lock Brain Surgery. Trust Him. more
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Steve Martin comedy about brain transplantation. full summary | add synopsis
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Paging Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Steve Martin | ... | Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr | |
| Kathleen Turner | ... | Dolores Benedict | |
| David Warner | ... | Dr. Alfred Necessiter | |
| Paul Benedict | ... | Butler | |
| Richard Brestoff | ... | Dr. Pasteur | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Realtor | |
| George Furth | ... | Timon | |
| Peter Hobbs | ... | Dr. Brandon | |
| Earl Boen | ... | Dr. Felix Conrad | |
| Bernie Hern | ... | Gun Seller | |
| Francis X. McCarthy | ... | Olsen (as Frank McCarthy) | |
| William Traylor | ... | Inspector | |
| Randi Brooks | ... | Fran | |
| Bernard Behrens | ... | James Gladstone | |
| Russell Orozco | ... | Juan |
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Portugal:M/12 |
Norway:15 (TV rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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When Steve Martin gets the bottle of window cleaner from the trunk of the car, the brand name is listed on the bottle, too small and too briefly to be seen without pausing the film. If you pause it, you can see that the label says "Pane in the Glass" window cleaner.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When he is in the room with Dolores and she has her left hand in his pants, the doctor tells the nurse her right arm good, and holds up her left arm. When she says the left arm has no improvement, he raises her right arm.
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Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr:
She just doesn't have any... ”VA-VOOOOOM"!
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
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THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS (1983) ***1/2 Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, Merv Griffin, Sissy Spacek (voice only). Martin is hilarious as brilliant neuro surgeon of the screw-top transplant, Dr. Hfuhruhurr (pronounced as it sounds!) who has brains on his mind and a "devil woman" wife (the sultry Turner loving every minute of it) as he falls in love with a brain in a jar (voice supplied by the melancholic Spacek). Part Mad Scientist spoof, part Marx Bros./3 Stooges dialogue all parts brilliantly goofy and some wickedly funny moments. Best line: "Into the mud Scum Queen!" Get that cat out of here!! Merv Griffin has a cameo in one truly stunning plot twist.