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The Man with Two Brains

  • 1983
  • 14A
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
28K
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Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
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A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

  • Director
    • Carl Reiner
  • Writers
    • George Gipe
    • Steve Martin
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Steve Martin
    • Kathleen Turner
    • David Warner
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    28K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Carl Reiner
    • Writers
      • George Gipe
      • Steve Martin
      • Carl Reiner
    • Stars
      • Steve Martin
      • Kathleen Turner
      • David Warner
    • 101User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kathleen Turner in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Kathleen Turner in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Kathleen Turner in The Man with Two Brains (1983)

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    Steve Martin
    Steve Martin
    • Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr
    Kathleen Turner
    Kathleen Turner
    • Dolores Benedict
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Dr. Alfred Necessiter
    Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict
    • Butler
    Richard Brestoff
    Richard Brestoff
    • Dr. Pasteur
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • Realtor
    George Furth
    George Furth
    • Timon
    Peter Hobbs
    Peter Hobbs
    • Dr. Brandon
    Earl Boen
    Earl Boen
    • Dr. Felix Conrad
    Bernie Hern
    Bernie Hern
    • Gun Seller
    Francis X. McCarthy
    Francis X. McCarthy
    • Olsen
    • (as Frank McCarthy)
    William Traylor
    • Inspector
    Randi Brooks
    Randi Brooks
    • Fran
    Bernard Behrens
    Bernard Behrens
    • James Gladstone
    Russell Orozco
    • Juan
    Natividad Vacío
    Natividad Vacío
    • Ramon
    • (as Natividad Vacio)
    David Byrd
    David Byrd
    • Desk Clerk
    Adrian Ricard
    • Nurse in Room
    • Director
      • Carl Reiner
    • Writers
      • George Gipe
      • Steve Martin
      • Carl Reiner
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    • Trivia
      Kathleen Turner once said of this movie, "After Body Heat (1981), I got a lot of offers but none of the films were good enough. I wanted this part because it's a comedy and because the character was so outrageous. I thought if I was very brave, I could do some extraordinary things with it. It wasn't a run-of-the-mill token female role."
    • Goofs
      The painting is torn before the cat scratches it.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Little girl.

      Little Girl: Yes sir.

      Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: I want you to do something very important, alright?

      Little Girl: OK.

      Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: I want you to run home and I want you to call the E.R. of North Bank General Hospital, 932-1000. Tell them to set up OR6 immediately and contact anesthesiologist Isadore Turek 472-2112 beep 12. Have him send an ambulance with a paramedic crew, light IV, D5NW-KVO. You got it?

      Little Girl: E.R. North Bank General Hospital 932-1000. Setup OR6. Contact anesthesiologist Isadore Turek 472-2112 beep 12. Ambulance with paramedics and light IV, D5NW and KVO.

      Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: That's good.

      Little Girl: Sounds like a subdural hematoma to me.

      Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Oh it does, does it? Well, it's not your job to diagnose!

      Little Girl: But I thought...

      Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: You thought, you thought... just go! Three years of nursery school and you think you know it all. Well you're still wet behind the ears. It's not subdural hematoma, it's epidural! Ha! God damn that makes me mad!

    • Crazy credits
      At the end is shown: Merv Griffin did not turn himself in and is at large. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, call your local theatre manager
    • Alternate versions
      In addition to replacing the WB logos, the 2014 Warner Archive DVD is missing the first few notes of score on the first credit screen. Instead of two short grace notes and a heavy piano note, it's just the last. 1998 open-matte DVD has the original logos and those notes of score.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Man with Two Brains/Superman III/Trading Places/Psycho II (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Under the Bamboo Tree
      (uncredited)

      Music by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson

      Lyrics by Bob Cole

      Performed by Steve Martin and Sissy Spacek

    User reviews101

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Martin's second most wackiest comedy
    This is most indeed Steve Martin's second most wackiest comedy after "The Jerk". Everything about this movie has zip, craze and certain kind of frantic in the pace, which makes for an absouloutley lovable comedy. The story centers round Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin), spelt Haf-far, he is most probaly the worlds greatest brain surgeon, he is rich and famous. But Michael has emotional problems and his wife died some time ago, though lucky Michael ends up meeting the evil, sexy and seductive Delores (Kathleen Turner), who is a gold digging "Scum queen". They supposedly fall in love and get married, though Michael sensing some problems thinks it is going down hill and thinks a honey moon to Europe would help and so he and Delores go. The Man With Two Brains has two stories, one involves what I said above and another takes place around Europe where Michael ends up falling in love with his research, a human brain! It is Romeo and Juliet as their love is forbiden and Michael goes to extreme lengths to ensure they remain in each others arms, okay that was a bad excuse. What makes The Man With Two Brains so great is the colourful, eighties, eneergetic look that adds the crazy wack to the movie. There are many comedic sets in the movie e.g the condo, scenes in Hfuhrhurr 's hospital. Any movie in which Steve Martin stars is bound to be watchable, but what Martin did back here was he would overact a lot more, he would not do his everyman thing, he is indeed crazy, his eyes in this movie shows a locked up genius with a crazy edge. The character of Hfuhruhurr is a very unlikeable person, but with Martin playing him he is the good guy, he makes you want to come out of this with his loved one. Kathleen Turner is also a comic delight as she does a little micky take of "Body Heat". Screen play wise this is also one of Martin's best as it is witty and full of excellent scenarios. As with any classic comedy there has to be a funny scene that stands above the rest, the scene at the beginning in the car is excellent, Hfuhrhurr: "Can you tell me what you wrote, I believe I may have sounded snobbish?" Interviwer: "My research is the some of the greastest the world has ever seen and in that way will proably so ever plant my reputation as a great proffesor for all eterntity" Hfuhrhurr:"No it didn't sound snobbish... Take out the probably though. Makes me sound wishy washy." Now that is excellent Martin, he does it with every film, not everyody would get that. Another hilarious thing about this movie is it's music, it is so corny and cheesy but without sounding annoying it is just plain funny. Bottom line is, this is one of Martin's landmark films, a film which has visula look, brilliant pacing, trademark manic peformance by Martin and memorbale scenes that stick in the mind. Absoloutley wack, crazy, wild, funny and hilarious.
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    • Jun 5, 2003

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    • Release date
      • June 3, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • L'homme aux deux cerveaux
    • Filming locations
      • Castle Green Apartments - 99 S. Raymond, Pasadena, California, USA(hotel in Austria)
    • Production companies
      • Aspen Film Society
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,353,438
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,498,931
      • Jun 5, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,353,438
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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