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The Man with Two Brains

  • 19831983
  • RR
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
26K
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Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
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  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Sci-Fi
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.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
26K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Carl Reiner
  • Writers
    • George Gipe
    • Steve Martin
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Steve Martin
    • Kathleen Turner
    • David Warner
Top credits
  • Director
    • Carl Reiner
  • Writers
    • George Gipe
    • Steve Martin
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Steve Martin
    • Kathleen Turner
    • David Warner
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 95User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
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  • Videos1

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    Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Steve Martin and Rick Moranis in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Steve Martin and Rick Moranis in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Randi Brooks in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    Randi Brooks 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)
    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 Hfuhruhurras Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr
    Kathleen Turner
    Kathleen Turner
    • Dolores Benedictas Dolores Benedict
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Dr. Alfred Necessiteras Dr. Alfred Necessiter
    Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict
    • Butleras Butler
    Richard Brestoff
    Richard Brestoff
    • Dr. Pasteuras Dr. Pasteur
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • Realtoras Realtor
    George Furth
    George Furth
    • Timonas Timon
    Peter Hobbs
    Peter Hobbs
    • Dr. Brandonas Dr. Brandon
    Earl Boen
    Earl Boen
    • Dr. Felix Conradas Dr. Felix Conrad
    Bernie Hern
    Bernie Hern
    • Gun Selleras Gun Seller
    Francis X. McCarthy
    Francis X. McCarthy
    • Olsenas Olsen
    • (as Frank McCarthy)
    William Traylor
    • Inspectoras Inspector
    Randi Brooks
    Randi Brooks
    • Franas Fran
    Bernard Behrens
    Bernard Behrens
    • James Gladstoneas James Gladstone
    Russell Orozco
    • Juanas Juan
    Natividad Vacío
    Natividad Vacío
    • Ramonas Ramon
    • (as Natividad Vacio)
    David Byrd
    David Byrd
    • Desk Clerkas Desk Clerk
    Adrian Ricard
    • Nurse in Roomas Nurse in Room
    • Director
      • Carl Reiner
    • Writers
      • George Gipe
      • Steve Martin
      • Carl Reiner
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    • Trivia
      Carl Reiner would say in an interview, "That movie has one of my favorite scenes ever, with the little four-year-old girl. She's standing on the corner watching, and Steve has just run over Kathleen Turner and almost killed her, and she's lying there and she needs help. He says to the four-year-old girl, 'Listen, take these instructions,' and he gives her the most complicated instructions--has her call the ER and gives her four telephone numbers, and then he gives her ten different kinds of medical treatments. And he has her repeat it, and she repeats it to him, word for word. I'll never forget that, because I thought we'd be there all day. Luckily I took a close-up of her, because she repeated it word for word and that's the only take we ever took." Afterwards the interviewer said he thought the little girl, Mya Stark, was reading from a cue card. Reiner replied, "No, no, she was four, she couldn't read! And by the way, one day I was at a store, and there's a woman who's an executive there, and she says, 'We know each other.' I say, 'No, I'm sorry, I don't recall.' She says, 'Remember that girl from "The Man with Two Brains"?' and I said, 'Oh my God!' She was like 35 years old. That was one of my favorite human beings ever, that little girl."
    • 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 reviews95

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Murmur!
    Policeman: "That woman's not drunk, she's dead!" Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr: "Oh, i better get her to a cemetary right away!"

    Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: The only time we doctors should accept death is when it's caused by our own incompetence.

    Shameless madcap farce from Director Carl Reiner (The Jerk, All of Me, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, That Old Feeling) is part romance melodrama, part sex comedy, part thriller, part medical drama, and all silliness. Yet it uses this silliness to touch on a fairly risque philosophical issue - what exactly makes us human? Kathleen Turner is in temptress mode as Martin's new wife who lives to torment men, and forces Martin to seek comfort elsewhere... with a brain in a jar!

    Anne Uumellmahaye: I don't think there's a girl floating in a jar anywhere who's as happy as I am.

    You have to admire the over-the-top and on-the-edge comedy pairing of Reiner and Martin which produces genuine hilarity, letting-loose fun and general enjoyment for a nice friday night hour and a half (good length too!).

    Two thumbs way-up!
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    • Apr 17, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 3, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Mann mit zwei Gehirnen
    • Filming locations
      • Castle Green Apartments - 99 S. Raymond, Pasadena, California, USA
    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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

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