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Brain Donors

  • 19921992
  • PGPG
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
4.4K
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Brain Donors (1992)
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Comedy
Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich wid... Read allThree manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow.Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
4.4K
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    • Dennis Dugan
  • Writers
    • Pat Proft(screenplay)
    • George S. Kaufman(screenplay "A Night At the Opera")
    • Morrie Ryskind(screenplay "A Night At the Opera")
  • Stars
    • John Turturro
    • Bob Nelson
    • Mel Smith
    • Dennis Dugan
  • Writers
    • Pat Proft(screenplay)
    • George S. Kaufman(screenplay "A Night At the Opera")
    • Morrie Ryskind(screenplay "A Night At the Opera")
  • Stars
    • John Turturro
    • Bob Nelson
    • Mel Smith
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 73User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
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    John Turturro, Bob Nelson, and Mel Smith in Brain Donors (1992)
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    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Roland T. Flakfizer
    Bob Nelson
    • Jacques
    Mel Smith
    Mel Smith
    • Rocco Melonchek
    Nancy Marchand
    Nancy Marchand
    • Lillian Oglethorpe
    George De La Pena
    George De La Pena
    • Roberto Volare
    John Savident
    John Savident
    • Edmund Lazlo
    Spike Alexander
    • Alan Grant
    Juliana Donald
    Juliana Donald
    • Lisa Le Baron
    • (as Juli Donald)
    Teri Copley
    • Tina
    Irene Olga López
    • Pedestrian
    Warren Thomas
    • Paramedic
    Dick Monday
    • Rob
    Katherine Heard
    • Laura
    Michael Ciotti
    • Kid
    Gary Grossman
    • Father
    Anita Dangler
    • Usherette
    Charlotte Zucker
    • Woman with Program
    Max Alexander
    Max Alexander
    • L.A. Stage Manager
      • Dennis Dugan
    • Writers
      • Pat Proft(screenplay)
      • George S. Kaufman(screenplay "A Night At the Opera") (suggestion)
      • Morrie Ryskind(screenplay "A Night At the Opera") (suggestion)
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    • Trivia
      Although is not said in the official description of the movie, the screenplay and characters are based on the classic comedy masterpiece by The Marx Brothers - A Night at the Opera (1935).
    • Goofs
      At the first party, Jacques is seen juggling scarves and is suddenly behind Flakfizer and then back juggling again.
    • Quotes

      Roland T. Flakfizer: Some day you'll have my children. In fact, they're in the car if you want them.

    • Connections
      Featured in Animation Lookback: The Best of Stop Motion - Will Vinton (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      THEME FROM 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK'
      by John Kander & Fred Ebb

    User reviews73

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    8/10
    A Cult Movie--Really!!
    A short word on Brain Donors (1992): Get it. I don't even think it was featured for a full week at the cinemas, but it made cable and that's where I found it. It is truly a great fast talking Marx Brothers movie--but made fifty years later. John Turturro is Groucho, Mel Smith is an English Chico and Bob Nelson is not quite a mute Harpo. But that's all right, we needed a new Marx Brother movie anyhow, and these guys will do. It's truly a clone of "Night At The Opera" but dressed up nineties-style and ballet instead of opera. So get it anyway and be prepared to laugh. By the way it came from the group that did Naked Gun and Hot Shots! movies, so you will know what you are in for. Enjoy!
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    • Oct 15, 2006

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1992 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Zucker Brothers Productions
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    • 1 hour 20 minutes
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