Movie Movie (1978)

Directed by

Stanley Donen

Genre

comedy film, musical film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1978 film presents a double bill of two separate stories. The first is a boxing morality tale and the second is a musical comedy from the 1930s. Both star the same husband and wife actors, and a fake airplane movie trailer plays between them.

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What happens

Movie Movie is a 1978 American double bill directed by Stanley Donen. It consists of two films: Dynamite Hands, a boxing ring morality play, and Baxter's Beauties of 1933, a musical comedy, both starring the husband-and-wife team of George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. A fake trailer for a flying-ace movie set in World War I titled Zero Hour (also featuring Scott, Wallach, and Carney) is shown between the double feature. Barry Bostwick, Red Buttons, Art Carney and Eli Wallach appear in both segments, with Harry Hamlin, Barbara Harris and Ann Reinking featured in one each. The script was written by Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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