Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)

Directed by

Peter Medak

Genre

swashbuckler film, parody film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The son of the original Zorro takes up the family mantle to fight injustice. Things get complicated when his flamboyant twin brother shows up to help.

campylightheartedcomedicparodicplayfulgoofyfast-pacedwhimsical

What happens

Zorro, The Gay Blade is a 1981 American swashbuckling comedy film from 20th Century Fox, produced by C.O. Erickson and George Hamilton, directed by Peter Medak, that stars Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Ron Leibman, and Brenda Vaccaro. The film's opening prologue states: "This film is dedicated to Rouben Mamoulian and the other great filmmakers whose past gives us our future." The prologue quickly establishes that Zorro, The Gay Blade is a tongue-in-cheek sequel to 20th Century Fox's swashbuckling adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), directed by Mamoulian. Hamilton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 39th Golden Globe Awards for playing the dual role of Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro) and his gay twin brother Bunny Wigglesworth, aka Ramón de la Vega. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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