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Brain Donors (1992)

Brain Donors poster
Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Genre
buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three bumbling men team up to help a ballerina save a ballet company from a wealthy snob. They cause chaos through a series of slapstick schemes and misunderstandings.

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What happens

Brain Donors is a 1992 American slapstick comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and released by Paramount Pictures, loosely based on the Marx Brothers comedies A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (the first two films the Marx Brothers made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after leaving Paramount). The film co-stars John Turturro, Mel Smith, and Bob Nelson in the approximations of the Groucho, Chico, and Harpo roles, with Nancy Marchand in the Margaret Dumont dowager role. It was executive produced by David and Jerry Zucker, through their Zucker Brothers Productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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