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Movie
Brain Donors
Synopsis
Brain Donors is a game attempt to redo the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera in a contemporary setting. John Turturro plays the "Groucho" character, a shifty lawyer (he's even given a Grouchoesque three-barrelled moniker). Bob Nelson is the "Harpo" counterpart, a puckish handyman. And Mel Smith completes the trio as a Chico-like cabbie. All three conspire to save a failing ballet company on behalf of dowager Nancy Marchand, who does a film-length impersonation of Margaret Dumont. At times, Pat Proft's script comes off more like a 3 Stooges short than a Marx Brothers romp, but that's not so bad. What hurts the film is its fluctuating pace, which shifts into neutral just when it should go into hyperdrive. Will Vinton's Claymation opening titles supply some of the film's biggest laughs.
Cast
- John Turturro
- Bob Nelson
- Mel Smith
- Nancy Marchand
- John Savident
- George De la Peña
- Juli Donald
- Spike Alexander
- Teri Copley
- Donna Isaacson
- John Lyons
- Irene Olga López
- Anita Dangler
- Charlotte Zucker
- Max Alexander
- Billy Beck
- Dick Corman
- Jim Smith
- Dennis Dugan
- Eddie Griffin
- Louisa Abernathy
- Kathleen Doyle
- Richardson Morse
- Jason Ross-Azikiwe
- Thomas Mikal Ford
- Matthew Sussman
- Charles Dugan
- Barbara Schillaci
- Eric Poppick
- Gary Grossman
- Matt McColm
- Gary McLarty
- William B. Kaplan
- Chuck Waters
- James Murakami
- William J. Cassidy
- Pat Proft
- Joe Finnegan
- Stan Barrett
- Frank Carrisosa
- David M. Walsh
- Frank Richwood
- Paul Stader
- Robert Turturice
- William Ladd Skinner
- David Zucker
- Malcolm Campbell
- Jim Wilkey
- Jerry Zucker