Silent Movie

A director whose career is finished hits on the idea that will save the studio: make a silent film. He has to persuade the stars, and a company wanting to buy the studio is after him. The film carries its own idea all the way: no dialogue, intertitles and music. The single spoken word heard in it belongs to a mime artist, and that joke is its most cited moment. Mel Brooks directed and starred, with Marty Feldman and Dom DeLuise; many well known names of the period appear as themselves. Who it's for: those who like the silent tradition and physical comedy. Who it's not for: viewers wanting verbal jokes; this is built entirely on visual gags.