Noises Off (film)
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Original poster drawn by Al Hirschfeld
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| Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Produced by | Frank Marshall |
| Screenplay by | Marty Kaplan |
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Noises Off by Michael Frayn |
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| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | Lisa Day |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $2,280,148 |
Noises Off is a 1992 comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The screenplay by Marty Kaplan is based on the 1982 play of the same name by Michael Frayn.
An ensemble cast includes Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicollette Sheridan, Julie Hagerty and Mark Linn-Baker.
Also featured is the final performance of Denholm Elliott, who died that same year.
The film follows the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful farce called Nothing On — the type of production in which many doors continually open and shut. The setting has been transplanted from English provincial theatre to Des Moines, Iowa, where a second-rate theatrical troupe is preparing to perform the Broadway-bound play under the direction of Lloyd Fellowes.
Among the cast members of Nothing On are fading star Dotty Otley, scatter-brained Garry Lejuene, insecure matinee heartthrob Frederick Dallas, myopic leading lady Brooke Ashton, second female lead Belinda Blair, and alcoholic character actor Selsdon Mawbray. Frantically working behind the scenes are Tim Allgood and Poppy Taylor.
The film opens with the final dress rehearsal before opening night, with the cast still forgetting lines, missing cues, and mishandling props. Lloyd is reduced to cajoling, yelling at, and pleading with them to get things right. Complicating matters are the personal problems and backstage relationships that have fostered jealousy and petty squabbling and intruded upon any professionalism this motley crew can muster.
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