Silent Movie

Silent Movie
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by	Mel Brooks
Screenplay by	Mel Brooks Ron Clark Rudy De Luca Barry Levinson
Story by	Ron Clark
Produced by	Michael Hertzberg
Starring	Mel Brooks Marty Feldman Dom DeLuise Sid Caesar Harold Gould Ron Carey Bernadette Peters
Cinematography	Paul Lohmann
Edited by	Stanford C. Allen Andrew Horvitch (uncredited) John C. Howard
Music by	John Morris
Production company	Crossbow Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 17, 1976 (1976-06-17)
Running time	87 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film with English intertitles French
Budget	$4 million[2]
Box office	$36.1 million[3]

Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical silent comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in summer 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters. and Sid Caesar, with cameos by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau, and Paul Newman as themselves, and character cameos by Harry Ritz of the Ritz Brothers, Charlie Callas, and Henny Youngman. The film was produced in the manner of an early-20th-century silent film, with intertitles instead of spoken dialogue; the soundtrack consists almost entirely of orchestral accompaniment and sound effects. It is an affectionate parody of slapstick comedies, including those of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. The film satirizes the film industry, presenting the story of a film producer trying to obtain studio support to make a silent film in the 1970s.