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Noises Off... is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Peter Bogdanovich released in USA on 20 march 1992 with Michael Caine
Noises Off... (1992)
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Add to a movie listNoises 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.
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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.Actors
Michael Caine
(Lloyd Fellowes)
Carol Burnett
(Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett)
Denholm Elliott
(Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar)
Julie Hagerty
(Poppy Taylor)
Marilu Henner
(Belinda Blair / Flavia Brent)
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