Word: funn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Desperate Scheme. The movie has to do with the efforts of a down-at-the-heels Hollywood director named Mel Funn (portrayed, inevitably, by Brooks himself) and his desperate scheme to save not just his own career but a major studio. Funn wants to make a silent movie, a comedy, of course. The studio chief (Sid Caesar) thinks Mel is nuts, but Mel, a pro, counters with the one blandishment proved irresistible to moguls on the ropes - movie stars. What if Funn and his two buddies (Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise) are able to round up some of Hollywood...