Product Details

• Actors: Max Alexander (II), Spike Alexander, John C. Anders, Michael Ciotti, Teri Copley
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002V7OFG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,730 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

BRAIN DONORS is the hilarious story about a wealthy widow Lillian (Nancy Marchand) who decides to found a ballet company after getting legal advice from her lawyer Roland Flakfizer (Turturro). Before long, she has two incapable assistants including a useless jack-of-all-trades and master of none named Jacques (Nelson) and Rocco (Smith) who is a cab driver whose credentials include pool cleaner, liposuctioner and toupee salesman. The result is an outrageously funny attack on high society as the characters unintentionally create a mess out of every endeavor.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brain Surgeons R Us, August 20, 2004

By	C. A. Luster "The Rook" (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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Anyone that enjoys fast in your face comedy like the Marx Brothers use to do should love it. This movie is based on the Marx Brother movie "A Night at the Opera". The Zucker brothers did a wonderful job of putting this all together. Great cast, directing, stunts, and music make this a hysterical romp. Fans of "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist", "Naked Gun", "Hot Shots!", or "Scary Movie" and their sequels should enjoy this movie. John Turturro is great as the off the wall leader in this zany comedy about swindling, ballet, and ambulance chasing. You will think he has a machine gun in his mouth since he rattles off jokes so fast it is hard to keep up. It may take a few viewings to catch all the jokes and sight gags, but you will be happy to sit through it many times. Even the opening and closings of the movie are comical, the claymation characters is a nice touch. I'm glad the studio finally wised up and are releasing this on DVD. I pre-ordered it because this is one of the funniest comedies out there. I'm really surprised it didn't get the recognition it deserves.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I never knew being an idiot was so much fun....., February 1, 2006

By	J. Fitzgerald (Henderson, NV - USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am so happy this has finally been released on DVD. I just played this movie on VHS for some friends of mine who had never seen it. I hadn't realized how many times I'd watched it. The tape was wearing out. You could see signs of age and use at the top of the screen while we watched it.

My friends loved it. They said they'd love to have if it ever came out on DVD. I hadn't looked in a while so we checked, and sure enough it had been released a few months before. So I was able to finally replace my aging VHS version.

This movie is hilarious. Literally every line in the movie is a joke, or a response to a joke. You have to see it at least 3 times to even come close to catching every joke and one liner. This movie is truly a comedic gem. I'm shocked at how few people have ever heard of it, nonetheless actually seen it.

If you love to laugh you'll love this movie. Give it a try. You'll be glad you did.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't stop laughing!!, July 8, 2006

A Kid's Review

The last time I saw this movie was the first time I saw this movie.
I was stuck home, sick on a perfect Summer day like 12 or 13 years ago, b/c of which, I was in like the worst mood.
I was scanning channels and happened to catch this one from the beginning on HBO.
I think it was the beginning... I caught it during the scene where the lawyer was literally chasing an ambulance... it hooked me.

Keep in mind I was in the worst mood for being stuck at home sick.
This movie had me laughing the entire duration of it.
The only other two movies that have done this are The Party (starring Peter Sellers) and Caddyshack (starring Gopher).

Don't ignore this movie just b/c you haven't heard of it or b/c the name makes it sound stupid, it's totally worth watching.
If you want to laugh, this movie is for you, even if you're stubborn.

The reason I only saw it the one time was b/c I couldn't remember the name.
I've been trying to find it for years... finally, I decided to type in "slapstick movies" in Google.
http://www.littleman.com/movies/categories/movies-by-category-Slapstick-1-200306.html finally helped me find this movie again.

Have fun!