When you talk about wasting a grade A cast, this movie tops the list. When I saw this in the theater, I left absolutely stunned. What I had seen was so bad, I almost wondered if what I had seen were the out takes and the real film was back on the studio floor.
Hackman, Minelli & Reynolds are not too blame. I'm not even sure Stanley Donlan is to blame. The scenes often seem disjointed. The sets are poorly designed and the climax of this movie just does not look or feel right. I am not even sure where to start on what could have been done to fix it. There is one thing that could be done with this, but I think it is too late.
If Mel Brooks were still in his prime, this is the movie he should do a satire of. I know it does not have the greatness of material like Young Frankenstein, or Hitchcock. The thing is, when you find a bomb bigger than "Springtime For Hitler", it cries to get some laughs out of it.
Hackman, Minelli & Reynolds are not too blame. I'm not even sure Stanley Donlan is to blame. The scenes often seem disjointed. The sets are poorly designed and the climax of this movie just does not look or feel right. I am not even sure where to start on what could have been done to fix it. There is one thing that could be done with this, but I think it is too late.
If Mel Brooks were still in his prime, this is the movie he should do a satire of. I know it does not have the greatness of material like Young Frankenstein, or Hitchcock. The thing is, when you find a bomb bigger than "Springtime For Hitler", it cries to get some laughs out of it.