Brain Donors | |
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Directed by | Dennis Dugan |
Screenplay by | Pat Proft |
Based on | Suggested by A Night at the Opera screenplay by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind story by James Kevin McGuinness |
Produced by | Gil Netter James D. Brubaker |
Starring | |
Cinematography | David M. Walsh |
Edited by | Malcolm Campbell |
Music by | Ira Newborn Mark Mothersbaugh |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $918,239 (USA)[1] |
Brain Donors is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and released by Paramount Pictures, loosely based on the Marx Brothers comedies A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (the first two films the Marx Brothers made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after leaving Paramount). The film co-stars John Turturro, Mel Smith, and Bob Nelson in the approximations of the Groucho, Chico, and Harpo roles, with Nancy Marchand in the Margaret Dumont dowager role.[2] It was executive produced by David and Jerry Zucker, through their Zucker Brothers Productions.