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Bruits de coulisses

Original title: Noises Off...
  • 1992
  • PG-13
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
14K
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Michael Caine, John Ritter, Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve, and Nicollette Sheridan in Bruits de coulisses (1992)
A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.
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A traveling theater group find so much action going on behind the scenes that they almost ruin the performances.A traveling theater group find so much action going on behind the scenes that they almost ruin the performances.A traveling theater group find so much action going on behind the scenes that they almost ruin the performances.

  • Director
    • Peter Bogdanovich
  • Writers
    • Michael Frayn
    • Marty Kaplan
  • Stars
    • Michael Caine
    • Carol Burnett
    • Denholm Elliott
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Bogdanovich
    • Writers
      • Michael Frayn
      • Marty Kaplan
    • Stars
      • Michael Caine
      • Carol Burnett
      • Denholm Elliott
    • 128User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Lloyd Fellowes
    Carol Burnett
    Carol Burnett
    • Dotty Otley…
    Denholm Elliott
    Denholm Elliott
    • Selsdon Mowbray…
    Julie Hagerty
    Julie Hagerty
    • Poppy Taylor
    Marilu Henner
    Marilu Henner
    • Belinda Blair…
    Mark Linn-Baker
    Mark Linn-Baker
    • Tim Allgood
    Christopher Reeve
    Christopher Reeve
    • Frederick Dallas…
    John Ritter
    John Ritter
    • Gary Lejeune…
    Nicollette Sheridan
    Nicollette Sheridan
    • Brooke Ashton…
    Katie Rich
    Katie Rich
    • Des Moines Stagehand
    Zoe R. Cassavetes
    Zoe R. Cassavetes
    • Miami Stagehand
    Kim Sebastian
    • Cleveland Stagehand
    Louise Stratten
    Louise Stratten
    • Broadway Stagehand
    • (as L.B. Straten)
    J. Christopher Sullivan
    • Miami Backstage Guard
    Kimberly Neville
    Kimberly Neville
    • Miami Usher
    Cleveland O'Neal III
    Cleveland O'Neal III
    • Miami Electrician
    • (as Cleveland O'Neal)
    Roger Michelson
    • Company Lighting Technician
    Joe Hanna
    • Company Soundman
    • Director
      • Peter Bogdanovich
    • Writers
      • Michael Frayn
      • Marty Kaplan
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    User reviews128

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    9sorrowfool

    A little T and A goes a long way....

    I would have never, ever watched this movie. I passed it by many times without every giving it a second of a chance. I mean, I was 10 and this movie really held no interest for me. Then, one day, while scanning through the channels I came upon this movie when Nicollette Sheridan is running around in her underwear... well, that got my attention. That one thing held my interest long enough for me to get pulled into the story of the movie and by the time the movie was over... I loved it.

    Even at my age this movie had me rolling with laughter. But now 11 years later, I caught the movie again and it was even funnier. The characters were great and were acted well by the all star cast. Christopher Reeve getting a nose bleed at the slightest sign of violence, John Ritters jealousy, Michael Caine's frustrations at trying to deal with the antics of his cast were all hilarious. Watching as the cast is arguing and fighting while trying to act out the scenes and keep Selsdon (Denholm Elliot) from alcohol was hilarity defined. I REALLY loved Marilu Henner as Belinda in this movie. I really fell in love with her character as I watched her run around trying to keep the peace. She always seemed to know what was going on and was always perky and her smile rarely waivered. Overall, the whole cast was great and it is one of my most unexpected favorite movies.
    7tabuno

    Play Doesn't Easily Translate Into A Movie

    21 March 2009. The movie version of the play can't even come close replicating the complex and risky physical comedy that live theater, if done well, explodes into a dazzling sheer hilarious and spectacular presentation in real time. A lot depends on exact timing and the audience knows it. The first and third acts in both the film and live theater productions are fairly similar and the tone of the comedy is approximate. Unfortunately, the movie version's second act, behind the scenes where the movie version breaks down and the liquor bottle comic antics are completely lost. It's hard to keep up with what's going on and the duplicity of the relationships in the movie version. Overall, the movie holds its own in the first act, loses a lot in the second, and is adequately, if not sharp and snappy in its delivery in the second. The movie has a number of great moments mostly due to the playwright's script. The movie is funny, but it just can't hold a plate to a Broadway production of the play. **Since the movie's release, it is with sadness that Christopher Reeves and John Ritter have since past away which in a way deflates the movie, until their performances and the rest of the cast is able to their credit transport us into the past and their live behavior on the screen.** 6/10.

    More than 20 years later, Noises Off ages well as the memory of the brilliant stage performance fades in comparison. While not spectacular as a movie production, the movie seems to be more funny and more entertaining than originally seen, especially the second act. So while Noises Off might not come across as great, it has become a nice testament of comedy for the late Christopher Reeve, late John Ritter, and the late Denholm Elliot which Noises Off was to be his final movie. Definitely worth renting for the experience. Reviewed 4/3/2021. 7/10.
    10highlander702

    Comedy masterpiece!

    You may have to see it a few times to catch it all, as it is very fast paced, but there's not very many movies that have made me laugh so much. An amazing cast with amazing acting. Often overlooked is the ability to maintain character without busting up laughing at what your co-star is doing...especially during long takes, which this movie has many of. The late, great John Ritter's performance is the glue that holds it all together, and Michael Caine's depiction of the pained and tormented director is brilliant. It is also a great show of diversity for the late Christopher Reeve, who is much more Clark Kent than Superman in this show. Nicolette Sheridan in her undies is certainly not hard to look at either!

    Highly recommended...but don't just see it once, as I wrote before. It was a bit confusing on my first one. It is also fairly family-friendly, with only a couple obscenities exclaimed by Michael Caine in hilariously funny moments of frustration.
    rich_the_metal_head

    Great movie!

    This movie is a great film, period. Great concept, great cast, great plot. The inherent problem is the fact that most of this humor, though very fresh, is lost on most people. Unless you have acted on stage in some facet, this movie is mere slapstick. I saw this movie when I was younger, before I started acting, and I liked it, but it just seemed kind of shallow. Now that I have some stage under my belt, this movie's humor is mindblowing, because the insanity is just that outrageous. I'm not saying people can't like this movie if they aren't actors, but it helps. What helps this movie as well is the intellect of the humor. Below all the slapstick site gags and bad happenings, the depth of the character development is vast and beautiful, making you really think that these people, in the end, hate each other.
    8jhaggardjr

    Crazy movie

    "Noises Off..." is one crazy movie. Based on Michael Frynn's play, it's about an inept travelling theater group doing stage productions of a British sex farce. The problem with this play is that as each month passes by while stopping from city to city, the actors start getting at each others throats. Michael Caine is hilariously funny as the frustrated director who gets to the point where he can't bear to deal with his clumsy actors because of the tumult backstage. "Noises Off..." is filmed in three different parts. First there's the rehearsal just before opening night in Des Moines, Iowa. Next there's a stop in Miami Beach where we see almost all the action taking place backstage. Finally there's the stop in Cleveland where the show practically falls flat on its face. This final part of the movie felt like torture to me. Nevertheless, "Noises Off..." is very funny most of the time and I did laugh alot. Besides Caine, the great cast also features Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Christopher Reeve, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Denholm Elliott, Mark Linn-Baker, and Nicollette Sheridan. All give funny performances and that helps to make "Noises Off..." a very good comedy.

    *** (out of four)

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    • Trivia
      Michael Caine only agreed to be in the film if the director also cast Denholm Elliott. Caine had known Elliott since they appeared in Alfie le dragueur (1966), 26 years previously, and Elliott had confided in Caine that he had AIDS and didn't have long to live. Knowing this was likely to be Elliott's last chance of a paycheck Caine insisted on his inclusion. Elliott died just a few months after the theatrical release of the movie of complications from AIDS.
    • Goofs
      When the viewer see the show from the stage, fake walls are visible behind all the doors. When the viewer sees the show from backstage, those fake walls are missing from all the upstairs doors, although present for the downstairs doors. This is not actually a mistake; this is how an actual stage production is presented, and the top floor of the set rear needs to be seen clearly or half the action would be obscured.
    • Quotes

      Dotty: Am I in Spain? No, I'm not in Spain, dear, I'm in agony, that's where I am!

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: White Men Can't Jump/The Cutting Edge/The Power of One/Ruby/Noises Off... (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      There's No Business Like Show Business
      (End title)

      Written by Irving Berlin

      Performed by Niki Haris

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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Noises Off...
    • Filming locations
      • Pasadena Playhouse - 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA(Miami Beach Playhouse)
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Amblin Entertainment
      • Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,280,148
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $981,452
      • Mar 22, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,280,148
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 41m(101 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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