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Zero Mostel - what members say


  • Rhinoceros
  • Rhinoceros review by from London, England
    Rated - 3 stars quirky but rewarding 16 April 2005
    ...ught up at the time of Trois Hommes et un Couffin... Amazing performances by Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. You've got to be in the right mood for this one, though. And ...  
  • The Producers
  • The Producers review by from Brighton
    Rated - 5 stars Bizarre but Hilarious 5 January 2005
    ...Any actor who dares call himself Zero Mostel has to be worth a look! In this case it's a real pleasure when Zero and a very young Gene Wilder pair up to rip off elderly l...  

Zero Mostel - filmography


  • Best Boy
  • Best Boy (1979)
    Starring: Zero Mostel,  Christine O'Connor,  Frances Reiss
    Director: Ira Wohl
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Won the best documentary Oscar in 1980. Filmmaker Ira Wohl took as his subject his own cousin, 52-year-old Philly, a retarded man who had lived his entire life with his parents. Seeing the physical decline of the parents, Wohl suggested they prepare Philly for living away from home for the first ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • Watership Down
  • Watership Down on DVD (1978)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Richard Briers,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Martin Rosen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this animated adaptation of Richard Adams's classic novel, a family of rabbits face danger as they search for a new home and personal freedom. WATERSHIP DOWN, featuring the vocal talents of Sir Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, and others, is a highly regarded family film, but it's not necessarily ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,539 members
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  • Rhinoceros
  • Rhinoceros on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Zero Mostel,  Gene Wilder,  Karen Black
    Director: Tom O'Horgan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This adaptation of Ionesco's absurdist classic was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Gene Wilder stars as Stanley, a depressive young man who abhors virtually all ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 196 members
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  • The Producers
  • The Producers on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Zero Mostel,  Gene Wilder,  Dick Shawn
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An early Mel Brooks classic and regarded by many as one of his best. Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), one-time King of Broadway, now living upon the crazy whims and cash of amorous old ladies meets Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), a neurotic accountant. Together they plan to produce the biggest theatrical ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,490 members
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  • Sirocco
  • Sirocco on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Humphrey Bogart,  Marta Toren,  Lee J. Cobb
    Director: Curtis Bernhardt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bogart produced this action vehicle, in which he stars as Harry Smith, an American gun runner selling weapons to the Arabs in Damascus, circa 1925. As the French and Syrians wage war against each other, Smith is pursued by Feroud (Lee J. Cobb), a French colonel. Smith complicates matters for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 215 members
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Zero Mostel facts

5 most recent films

Best Boy - 2.0 stars
Watership Down - 3.5 stars
The Front - 3.0 stars
Rhinoceros - 2.5 stars
The Producers - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Watership Down - 3.5 stars
The Enforcer - 3.5 stars
The Producers - 3.5 stars
The Front - 3.0 stars
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Best Boy - 2.0 stars
Mastermind - 3.0 stars
Rhinoceros - 2.5 stars
Sirocco - 3.0 stars
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gene Wilder - 4 times - show films
Madelyn Cates - 3 times - show films
Josip Elic - 3 times - show films
William Hickey Barney Martin - 3 times - show films
Dick Shawn - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Martin Rosen - 1 times - show films
Alex March - 1 times - show films
Richard Lester - 1 times - show films
Martin Ritt - 1 times - show films
Ira Wohl - 1 times - show films