Zero Mostel

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Rhinoceros review by from London, England

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 ... Read customer review

The Producers review by from Brighton

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... Read customer review

The Front review by A customer from Twickenham

Zero to hero 10 July 2011
...ching comedy with a wonderful script, marked by an outstanding performance from Zero Mostel.... Read customer review

Best Boy (1979)
Starring: Zero Mostel, Christine O'Connor, Frances Reiss
Director: Ira Wohl
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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 »

28% from 7 members
Due for release on 4th June 2012

Watership Down - Blu-ray (1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
Certificate:
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 »

79% from 126 members
Currently unavailable

Watership Down on DVD (1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
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Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. It doesn't pull any punches. Death -- violent, disturbing death -- is ever present, portrayed in a manner that is astonishingly ..read more »

69% from 6,455 members

The Front on DVD (1976)
Starring: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy
Director: Martin Ritt, Martin Ritt
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A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

68% from 224 members

Rhinoceros on DVD (1974)
Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black
Director: Tom O'Horgan
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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 »

49% from 223 members

The Producers on DVD (1968)
Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn
Director: Mel Brooks
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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 »

67% from 7,242 members

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The... on DVD (1966)
Starring: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford
Director: Richard Lester
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Director Richard Lester uses the Burt Shevelove/Larry Gelbart/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical hit as a launching pad for some of his wildest slapstick gaggery. Zero Mostel repeats his stage role as Pseudolus, the cunning Roman slave who'll do anything to win his freedom. The plot hinges on three ..read more »

61% from 572 members

The Enforcer on DVD (1951)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Everett Sloane
Director: Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Wa
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A tough District Attorney played by Humphrey Bogart goes after an organised gang of killers, based on the real life 'Murder Inc.' case. After his chief witness falls suddenly to his death, Bogart is given 24 hours to solve the mystery.

69% from 320 members

Sirocco on DVD (1951)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
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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 »

56% from 239 members

Mastermind on DVD
Starring: Zero Mostel, Bradford Dillman, Keiko Kishi
Director: Alex March
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Comedy-thriller full of crazy characters including secret agents, a mad scientist and a midget robot.

48% from 15 members

Best Boy - 1.5 stars
Watership Down - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Watership Down - 3.5 stars
The Front - 3.5 stars
Rhinoceros - 2.5 stars

Watership Down - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Watership Down - 3.5 stars
The Enforcer - 3.5 stars
The Producers - 3.5 stars
The Front - 3.5 stars

Best Boy - 1.5 stars
Mastermind - 2.5 stars
Rhinoceros - 2.5 stars
Sirocco - 3.0 stars
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum - 3.0 stars

Gene Wilder - 4 times - show films
Dick Shawn - 3 times - show films
Christopher Hewett - 3 times - show films
Lee Meredith - 3 times - show films
David Patch - 3 times - show films

Martin Rosen - 2 times - show films
Raoul Walsh - 1 times - show films
Richard Lester - 1 times - show films
Bretaigne Windust - 1 times - show films
Ira Wohl - 1 times - show films