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The Twelve Chairs

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6.3/10 • 131

1970-10-281h 34m

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A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

Directors
Mel Brooks
Editors
Alan Heim

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ron Moody

    Ron Moody

    Ippolit Vorobyaninov

  2. Frank Langella

    Frank Langella

    Ostap Bender

  3. Dom DeLuise

    Dom DeLuise

    Father Fyodor

  4. Andréas Voutsinas

    Andréas Voutsinas

    Nikolai Sestrin

  5. Diana Coupland

    Diana Coupland

    Diana Coupland

  6. Mel Brooks

    Mel Brooks

    Tikon

  7. David Lander

    David Lander

    Engineer Bruns

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tiailds

Jan 16, 2016

4/10

For a Mel Brooks movie, far from the best. For a 60-70's comedy, I've definitely seen better. A poor man's Mad Mad Mad Mad World. "Was it interesting?" That was the best part. The story is complex, characters were developed with reasonable motivations. It's just the transition to a movie that didn't really do it justice. 1.5 out of 3 "Was it entertaining?" The comedy was slightly humorous in parts, but mostly predictable or too drawn out. 1 out of 3 "Was it memorable?" The locations were pretty well done, and the acting was better than the dialog. The problem is that pacing was so slow I almost fell asleep 2/3 through and was wanting to fast-forward in the last 5 minutes. 1 out of 3 1.5+1+1=3.5+1(default 1)=4.5 Round up or down for overall feeling and this feels like a 4. This is not a movie I would want to see and felt like my time was somewhat wasted.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,500,000.00
Revenue
$1,806,258.00
Keywords
hidden fortunecomedy