A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.
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Louise Stratten
- Broadway Stagehand
- (as L.B. Straten)
Cleveland O'Neal III
- Miami Electrician
- (as Cleveland O'Neal)
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- TriviaThe movie's title "Noises Off!" is a stage cue, used in plays, by a playwright, to indicate noises occurring off-stage.
- GoofsWhen we see the show from the stage, there are fake walls visible behind all the doors. When we see 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 as 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.
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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)
*** (out of four)
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- Also known as
- Noises Off!
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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
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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