Movie Movie

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Movie Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stanley Donen
Produced by	Stanley Donen
Written by	Larry Gelbart Sheldon Keller
Starring	George C. Scott Trish Van Devere Red Buttons Eli Wallach Harry Hamlin
Music by	Ralph Burns
Cinematography	Charles Rosher Jr. Bruce Surtees
Editing by	George Hively
Distributed by	Warner Bros. / ITC Entertainment
Release date(s)	November, 1978
Running time	105 min
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Movie Movie is a 1978 musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen. Movie Movie consists of two short films, both starring the husband-and-wife team of George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere, with a fake movie trailer sandwiched in between them.

[edit] Plot summary

At the start of the film, George Burns tells us that we are about to see an old-style double feature.

The first feature, Dynamite Hands, is about a young man named Joey Popchik from a poor family, who dreams of one day becoming a lawyer. His sister is losing her eyesight, so he becomes a boxer to raise the money to have her cured. Along the way he gets seduced by fame and fortune, and runs afoul of a crooked boxing manager. In the end, his sister is cured, the villain is defeated, and Joey becomes a lawyer.

The trailer is for a war movie set in World War I.

The second feature, Baxter's Beauties of 1933, is a musical about a dying theatrical producer named Spats Baxter trying to create one last Broadway smash. It features a young woman whose dreams of performing on Broadway are finally coming true, a songwriter who's falling in love with her, and a spoiled actress who almost destroys the entire production with her drunkenness and reckless spending of the show's money. The show ends with both triumph and tragedy- the young actress is a success, but at the heights of his triumph Baxter dies in her arms, saying: "One minute you're standing in the wings- the next minute you're wearing 'em."