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Old 09-23-07, 11:50 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
One of Marceau's great moments (for me, at least) was in Mel Brooks's Silent Movie, a silent movie about people making a...well, you know. In the midst of such stars as Paul Newman and Burt Reynolds, all silent, Marcel Marceau was distinguished by having the only spoken line in the movie! He was great, of course.
Having watched Marceau in my childhood so much on B&W TV, when I saw Marceau in Silent Movie when it came out, I had a great giggle from his punch line. Credit to Mel Brooks for getting Marceau to do it.
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