Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer, who outlines them an absurd story. They have to support Jeff and Kitty in setting up a musical revue in their garden and want to bring it up on Broadway. If Jeff is successful he can marry Kitty. But there is his rich friend Woody, who also loves Kitty, Chick's sister Betty, who's in love with a false Russian count, and detective Quimby. They all make the thing very compl... (Full plot summary below)
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Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer, who outlines them an absurd story. They have to support Jeff and Kitty in setting up a musical revue in their garden and want to bring it up on Broadway. If Jeff is successful he can marry Kitty. But there is his rich friend Woody, who also loves Kitty, Chick's sister Betty, who's in love with a false Russian count, and detective Quimby. They all make the thing very complicated for Ole and Chick. After some mistakes they think that Kitty isn't the right girl for Jeff and they start sabotaging the show, but the Broadway producer is impressed and signs the contract. That's the story the writer tells them. For this he's sued by the director.
Leave your thoughts about Hellzapoppin'.
| TIME MagazineJames AgeeOn celluloid, Hellzapoppin loses the frenetic quality it achieved on the stage. |
| User Reviewveronica mThis is one of my all time favourite films..the fact that I love Mel Brooks is probably due to this movie, WATCH IT!! |
| User ReviewDarran Rthis movie is one of Mel Brooks' all time favorites. and you can tell! Its so zany. I totally love Martha Raye |
| User ReviewMichael TIt's 80 minutes of non-stop zaniness! The forth wall broken beyond repair! Complete insanity! A must see! (Also it includes possibly the best dance scene of all time) |
| User ReviewEric RWhat a wonderfully inventive, wild comedy this film is. From the opening sequence, which is one of the wildest, insane openings of any old Hollywood film I can think, excluding 'Crime Without Passion', I knew I was in for a real treat. The film revolves around Olsen and Chic, the creators of the ultra-successful Broadway play, Hellzapoppin, who have been brought to Hollywood to make the film adaptation. Of course, the studio insists on changing everything, and madness ensues. The plot really doesn't matter that much, as the two men venture into the actual movie and cause all sorts of chaos. That being said, this is without a doubt the best "movie in a movie" type of film that I have ever seen. Its absolutely bursting at the seems with gags and it's anarchic style mixed with surrealism is just so much fun. What's that about breaking the fourth wall? Well, this film never even establishes it to begin with. Obviously there is a slight commentary on the Studios in this, but really it's just a chaotic slapstick film which I imagine is just as fun now as it was on it's initially release. My favorite segments had to be the part where the two men accidentally find themselves in the middle of a Western, or the part where they tell the kid in the audience who smells to go home. SO much fun. |
| User ReviewDavid BA surreal, absurdly hilarious and whimsical musical, it's a self-reflexive film-within-a-film, as well as a film-within-a-cinema theatre, that literally breaks the fourth wall with ease. Screwball comedies and musicals have never been this fun. Who cares about the plot? The plot was just an excuse to experiment with special effects for the laughs of it as well as to make catchy musical numbers. It's something I can watch over and over again but still find something new in every viewing. |
| User ReviewClaude SAnything can happen and it (probably) will! Hilarious stuff. |
| User ReviewGiovanni VHilarious, subversive, and so fast-paced it makes the Marx Brothers seem sluggish by comparison, HELLZAPOPPIN' comes from an era when movies were ENTERTAINING, not the multi-million dollar wastes they are today. |
| User ReviewSpace PBest film of all time! Can be watched over and over and you find new stuff every time. |
| User ReviewPrivate UYou missed me, you need glasses! And the bear in the tree ... just watch it. |
