The Man with Two Brains Movie Review 1983

Did you hear the one about the brilliant neurosurgeon who falls in love with a woman's diembodied brain in his laboratory? Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Martin) only has two problems: dealing with his frigid, covetous wife (Turner) and finding a body for his cerebral lover. Isn't it nice that a serial murderer, known as the Elevator Killer, is on the loose. Plenty of laughs in this spoof of mad scientist movies that is redeemed from potential idiocy by the cast's titillating performances. Listen closely and you'll recognize the voice of Spacek as the brain-in-the-jar of Martin's dreams.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Elevators, Science & Scientists, Genre Spoofs, Renegade Body Parts, Director/Star Teams: Reiner & Martin, Organ Transplants

Screenplay

Carl Reiner, George Gipe, Steve Martin

Cast

Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, James Cromwell, Francis X. (Frank) McCarthy, George Furth, Randi Brooks, Bernard Behrens, Stephanie Kramer

Cinematography

Michael Chapman

Director

Carl Reiner

Music

Joel Goldsmith

Other

Merv Griffin, Sissy Spacek

Producer

Aspen Society, William E. McEuen, David Picker