Lists
- ranked 178 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- ranked 639 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 701 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 742 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
Talking Bear
Brilliant madcap comedy that fits somewhere between Monty Python, The Marx Brothers and The Producers.
The opening scene of the movie is revealed to be a film-within-a-film as the stars debate with the director over the plot. It's a film-within-a-film-within-a-film, rather, since they also stop to argue with that film's projectionist. The new writer's plot suggestions are shown projected on the wall while they make fun of them, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, until they go inside this film-within-a-film-within-a-film to help Jeff and Kitty put on their play (within a film within a film)...
It's an avalanche of random insanity, but never slows down long enough for you to realize how stupid it all is. Fantastic stuff.