Madeline Kahn
Actor
Films to Rent
- What's Up Doc? (1972)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn…
- Creditable homage to the screwball farces of Hawks and Sturges, with Barbara Streisand as the wildcard in the life of musicologist Ryan O’Neal.…
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr…
- One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The (1975)
- Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise…
- Fitfully amusing romp with Wilder as the great detective's resentful brother determined to steal the spotlight. Madeline Kahn steals the show.
- High Anxiety (1977)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman…
- Mel Brooks' affectionate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock threads a story by lampooning famous scenes from the Master's films including THE BIRDS,…
- Cheap Detective, The (1978)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan…
- Neil Simon's spoof of Bogart detective movies, with Falk fitting comfortably into his raincoat. A mixed bag, but worthwhile for those…
- History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn…
- A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
- City Heat (1984)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander…
- Effective self–parody from Eastwood and Reynolds as unlikable cops who team together to clean up gangster–ridden Kansas City in the…
- Clue (1985)
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn…
- Whodunnit comedy based on the well–known boardgame, with its characters undergoing the rounds of suspicion and questioning after a murder.…
- Betsy's Wedding (1990)
- Dir. Alan Alda
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Alan Alda, Catherine O'Hara…
- Ringwald is the free spirited bride–to–be, stressed with a double dose of forthright parental guidance. Alda writes/directs/stars.
- Mixed Nuts (1994)
- Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Anthony LaPaglia…
- Raucous Yuletide farce in which Steve Martin and the staff of his suicide hotline agency work themselves into frenzied hysteria on Christmas Eve.
- Nixon (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris…
- With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…