Hot Dogs for Gauguin
| Hot Dogs for Gauguin | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Martin Brest |
| Written by | Martin Brest |
| Starring | Danny DeVito Rhea Perlman Martin Brest |
| Cinematography | Jacques Haitkin |
| Edited by | Martin Brest |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800 |
Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972) is a short student film written and directed by Martin Brest, then an undergraduate at New York University, featuring Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman in her acting debut.[1]
Plot
[edit]DeVito plays a starving photographer determined to capture fame and fortune. Inspired by the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster of 1937, he conceives a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and capture the photograph.
Reception and legacy
[edit]In 2009, it was one of 25 films selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress to "be preserved as cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures."[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Grimes, William (17 January 1993). "FILM; So, You Wanna Be a Director?". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Michael Jackson, the Muppets and Early Cinema Tapped for Preservation in 2009 Library of Congress National Film Registry", Library of Congress (December 30, 2009)
- ^ "Thriller and 24 Other Films Named to National Film Registry", Associated Press via Yahoo News (December 30, 2009)
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
External links
[edit]- Hot Dogs for Gauguin at IMDb
- Hot Dogs for Gauguin essay by Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, ISBN 1441120025 pages 135-138 [1]
- Hot Dogs for Gauguin on YouTube