Noises Off (film)
Noises Off is a 1992 American comedy film
- Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Screenplay by Marty Kaplan based on the play of the same name by Michael Frayn.
The comedy where everyone gets caught in the act! (taglines)
Dialogue
[edit]- Dotty: Am I in Spain? No I'm not in Spain, dear. I'm in agony, that's where I am!
- [Dotty enters with the detached receiver and a small shovel]
- Dotty: I've just come for me sardines.
- [Gary yells in surprise, she gives a sarcastic yell back]
- Gary: Well, I'm sorry, I thought there was no one here.
- Dotty: I'm not here. I don't know where I am.
- Gary: I'm from the agency.
- [she tries to put the receiver down, but finds that the rest of the phone is missing]
- Dotty: Lost the phone now.
- Gary: Squire, Squire, Hackem and Dudley.
- Dotty: Never lost the phone before.
- Gary: I'm Tramplemain.
- Dotty: I know, I'll just put it up here in case anyone wants it, look!
- [she hangs the receiver on a lampshade]
- Gary: Oh, right, thanks. No, no, I just dropped in to go into a few things - well, to check some of the measurements - do one or two odd jobs.
- Dotty: Now the plate's gone.
- Gary: Oh, and a client: I'm showing a prospective tenant over the house.
- Brooke: What's wrong with this door?
- [Dotty begins looking under the sofa cushions for the plate]
- Gary: She's thinking of renting it, her interest is definitely aroused!
- Brooke: [bursting out of the bathroom] That's not the bedroom!
- [Dotty looks behind the sofa]
- Gary: The bedroom? No, no, no, that's the downstairs bathroom and WC suite! And this is the housekeeper, Mrs. Crocket.
- [he walks onto the sardines on the floor]
- Dotty: Sardines! Here, sardines!
- Brooke: Oh, hi!
- Gary: She's not really here.
- Dotty: You *stepped* on 'em!
- [she pounds Gary's feet with the shovel]
- Lloyd: Brooke?
- Brooke: Yes?
- Lloyd: Are you in?
- Brooke: In?
- Lloyd: Are you there?
- Brooke: What?
- Lloyd: You're out. Okay. I'll call again.
Taglines
[edit]- The comedy where everyone gets caught in the act!
Principal cast
[edit]- Carol Burnett - Dotty Otley (and Mrs. Clackett)
- Michael Caine - Lloyd Fellowes
- John Ritter - Garry Lejeune (and Roger Tramplemain)
- Christopher Reeve - Frederick Dallas (and Phillip Brent)
- Nicollette Sheridan - Brooke Ashton (and Vicki)
- Marilu Henner -Belinda Blair (and Flavia Brent)
- Denholm Elliott - Selsdon Mowbray (and The Burglar) (final film role)
- Julie Hagerty - Poppy Taylor
- Mark Linn-Baker - Tim Allgood
External links
[edit]
- Noises Off quotes at the Internet Movie Database