Los supergenios

Título original: Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

1982
PG
1h 22min

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Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, and Jerry Lewis in Los supergenios (1982)

Quirky Comedy Satire Slapstick Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaRich Caleb and Lu Swain give birth to alien twins Wilbur and Eliza, who are the smartest kids around when they put their heads together. Events threaten to keep the twins apart and a Chinese... Leer todoRich Caleb and Lu Swain give birth to alien twins Wilbur and Eliza, who are the smartest kids around when they put their heads together. Events threaten to keep the twins apart and a Chinese ambassador needs the twins' help.Rich Caleb and Lu Swain give birth to alien twins Wilbur and Eliza, who are the smartest kids around when they put their heads together. Events threaten to keep the twins apart and a Chinese ambassador needs the twins' help.

Dirección
- Steven Paul
Guionistas
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Steven Paul
Elenco

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Dirección
- Steven Paul
Guionistas
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Steven Paul
Elenco

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Premios
- 1 nominación en total

Trivia
The original 1982 cut of the movie featured a score by Michel Legrand. When the movie was re-edited and subsequently re-released in 1984, it was replaced with a more science-fiction-laced score by Morton Stevens (of Hawai 5-0 (1968) fame). A soundtrack LP was released containing on one side the score by Stevens and on the other side highlights of the score by Legrand.

Errores
The boom mic is visible in the scene where the staff at the mansion is attempting to cheer up Eliza after Wilbur is taken to military school (on full frame 1.33:1 prints; the prints cropped to 1.85.1 mask the boom out).

Versiones alternativas
In the original 1982 cut of the film, Eliza sings a song called "Lonesome No More" (which is part of the title to the original novel "Slapstick") after the staff tries to cheer her up after Wilbur is taken to military school. Michel Legrand wrote the music, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote the lyrics and Madeline Kahn sings the song in the character of Eliza. This clip also occurs before the flying saucer with the Japanese inside fly into the attic window where she is staying. In the 1984 US release, the song is still credited in the final credits, but has been edited out of the movie. The 2005 German DVD "Director's Cut" of the film also omits the song.

Conexiones
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Jerry Lewis/Dabney Coleman (1984)

Bandas sonoras
Puttin' Our Heads Together
Music and Lyrics by Randy Bishop
Performed by Randy Bishop and Bonnie Paul
Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha
Music Engineered by Duane Baron
Coordinated by John Lombardo
Published by The Grand Pasha Publisher and S. Paul Music Company
Available on Pasha/CBS Records

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Great Cast Wasted in Awful Film

Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)

1/2 (out of 4)

Jerry Lewis and Madeline Kahn play a married couple who give birth to a twin boy and girl (also played by Lewis and Kahn). Sadly for the parents, these two kids are really ugly, stupid and deformed. It turns out that an alien took control of the pregnancy to try and force these two kids to teach the world something because when the twins but their heads together they become super smart.

Wow, what a complete and utter misfire this thing turned out to be. It's rather shocking to see how awful SLAPSTICK OF ANOTHER KIND is and it's even more shocking to see Lewis on The Tonight Show in 1984 trying to sell the movie. It's easy to see why they didn't spend too much time on that show discussing this movie because it's quite awful and even Lewis didn't do a very good job at selling it. The film was released in Europe two years before it's American debut but I doubt even this thing could fool fans over there.

There are all sorts of problems with this movie including the fact that it just looks downright cheap and poorly produced. I really don't know what they were going for or what they were trying to do but the screenplay is just one giant mess. I mean, there are some below-the-belt jokes that I personally didn't find offensive but it's funny to think that anyone would have read them on the script and thought that they would have worked. What's even worse is the fact that I only laughed twice throughout the running time.

How does a movie with Lewis, Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, Samuel Fuller, Pat Morita and Merv Griffin go so terribly wrong? It certainly proves that no matter how great a cast you get if the screenplay is bad your movie is going to turn out the same way. Both Lewis and Kahn get an A for effort but there's just nothing here for their talents. Feldman is completely wasted in his role but I will say that Abbott gets a couple decent moments as Dr. Frankenstein as does Fuller as Colonel Sharp.

SLAPSTICK OF ANOTHER KIND tries to mix comedy and sci-fi but it's really an awful picture from start to finish.