Movie Movie (1978)

1978 film by Stanley Donen

Released

22 November 1978

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Stanley Donen

Screenplay

Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller

Producer

Stanley Donen

Music

Ralph Burns

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees, Charles Rosher Jr.

Editing

George Hively

Starring

George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Barry Bostwick, Harry Hamlin, Barbara Harris, Art Carney

Running time

103 minutes

Production company

ITC Entertainment

Distributor

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Budget

$6 million

Movie Movie is a 1978 American double bill directed by Stanley Donen. It consists of two films: Dynamite Hands, a boxing ring morality play, and Baxter's Beauties of 1933, a musical comedy, both starring the husband-and-wife team of George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. A fake trailer for a flying-ace movie set in World War I titled Zero Hour (also featuring Scott, Wallach, and Carney) is shown between the double feature.

Barry Bostwick, Red Buttons, Art Carney and Eli Wallach appear in both segments, with Harry Hamlin, Barbara Harris and Ann Reinking featured in one each. The script was written by Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller.

Cast

• George C. Scott
• Trish Van Devere
• Red Buttons
• Eli Wallach
• Barry Bostwick
• Harry Hamlin
• Barbara Harris
• Art Carney
• Barney Martin
• Charles Lane
• Chuck Hicks
• Jocelyn Brando
• Michael Kidd
• Ann Reinking
• Kathleen Beller
• George Burns
• Maidie Norman

More films directed by Stanley Donen

• It's Always Fair Weather 1955

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1405677 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.