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]
| 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 | $800.00 |
Plot
editDeVito 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
editIn 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] In 2024 it entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
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