revolution_fr | Since everyone's bummed about Thermidor...

...I'd thought I'd cheer you all up.

Yeah, none of our Revolutionary Regulars are in it, but you get to see Louis Seize in a chicken costume!

Last week, I watched the movie Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) staring ~~my husband~~ Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland. Bud Yorkin, of Sanford and Son, All in the Family, and Good Times fame, directed it. If you're a fan of Monty Python stuff and Mel Brooks, you'll probably like this movie as well. Slapstick ridiculosity runs rampant throughout, but the humor is often very very subtle. The user comment calling S.T.R.W.M. a "quiet slapstick comedy" on IMDb is right on target. Read the quotes page to see what I mean. Not only that, one of the most awesomest persons ever, Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, The 3rd Man, etc., etc.,) makes a cameo appearance. And the movie was filmed in France! Mlle Coppola should've taken notes on this one. Seriously...

I x-posted this from my own journal with minor changes.