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Animal Crackers

1930 · 98 min

A whirlwind of anarchic wordplay, slapstick, and musical numbers that feels like a party where the guests have taken over the asylum.

Tagline: The maddest comics of them all!
Overview: The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
deception
class
identity
obsession
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	9
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	1

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Genres: comedy, music
Directed by: Victor Heerman
Written by: Morrie Ryskind, George S. Kaufman
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson
Music: Max Reese
Cinematography: George J. Folsey
Runtime: 98 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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