Hot Dogs for Gauguin
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Duration Country United States | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Short Writer Martin Brest Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1972 Cast Related Martin Brest movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972) is a short film written and directed by Martin Brest, then a film student at New York University. The comedy features Danny DeVito in his film debut.
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Plot
In the film, DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck photographer determined to capture visual magic and fame. He concocts an intricate plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and sets his camera to record the exact moment of its destruction.
Reception
In 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."
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Hot Dogs for Gauguin IMDb Hot Dogs for Gauguin themoviedb.org
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