Hot Dogs for Gauguin
Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Martin Brest Screenplay Martin Brest Duration Country United States | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Short Cinematography Jacques Haitkin Writer Martin Brest Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1972 Cast Danny DeVito , Rhea Perlman , Martin Brest , William Duff-Griffin 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.
Contents
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."
References
Hot Dogs for Gauguin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Hot Dogs for Gauguin IMDb Hot Dogs for Gauguin themoviedb.org