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They Saved Hitler's Brain

Walter Stocker , Audrey Caire , David Bradley    NR (Not Rated)   DVD
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Connoisseurs of bad movies rank this execration as an all-time favorite, rivaling Ed Wood's infamous Plan 9 from Outer Space as the worst film of all time. The trouble began in the early 1950s when a film called Madmen of Mandoras was shot and shelved for no mysterious reason at all. The film boasted the great cinematographer, Stanley Cortez (The Magnificent Ambersons), whose gorgeously evocative photography makes a startling contrast to the inexplicable plot with which it seems to coexist. But that wasn't bad enough, so in the early 1960s some UCLA film students shot additional footage, somewhat differently styled (think Mod Squad meets cinéma vérité porno), and intercut it with the original film as if the two were meant for each other. The resultant jumble concerns a pair of modish CID agents on the trail of a kidnapped scientist, Nerve Gas-G, an antidote, the resurgence of the Fourth Reich on the Caribbean island of Mandoras, and Hitler's severed head barking orders from a jar. Here are but a few of the absurdities awaiting you: The swastika is backward, one obtuse character has to pull the car over to discover that her partner was shot even though she was present at the event, and when Hitler's head bites the big one, it melts. Critic J. Hoberman, in his seminal article, Bad Movies, observed that this film fairly makes the brain explode with ideas. Not only that, but aneurysms. You'll be screaming, "Mein Kopf! Mein Kopf!" just as Hitler's head should have, if only there had been the budget for that. --Jim Gay

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1.0 out of 5 stars They Saved Hitler's DVD Feb 28 2003
Format:DVD
This is one for bad movie fans. UCLA film student picked up the rights to an unreleased turkey called “Madmen of Mandoras,” added some incompetent, unrelated new footage at the beginning, and released it under the new, more lurid title “They Saved Hitler’s Brain.” The result is the absolute bottom of the barrel of cinema – and a delight for bad movie fans like myself. Night turns to day turns to night during a car chase, the plot suddenly changes around the 20 minute mark, and der fuhrer’s head melts in a fiery car crash.
The DVD, released by Rhino, claims to be “remastered from original film elements.” It still looks pretty miserable and sounds absolutely atrocious, but I suppose that should be expected. It’s presented in the 1.33:1 aspect ratio, despite being shot at 2.20:1. There are no special features unless you count a list of similarly themes Rhino titles. The menu is absolutely hilarious.
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4.0 out of 5 stars They should have let Mr. H rest in peace. Feb 12 2003
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This release contains the 1963 film "Madmen of Mandoras", but at the beginning there is some additional footage that seems to have been filmed around 1973. (Note the Volkswagen Beetle has large circular tail-lights, which first appeared on the 1973 models.) This extra footage was possibly a project of some UCLA film students, to create a longer movie for television.
It is unfortunate that these more recent actors are not in the film credits, since the newer footage is more fun to watch than the original, except for one thing: the head of the Fuhrer. Hitler's head provides the much needed comic relief for the drab situations, mostly by showing some kinds of unrecognizable expressions, and yelling "Mach Schnell!" (colloq: buck up). But, we are also shown the "evil" of the man (I mean, the head) when he smiles broadly after one of his cohorts shoots someone. Yahoooooo!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely bad and extremely funny! Jan 20 2003
Format:DVD
Many say it is the worst movie ever made, it is. But, when you think about it, its very funny, from the backward swaztica, to the pointless begining, to the fact that the C.I.A. is accedently the C.I.D, and finally..Hitler's head melts in the end! Great fun! The DVD has no special features, although the menu is very funny, with hitler's head "turning" on and speaking giberish. They Saved Hitler's Brain definently belongs in your bad movie collection along with Plan Nine From Outer Space, and Cat Women From the Moon.(My real screenname is christopop but i'm using my moms account.) :)
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