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'Rhinoceros' definitely has its good things, but it primarily suffers from trying too hard and taking the wrong approach to the source material.Īs said, there are things done well.

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Of the other films in the series, only 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris' is worse and the film is a not a patch on the earlier winners 'The Iceman Cometh' and 'The Homecoming'. 'Rhinoceros' to me is one of the weakest of this inconsistent series of films adapted from plays, one that started off so well but was very mixed from 'A Delicate Balance' onwards. That it is one of the films making up the American Film Theatre series was another interest point and did expect a fair bit. The source material that 'Rhinoceros' will never be one of my favourites, but it is interesting and entertaining. Both immensely gifted and much missed performers and their partnership in 'The Producers' deserves legendary status. The main selling points for seeing 'Rhinoceros' were Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 5 / 10 Rhino weirdness So you can imagine this is something of a rare find! Good luck on tracking it down! Truly a unique gem from the minds of people who defined the 60's! Tom O'Horgan directed Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, and was involved with experimental projects with Robert Downey Sr. Some strange imagery, and perhaps Gene Wilders only nude scene on film, happen all before the climax. They do everything they can to keep themselves from turning into what they fear, and the film really turns from comedy into psychological horror at this point. He meets Daisy (Karen Black) who has not yet turned. The film goes on to explore whether or not Wilder is the sane one, or the odd man out, as he is the only one who has not conformed. Zero Mostel turns in a great performance as Wilder's friend, who goes beserk inside a building and literaly tears it apart in a rampage. A truly strange and unusual film, involves Gene Wilder as a man who seems all alone in the world as everyone else has started to catch a strange flu, which starts with bumps on there foreheads and then eventually turns them into raving lunatics, and finally into a Rhinocerous. If you are able to catch it on tv, do not miss it. Now it appears it is virtually lost, as they were unable to find a print of it for the Ionesco festival in New York this past year.

#Rhinoceros movie movie

I have not seen this movie since the mid 70's but back then I watched it at least 20 times when it was shown on cable.

Reviewed by davidj-9 10 / 10 A great lost movie! Zero Mostel gives an INCREDIBLE performance!