Noises Off (film)

Noises Off is a 1992 comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The screenplay by Marty Kaplan is based on the 1982 play of the same name by Michael Frayn.

The film follows the concept of a play within a play, in this case a dreadful farce called Nothing On the type of production in which many doors continually open and shut. The setting has been transplanted from English provincial theatre to Des Moines, Iowa, where a secondrate theatrical troupe is preparing to perform the Broadwaybound play under the direction of Lloyd Fellowes.Among the cast members of Nothing On are fading star Dotty Otley, scatterbrained Garry Lejuene, insecure matinee heartthrob Frederick Dallas, myopic leading lady Brooke Ashton, second female lead Belinda Blair, and alcoholic character actor Selsdon Mawbray. Frantically working behind the scenes are Tim Allgood and Poppy Taylor. ........

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