Rhinoceros (film)

Rhinoceros is a 1974 comedy film based on the play by Eugne Ionesco. The film was produced and released as part of the American Film Theatre, which adapted theatrical works for a subscriptiondriven cinema series.

In adapting Ionescos play, several changes were made to the original text. The setting was switched from France to a thencontemporary U.S., complete with a photograph of President Richard Nixon that was comically venerated, and the lead characters Berenger and Jean were renamed Stanley and John. A new music score by Galt MacDermot was created for the film and a dream sequence was added to the story.Tom OHorgan, a theater director best known for his staging of the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, directed Rhinoceros. Zero Mostel, who starred in the 1961 Broadway production of the play, recreated his role as the man who turns into a Rhinoceros. Mostel created a minor brouhaha during the production when he refused to smash any props during the rehearsal of his transformation scene the actor claimed he had an aversion to destroying property. ........

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