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The president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.
Buck Henry
Buck Henry
Casts & Crew
Gilda Radner
Bob Newhart
Madeline Kahn
Richard Benjamin
Bob Dishy
Harvey Korman
Austin Pendleton
Rip Torn
William Sylvester
Bobby Porter
Buck Henry
Fred Willard
Julius Harris
Roger Aaron Brown
Art Evans
Jim Moody
Warren Munson
Also Directed by Buck Henry
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task for each filmmaker was to keep each short under three minutes, to set it in one hotel room, and to include the sentence “I miss Sonja Henie." This experimental film was shot over a single night at the international film festival FEST in Beograd in 1971.