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Hot Dogs for Gauguin

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Hot Dogs for Gauguin
Directed byMartin Brest
Written byMartin Brest
StarringDanny DeVito
Rhea Perlman
CinematographyJacques Haitkin
Edited byMartin Brest
Release date
1972
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972) is a short film written and directed by Martin Brest, then a film student at New York University. The comedy features Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman in her film debut.[1]

Plot

In the film, DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck photographer determined to capture visual magic and fame. He concocts an intricate plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and sets his camera to record the exact moment of its destruction.

Reception

In 2009, it was one of 25 films selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress to "be preserved as cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures."[2][3]

See also

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