Gizmo!

Name: Gizmo!
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: 1979-02-24
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Milt Moss

1977
G
1h 17m

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7.7/10

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Comedy Documentary

Compilation of man inventing strange contraptions in the 30's through 50's.Compilation of man inventing strange contraptions in the 30's through 50's.Compilation of man inventing strange contraptions in the 30's through 50's.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Milt Moss

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- Howard Smith
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Trivia
Much of the newsreel footage, originally shot without sound, has dialogue dubbed in. A lip reader was hired to figure out what the people were saying in the newsreels, and actors lip-synched the lines.

Quotes
Narrator: [Dedication] This movie is dedicated to all those inventive people who tried to do the impossible and succeeded. It is also dedicated to those cravers, who have the heart of crane in life. Because never before would pursuit of genius, of inventive type, with the crib of sworn-in nine. In life itself, men are said to laugh, or he has his foot in the crane sign. But in hearts anew we know, that praise of quorites is the important. Fingers of the hand are signed, in 1914.

Connections
Featured in Saturday Night Live: Ted Knight/Desmond Child & Rouge (1979)

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Written by Monty Stark

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10/10

You CAN do the impossible!!!

I first saw this movie on PBS when I was about 6 years old...so, about 1980. I'm unable to explain just how much this movie impacted me and my life, but it's been my favorite movie for 40 years and I've seen it a hundred times. The editing together of the old reels of people "trying to do the impossible," the hilarity of comedian Milt Moss' narration (adorned with his many made up words), and the genius of the score written for this film made it a family favorite which we still quote in everyday conversation. The deeper impact this movie had on me was due to its candid portrayal of "people obsessed by a dream." That people that pursue the impossible are a pretty goofy bunch, much of the time worthy of laughing at. But that when they succeed, when they do the impossible, it's pure magic. I cry with joy every time I watch the closing scene.