Noises Off (film)

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

An ensemble cast includes Michael Cainea, Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Denholm Elliott, Marilu Henner, Nicollette Sheridan, Julie Hagerty, Mark Linn-Baker and Nathan Lane.

Plot
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 De Moines, Iowa, where a second-rate theatrical troupe is preparing to perforn the Broadway-bound play under the diretion of Lloyd Fellowes.