The Court Jester
For many people today comic Danny Kaye is an acquired taste, but love him or hate him, this elaborate costume spoof is his funniest movie. One of the cleverest comedy scripts of the period excels in witty dialog and hilarious situations, very little of which seems to have made it into this conventionally bland trailer.
About John Landis
John Landis is the director of Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf In London, Trading Places, Schlock, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos!, Into The Night, The Stupids, Innocent Blood, Coming To America, Burke & Hare, and Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Black Or White among many other films, commercials and extensive work in television. He was the Executive Producer and often director of HBO's celebrated series Dream On, and contributed two movies to the Masters of Horror series, Deer Woman and Family. His feature length documentaries Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered on HBO, and Slasher on IFC.