Dummy

Sep 12, 2002

1h 31m

★ 5.9

Sometimes you need a little help finding yourself.

Overview

An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Dummy Productions LLC

Quadrant Entertainment

Dummy Trailers

Cast

Steven Schoichet

Adrien Brody

Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel

Milla Jovovich

Heidi Schoichet

Illeana Douglas

Lorena Fanchetti

Vera Farmiga

Fern Schoichet

Jessica Walter

Lou Schoichet

Ron Leibman

Michael Foulicker

Jared Harris

Mrs. Gurkel

Helen Hanft

Sorensen

Richmond Hoxie

Bonnie

Mirabella Pisani

Theater Director

Adam LeFevre

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6.0

Prime

Sep 21, 2005

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

6.7

Jakob the Liar

Sep 16, 1999

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.

6.2

Only Human

Jul 9, 2004

A mismatched couple discovers that whatever can go wrong will go wrong during a family visit.

0.0

The Actress

Oct 12, 1988

The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Mark, denounces them to the secret police.

7.4

Train of Life

Sep 16, 1998

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.

7.5

Jeff Dunham: Me the People

Nov 25, 2022

Jeff Dunham is joined on stage by Walter, Bubba J, Peanut and Url to talk politics, relationships, cancel culture, and more in Washington, D.C.

6.1

Go for Zucker

Dec 31, 2004

Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.

6.7

Knock on Wood

Apr 6, 1954

Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.

6.3

Homicide

May 28, 1991

While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.

6.9

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity

Sep 17, 2007

Combining his amazing talent and his unorthodox sense of humor, Jeff Dunham returns, yet again, with a hilarious stand-up comedy and ventriloquist performance. Starting off with the infamously known Walter, scrutinizing every bit of today's American society. Followed by two new characters, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, who continuously threatens the crowd with Silence and Death, and Melvin the Superhero.

6.6

Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special

Nov 16, 2008

The multi-platinum selling comedian performs his first holiday-themed stand-up special with his friends.

6.8

Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself

Apr 11, 2006

A recorded live performance of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham portrays a comedian whose revival of an old-fashioned art has made ventriloquism more relevant to modern societal concerns. Starring his six main characters, from Bubba Jay, a Nascar-obsessed hick, to Peanut, a flamboyant gay monkey, Dunham’s puppets have dirty but inoffensive senses of humor that mock the American Dream.

4.7

Minyan

Aug 28, 2020

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.

6.5

Sunshine

Sep 13, 1999

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

7.1

Shiva Baby

Mar 26, 2021

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

4.3

The Israeli Boys

Feb 6, 2020

Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel. The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence (2016).