Tagline(s):	He Was Loved and Adored by Thousands...But Only in His Mind!
	A Man of Madness... A Room of Terror!

Nomination Year: 2012

SYNOPSIS: 

B.J. Lang (Mickey Rooney) was a director, but now he's crazy. I mean seriously, totally, chew-the-rug, weasel-fuck insane. He's kidnapped a girl (we assume) and is now making her perform...but not in the way you're probably thinking: On stage, in a demented production of his own mind. I'm not sure what part I'd consider the highlight of this film. Maybe it was the 4-minute orgy with the baby. Maybe it was her running and spinning for 4 minutes amid the string quartet in the meat-packing plant. Maybe it was a drunk Keenan Wynn getting run through by a rapier. Maybe it was the fact that Rooney spends about 90% of the movie in a huge Cyrano nose and most of the rest in drag.

I was tempted hundreds of times to say "You can't make this stuff up." But clearly it's not a true story, so instead I'll amend it to: "You and I can't make this stuff up."

Smithee Award Nominations

"Wanna Run That By Me Again?"
To Hell with Marilyn's Eyes: What about MY Eyes?! Just when you thought this movie couldn't get any creepier, here we have the late, great Mickey Rooney in makeup, mugging for the camera. In extreme close-up. Is this the new Big Gus? Maybe almost. I wish I hadn't watched this before bed. Not even 18 hours before.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"WHAT?!"
Dances with Meats Keenan dies. She runs through a non-existent meat locker and spin-dances with a string quartet. I...got nothing.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Yabo Yablonsky	WROTE The Manipulator as well as directed it. The only other thing he directed was "Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration" in '79...which might explain a whole lot...

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Mickey Rooney	B.J. Lang	Where to begin? Known for his short stature, Rooney began as a child actor, famed for his "Mickey McGuire" role in dozens of films throughout the 1920's and '30s. Famously acted with Judy Garland in lots of "Andy Hardy" flicks. Had his own TV show. Was in nearly everything: Babes in Toyland, Breakfast at Tiffany's (playing an Asian stereotype), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Later, did Night at the Museum. But you know his voice: He was Santa Claus in most of the Rankin-Bass stop-motion Christmas specials.
Keenan Wynn	Old Charlie	You probably know his raspy, slightly lisped voice. Son of famous old-time comic Ed Wynn, he was the villian in some Disney films (like The Absent-Minded Professor, Herbie Rides Again and The Shaggy D.A. ); played Col. "Bat" Guano in Dr. Strangelove; and voiced the Winter Warlock in the TV special Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, as well as much, much more.
Luana Anders	Carlotta	May have convinced Jack Nicholson to start acting. Hobnobbed with Sally Kellerman. Was Lisa in Easy Rider, Catherine Medina in The Pit and the Pendulum, and Donna in The Last Detail.

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