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The Silence of the Hams

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The Silence of the Hams	comment	The Silence of the Hams is a 1994 spoof movie of the Rapid-Fire Comedy type. It combines and spoofs the plots of The Silence of the Lambs (FBI Agent consults with a convicted killer) and Psycho (woman steals money from her employer before being murdered by an insane motel manager).With a star-studded cast featuring writer/director Ezio Greggio as Antonio Motel, Dom DeLuise as Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza, Billy Zane as FBI Agent Jo Dee Fostar, Joanna Pacuła and Charlene Tilton as Lily and Jane Wine, Martin Balsam as Detective Martin Balsam and Stuart Pankin as Inspector Pete Putrid, Hams was universally panned and faded into the deepest recesses of obscurity.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_120d0e3f	comment	Adam Westing: Martin Balsam as Detective Martin Balsam, lampooning his role as Detective Arbogast in Psycho.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Silence of the Hams / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed. Jo Dee Fostar is a blatant nod to Jodie Foster and her starring role in one of this film’s primary influences, The Silence of the Lambs. However, the filmmakers were advised by their legal team to get clearance from Foster to avoid any legal issues. Not only did they provide her with many assurances that only her name was being spoofed, not her personally, a private screening was also arranged for Foster so she could judge for herself. Fortunately, Foster got a kick out of the film and gave them her blessing.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: The film features minor roles and cameos from Mel Brooks, Tony Cox, Phyllis Diller, Shelley Winters, John Astin, Bubba Smith, Rip Taylor, John Carpenter, Larry Storch and Eddie Deezen.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_32cf4364	type	Elongating Arm Gag
The Silence of the Hams / int_32cf4364	comment	Elongating Arm Gag: There's a gag where a midget prison guard at the mental institution directs Fostar to a file on Pizza lying on top of a very tall cabinet. Fostar, who's about six feet tall, can't reach it, then the guard extends his arm so he can easily grab it for him.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_3d29fed	comment	No Kill like Overkill: Antonio kills Jane by stabbing her with a knife, shooting her with a gun, an assault rifle and a rocket launcher. Lampshaded by a headline stating Killer may be helped by an army.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_44467fe1	comment	Made in Country X: When Balsam turns up alive, he's asked who was killed. Balsam replies that it was "RoboCrap: Japanese version of RoboCop".
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The Silence of the Hams / int_47325888	type	Latex Perfection
The Silence of the Hams / int_47325888	comment	Latex Perfection: This is parodied in the ending, when basically every character reveals themselves to be wearing a latex mask (e.g. Antonio's mother disguising herself as her son, Det. Balsam disguising himself as Lily, Jo disguising himself as Antonio's mother's corpse). It's so prolongued that by the end the characters are placing bets on it.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_5473668f	type	Logo Joke
The Silence of the Hams / int_5473668f	comment	Logo Joke: It opens with a Thirtieth Century Wolf logo that in spite of the name is an MGM parody.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_5b8cd10f	comment	Badge Gag: Fostar flashes a waffle to the prison security instead of an ID.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_5ece868a	type	Consulting a Convicted Killer
The Silence of the Hams / int_5ece868a	comment	Consulting a Convicted Killer: Parodied when Fostar consults with Pizza. The doctor is so insane that he sometimes violates the laws of physics.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_63c6a75c	type	Evil Lawyer Joke
The Silence of the Hams / int_63c6a75c	comment	Evil Lawyer Joke: There's such a gag in the part parodying The Silence of the Lambs where the protagonist is walking through the prison of mentally insane criminals—he walks past a bunch of maniacal, howling lawyers standing in a pit, with a warning sign reading "Don't feed the lawyers".
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The Silence of the Hams / int_66a4e100	comment	Parody Names: Billy Zane's FBI Agent is named Jo Dee Fostar.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_7b02918d	type	"Psycho" Shower Murder Parody
The Silence of the Hams / int_7b02918d	comment	"Psycho" Shower Murder Parody: Also spoofed at the end, which is something of a parody mix between The Silence of the Lambs and Psycho. The killer in question is Alfred Hitchcock, who kills the director of Hams in the shower for making fun of his film. Then it turns out it was Dr. Pizza wearing a latex mask.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_7c9933de	type	Laughably Evil
The Silence of the Hams / int_7c9933de	comment	Laughably Evil: As befits a parody. Pizza is an amiable psychopath played by Dom DeLuise, and a practical jokester.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_7d218606	type	Rapid-Fire Comedy
The Silence of the Hams / int_7d218606	comment	Rapid-Fire Comedy: There's a joke at least once a minute, varying between shout-outs, visual gags and lengthier sketches.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_ce013d20	type	Jurassic Farce
The Silence of the Hams / int_ce013d20	comment	Jurassic Farce: The movie ends on a shot of a parody poster called "Jurassic Pork", as a blatant Sequel Hook which never materialized.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_d1b4f0ef	comment	Everybody Lives: At the end, every character killed turns out to be alive because of a Latex Perfection disguise.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_dae0cfd5	comment	Something Else Also Rises: This shows up in a scene when the female lead caressess herself suggestively at a gas station to distract the clerk. The fuel dispenser rises up in response.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_e237e350	type	Tied Up on the Phone
The Silence of the Hams / int_e237e350	comment	Tied Up on the Phone: When Jo is on the phone walking while strangling several people (one of them is hanging clothes) and continues talking while leaving the station. He hangs up the phone in his car dragging the victims along while driving.
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The Silence of the Hams / int_f2d2ec5f	type	Evil Chef
The Silence of the Hams / int_f2d2ec5f	comment	Evil Chef: Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza was locked up after processing human carcasses for his pizzas. Hell, he didn't even try to hide it—he'd just have a foot sticking out of the crust!
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The Silence of the Hams / int_fa1d0606	comment	Interactive Narrator: At one point, Jo corrects the narrator when he says that Jane stole $400—it was $400,000.
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