 | That's Adequate (1989)
cameo appearance |
| Summary |
Faux documentary about a movie studio, with fake interviews and films. |
| Genre |
Comedy / Mockumentary |
| Direction |
Harry Hurwitz |
| Downey Factor |
Very low. He only has about a minute on screen. |
| Character |
Albert Einstein in fake film-within-the-film "Albert Einstein on the Bounty" |
| Looks |
Slightly weird |
| Performance |
Fleeting, but highly amusing |
| Line |
You know, there's a lot to learn here. One could contemplate the secrets of time, space, energy, all that bullshit. Molecules heating, gasses expanding, atoms colliding, matter exploding -- this is fucking brilliant! Wait, wait, I was on to something -- E equals MA -- no, Jesus Christ, I got it! Time, space, energy, matter -- E equals MC fucking squared! Look! It's the pirates from the Berlin Academy of Physics. They roam the seas looking for radical physicists with new ideas. Off with their heads! |
| Love & Sex |
Not at all |
| Dies, Gay or Villain |
No, no, no |
| Other Actors |
Bruce Willis, Jerry Stiller, Rita Rudner, Sinbad, Tony Randall, Maureen McCormick, Ben Stiller |
| Connection |
Ben Stiller in Black and White and Tropic Thunder. Richard Lewis in The Last Party and Hugo Pool. |
| Availability |
Rare, out of print. Not released on DVD. |
| Rotten Tomatoes |
That's Adequate |
| Overall |
Other faux documentaries run circles around this one. Although he's quite funny, not worth seeing for 1 minute of Downey. |
| If You Like It |
You might also like Tropic Thunder (2008), Soapdish (1991) |
