I recall seeing this movie on cable sometime during the 1980s. I don't really remember much about the rest of the movie except the closing scene. But that scene made me want to see the film over and over again at the time... alas, Netflix doesn't seem to have a copy.
Again, this was almost twenty years, so I can't be sure this is accurate, but as I recall, in the climactic scene, there are some bad guys chasing the good guys, who decide to escape by stumbling into a production of Otello. They end up on stage, in the midst of the action... bursting through walls, calling out to one another in Italian things like "call the police... he's trying to kill me"... complete with subtitles... The backdrops go up and down in a non-sequitur fashion (this is the "spoiler" part) revealing sets for half a dozen other shows... and finally the curtain falls... and the audience is stunned into silence for an instant, before leaping to its feet for a standing ovation.
The whole rest of the movie might be crap for all I can remember, but I'd love to see it again just to have a chance to see this closing scene one more time.
Again, this was almost twenty years, so I can't be sure this is accurate, but as I recall, in the climactic scene, there are some bad guys chasing the good guys, who decide to escape by stumbling into a production of Otello. They end up on stage, in the midst of the action... bursting through walls, calling out to one another in Italian things like "call the police... he's trying to kill me"... complete with subtitles... The backdrops go up and down in a non-sequitur fashion (this is the "spoiler" part) revealing sets for half a dozen other shows... and finally the curtain falls... and the audience is stunned into silence for an instant, before leaping to its feet for a standing ovation.
The whole rest of the movie might be crap for all I can remember, but I'd love to see it again just to have a chance to see this closing scene one more time.