7 Faces Of Dr. Lao

Starring: Randall, Tony and Eden, Barbara

An elderly Chinese man routs evil in a Western frontier town by setting up his circus for the townspeople. The various performers affect each of the circus' visitors in a different way, and in the end the unscrupulous citizen who dominates the town repents. Emmy-winner Tony Randall (TV's "The Odd Couple," "Gremlins 2: The New Batch") plays eight different characters in the movie, with the help of Academy Award-winning special visual effects and make-up that earned make-up artist William Tuttle a special Honorary Academy Award for his outstanding make-up achievement!

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883316397183
• Release Date: November 2011
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Pal, George
• Starring: Randall, Tony, Eden, Barbara
• Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Must be watched several times.

A dysfunctional town is soon to be a railway station. Only Clint Stark (Arthur O'Connell) knows this and is making the townspeople even more dissatisfied with their life so he can buy them out cheaply. Can no one come to the rescue, not only for the economics but for the people themselves? A mysterious little visitor appears, and everyone is excited to see that he has brought a circus. As each person visits the circus, they are confronted with his/herself. Whether he/she recognizes it or not is a different matter. We may even recognize ourselves. The final performance tells a tale of a city lost in history, and the people again look familiar. The movie has appeal on many levels. Tony Randall plays many parts as Dr. Lao, Merlin, Pan, The Abominable Snowman, Medusa, a Giant Serpent, Apollonius of Tyana, and an audience member. There is a parade of talented actors. Barbra Eden gets to sweat. Special effects are by George Pal (War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine). The movie is based on the book "The Circus of Dr. Lao" by Charles G. Finney. "The whole world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust and see not the dust but a mystery, a marvel there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, I am alive, and being alive is fantastic. Every time such a thing happens, you are part of the circus of Dr. Lao."