Mel Brooks

  • Mel Brooks – The Producers (1967)

    1961-1970ComedyMel BrooksMusicalUSA

    Quote:
    A 1967 American satirical dark comedy cult classic film written and directed by Mel Brooks. The film is set in the late 1960s and it tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who want to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop. They take more money from investors than they need and plan to abscond to Brazil as soon as the play closes, only to see the plan improbably go awry when the show turns out to be a hit.Read More »

  • Eric Friedler & Michael Lurie – From Darkness to Light (2024)

    2021-2030DocumentaryEric FriedlerMichael LurieUSA

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    A documentary Jerry Lewis’ unreleased Holocaust film The Day the Clown Cried, and features never-before-seen footage of the legendary lost film.Read More »

  • Lisa Hurwitz – The Automat (2021)

    USA2021-2030DocumentaryLisa Hurwitz

    Quote:
    Before fast food we had something better. Our grandparents told us stories of gathering around communal tables, sharing their lives, their struggles, and their dreams with strangers at The Automat. In the long awaited Horn & Hardart documentary relive the phenomena of America’s original and most beloved restaurant chain. The one hundred year Automat saga serves up never before-seen archival footage and photographs and a cast including celebrity customers, company executives, historians, and members of the Horn & Hardart families.Read More »

  • Mel Brooks – High Anxiety (1977)

    Mel Brooks1971-1980ComedyUSA

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    A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.Read More »

  • Mel Brooks – Blazing Saddles (1974)

    1971-1980ComedyMel BrooksUSAWestern

    Synopsis:
    The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.Read More »

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