The Big Screen Comedies of Mel BrooksMel Brooks is often regarded as one of Hollywood's funniest men, thanks to such highly successful films as The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein. His films do have a tendency to turn out much like the jokes that comprise them--hit-or-miss, one minute shoot-the-moon brilliant and the next minute well short of laughs. This work provides a thorough synopsis and thematic analysis for each of his twelve films along with complete cast and production credits: The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World--Part 1 (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). |
Contents
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1 Im Hysterical and Im Wet The Producers 1968 | 15 |
2 Hope for the Best Expect the Worst The Twelve Chairs 1970 | 33 |
3 Have You Ever Seen Such Cruelty? Blazing Saddles 1974 | 50 |
4 Put The Candle Back Young Frankenstein 1974 | 67 |
5 Dont You Know That Slapstick Is Dead? Silent Movie 1976 | 84 |
6 What a Dramatic Airport High Anxiety 1977 | 100 |
7 Its Good to Be the King History of the WorldPart I 1981 | 118 |
8 Sondheim Send in the Clowns To Be or Not to Be 1983 | 136 |