The Mel Brooks collection

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The Mel Brooks collection

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[presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; Blazing saddles directed by Mel Brooks ; High anxiety directed by Mel Brooks ; History of the world part 1 directed by Mel Brooks ; Robin Hood, men in tights directed by Mel Brooks ; Silent movie directed by Mel Brooks ; The twelve chairs directed by Mel Brooks ; To be or not to be directed by Alan Johnson ; Young Frankenstein directed by Mel Brooks

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Blazing saddles: A railroad needs to be built, but the land necessary is already owned. Needing to drive out the town folk, you appoint a new sheriff you figure will last about 24 hours. High anxiety: Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Richard Thorndyke is a nut-job with a paralyzing fear of heights. He had just become head of the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very Very Nervous. History of the world part 1: Find out what really happened throughout time. Robin Hood, men in tights: In days of olde, when men were men, men wore tights. And none wore tights mightier - or tighter - than Robin Hood. Silent movie: As the ruthless conglomerate Engulf and Devour targets a floundering movie studio, has-been director Mel Funn convinces the paranoid studio chief to make a star-studded silent picture. The twelve chairs: The tale of a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime. To be or not to be: Frederick Bronski is a great Polish actor, his wife is an actress, with whom he fights a tug-of-war battle for center stage. Young Frankenstein: Summoned by a will to his late grandfathers castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientists step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life

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TEFMT

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videorecording

Credits note

Music, John Morris ; Music for Robin Hood, men in tights, Hummie Mann

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G, PG or R

Language note

English, French or Spanish dialogue; with English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Blazing saddles cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, Alex Karras, John Hillerman, George Furth, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn
High anxiety cast: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman
History of the world part 1 cast: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Andreas Voutsinas, Shecky Greene, Sid Ceasar, Mary-Margaret Humes
Robin Hood, men in tights cast: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Isaac Hayes, Tracey Ullman
Silent movie cast: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters
The twelve chairs cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks
To be or not to be cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Jose 1Ferrer
Young Frankenstein cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn

Runtime

777

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

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