Mel Brooks

biography:
Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 21 entertainers to win the EGOT (which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony). He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024.

Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows(1950–1954). There, he worked with Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, and Carl Reiner. With Reiner, he co-created the comedy sketch The 2000 Year Old Man. He released several comedy albums, starting with 2000 Year Old Man in 1960. Brooks received five nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, finally winning in 1999. With Buck Henry, he created the hit satirical spy comedy series Get Smart (1965–1970) on NBC television.

Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Producers (1967). He then rose to prominence by directing a string of successful comedy films such as The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), and High Anxiety (1977). Later, Brooks made History of the World, Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and earned Brooks three Tony Awards. The project was remade into a musical film in 2005. He wrote and produced the Hulu series History of the World, Part II (2023).

Brooks was married to actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until she died in 2005. Their son, Max Brooks, is an actor and author known for his novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006). In 2021, Mel Brooks published his memoir titled All About Me!. Three of his films are included on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which were ranked in the top 15: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13.

Mad About You

overview: Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

character: Uncle Phil

original_name: Mad About You

The Simpsons

overview: Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

character: Mel Brooks (voice)

original_name: The Simpsons

Noel's House Party

overview:
Noel's House Party is a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s. It was set in a large house in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom, leading to much innuendo. The show was broadcast during the autumn-spring season. It was the successor show to Noel's Saturday Roadshow, and carried over some of its regular features such as the Gunge Tank, the Gotcha Oscar and Wait 'Till I Get You Home. In 2010, Noel's House Party was voted the best Saturday night TV show of all time.

The show had many regular guests posing as fictional villagers, including Frank Thornton and Vicki Michelle. The show gave birth to Mr. Blobby in the Gotcha segment. The character became well known, ruining the premise of the segment, but Blobby still made appearances. There was also a contrived rivalry between Noel and Tony Blackburn. In addition, many episodes featured one-off guest stars, including Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer, who came in to find the whole audience dressed as Frank after Fantastic Stuart Henderson from Troon had performed as Frank singing The Beatles song "I Saw Her Standing There", and Ken Dodd in a highwayman's outfit - 'Going cheap at the Maxwell sale' - as Noel's long lost 'twin', Berasent.

original_name: Noel's House Party

The David Susskind Show

overview: The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City. The title referred to the fact that the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue late on a Sunday night.

original_name: The David Susskind Show

Frasier

overview: After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

character: Tom (voice)

original_name: Frasier

Inside Comedy

overview: Half hour comedy documentary series from veteran funny-man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of some of the greatest comics of our time.

original_name: Inside Comedy

The Electric Company

overview:
The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977. After it ceased production that year, the program continued in reruns from 1977 to 1985, the result of a decision made in 1975 to produce two final seasons for perpetual use. CTW produced the show at Teletape Studios Second Stage in Manhattan, the first home of Sesame Street.

The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. It was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, Sesame Street. Appropriately, the humor was more mature than what was seen there.

character: Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)

original_name: The Electric Company

Curb Your Enthusiasm

overview: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

character: Mel Brooks

original_name: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

overview: An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

character: Self (uncredited)

original_name: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Spaceballs: The Animated Series

overview: Spaceballs: The Animated Series, also known as Spaceballs: The Series, is an animated television series that premiered in 2008 on G4 and Canada's Super Channel, and is loosely based on the parody science fiction film Spaceballs. Similarly to how the original film parodied the original Star Wars films and the Star Trek universe, each episode of the series parodies a different film or other aspect of popular culture, such as the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, or the Grand Theft Auto video games.

character: President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)

original_name: Spaceballs: The Animated Series

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

overview: The adventures of Piggley, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends Dannan the Duck and Ferny the Bull on Raloo Farm in Ireland.

character: Wiley (voice)

original_name: Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

The Frank Skinner Show

overview:
The Frank Skinner Show was a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted nine series on British television between 1995 and 2005.

As well as celebrity interviews, the shows included an initial stand-up routine, various sketches throughout the episode and usually concluded with a comedic song featuring Frank and the guest stars. The Frank Skinner Show became notorious over the years for the unconventional nature of the interviews, including some shocking revelations from the guests. The programme ended in 2005 after nine series.

It was screened on BBC One from its first episode on 10 September 1995 until 3 June 1999.

In 2000, the show moved to ITV. The programme was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2001.

original_name: The Frank Skinner Show

Saturday Night Clive

original_name: Saturday Night Clive

Glenn Martin, DDS

overview:
Glenn Martin, DDS is an American-Canadian stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series was produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio. Glenn Martin, DDS was Nick at Nite's fourth original series.

The show premiered on March 18, 2010 on Sky1 in the UK and Ireland. Season two premiered on June 11, 2010. The show ended on November 7th, 2011.

original_name: Glenn Martin, DDS

origin_country: US CA

The Oscars

overview: An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

original_name: The Oscars

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

An Audience with...

overview: An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.

original_name: An Audience with...

Only Murders in the Building

overview: Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.

original_name: Only Murders in the Building

Wogan

overview: Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

original_name: Wogan

Flick Flack

overview: Flick Flack was a Canadian television series broadcast by Global Television Network in 1974. The series featured interviews with motion picture industry personalities combined with excerpts from films. William Shatner was the regular series host. "It was a TV show produced for Canadian TV. A handful of shows that aired every fortnight for a few months in the 70’s." @WilliamShatner · Sep 15, 2020

original_name: Flick Flack

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

overview: Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up best when he says, 'You've finally made a show about nothing.'

original_name: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

To Tell the Truth

overview: A modern reimagination of the classic game show. In each round, a celebrity panel will be presented with three people who all claim to be the same person with the same incredible talent, job or achievement. One is sworn to tell the truth while the others are not.

character: Self - Panelist

original_name: To Tell the Truth

The Mike Douglas Show

overview: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

original_name: The Mike Douglas Show

The Hollywood Palace

overview: The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.

original_name: The Hollywood Palace

Legends

overview: The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

character: Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)

original_name: Legends

Champs-Elysées

original_name: Champs-Elysées

original_language: fr

RTL Samstag Nacht

overview: RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.

original_name: RTL Samstag Nacht

original_language: de

Broadway: The American Musical

overview: This six part documentary miniseries presents the evolution of the Broadway musical from its inception in 1893 to current day 2004. It presents those influential players both on stage and behind the scenes, as well as a variety of influential Broadway shows, a handful which are known to have transformed the musical into what the audience knows it to be today.

original_name: Broadway: The American Musical

The Dick Cavett Show

overview: The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

character: Self - Guest

original_name: The Dick Cavett Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

overview: Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

original_name: Real Time with Bill Maher

The Wonderful World of Disney

overview: Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.

original_name: The Wonderful World of Disney

Primetime Glick

overview: Talk-show parody featuring obese host Jiminy Glick, who usually knows nothing about his guests and hurls veiled insults at them during his interviews.

original_name: Primetime Glick

History of the World: Part II

overview: Explore different periods of human history through a variety of sketches.

character: Narrator (voice)

original_name: History of the World: Part II

Please Turn the Page

original_name: Bitte umblättern

name: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

overview: Jimmy Neutron is the smartest kid in town. As a genius, Jimmy thinks most things can be solved with the invention of a new gizmo. But Jimmy usually takes the easy way out, and his backfiring gadgets result in comedic adventures.

character: Santa Claus (voice)

original_name: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

The Paul Reiser Show

overview: The Paul Reiser Show is an American television series that aired on NBC. In May 2010, NBC announced that it had green-lit the series for the 2010–11 television season, with the half-hour comedy expected to premiere as a midseason replacement. The series premiered on April 14, 2011, at 8:30 pm. Due to extremely low ratings, the program was canceled on April 22, 2011, after airing only two episodes.

character: The Angry Cat (voice)

Great Performances

overview: The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Golden Globe Awards

overview: An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The Grammys

overview: An awards show honoring the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry. The members of the Recording Academy vote on who they think is most deserving of an award in 108 categories as specified by the academy.

When Things Were Rotten

overview:
When Things Were Rotten is an American situation comedy television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and aired for half a season by ABC.

A parody of the Robin Hood legend, the series starred Richard Gautier as Robin Hood. Also in the regular cast were Dick Van Patten as Friar Tuck, Bernie Kopell as Alan-a-Dale, Henry Polic II as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Ron Rifkin as Prince John, Misty Rowe as Maid Marian, and David Sabin as Little John. Richard Dimitri played a dual role as identical twin brothers; Renaldo was one of the Merry Men, while Bertram was the Sheriff's right-hand man.

Somebody Feed Phil

overview: "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more.

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

overview: Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio explore the life and legacy of Mel Brooks, one of the most enduring comedic voices of our time.

Tony Awards

overview: The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

overview: Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

Film '72

overview: The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

Live & Kicking

overview: Live & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's magazine programme, running from 1993 to 2001. The fourth in a succession of Saturday morning shows, it was the replacement for Going Live!, and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of cartoons. Once Live & Kicking had become established in series two, it reached its height in popularity during series four, when it was presented by Zoë Ball and Jamie Theakston; their final episode won a BAFTA award. After this the series ratings dropped with the launch of SMTV Live on ITV and was eventually cancelled in 2001.

Forky Asks a Question

overview: Forky, a craft project created from trash, has important questions about how the world works, such as: What is love? What is time? And of course, the deepest question of all, What is cheese? Follow him as he explores all of these questions and more.

Get Smart

overview:
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track.

The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.

Very Young Frankenstein

overview: Inspired by Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Plot TBA.

Español

biography: Realizador cinematográfico, actor, guionista y productor estadounidense. Nació en el barrio neoyorquino de Brooklyn el 28 de junio de 1926 y su verdadero nombre es Melvyn Kaminsky. Tras finalizar la escuela se alistó en el ejército y durante la II Guerra Mundial sirvió como especialista en la retirada de minas. A partir de 1945 trabajó como percusionista en cabarés y como cómico en recintos feriales y en la radio. Además, desempeñó tareas de periodista y redactor de anuncios y espacios televisivos. Desde 1949 hasta 1957 diseñó, junto a Woody Allen, entre otros, gags para los espacios televisivos del célebre cómico Sid Caesar. En 1962 escribió el guión para el cortometraje The Critic von Ernest Pinthoff, que le supuso en 1964 su primera candidatura para un Oscar. Mel Brooks debutó como director en 1966 con la sátira Los productores, cuyo guión fue galardonado con un Oscar en 1968. Durante las décadas de 1970 y 1980 su labor como director de parodias cinematográficas se vio coronada por diferentes éxitos. Entre sus obras más famosas se cuentan El jovencito Frankenstein (1974), Sillas de montar calientes (1974), La última locura (1976), La loca historia del mundo (1981) y La loca historia de las galaxias (1987). Durante la década de 1990 vieron la luz Qué asco de vida (1991) y Las locas locas aventuras de Robin Hood (1993). En numerosas ocasiones también ha interpretado papeles principales en sus películas, como en La loca historia de las galaxias. Desde 1979 Mel Brooks también se dedica a la producción: además de sus propias películas ha producido entre otras El hombre elefante (1980), de David Lynch, y La mosca (1986), de David Cronenberg.

Dansk

biography:
Melvin Brooks (né Kaminsky, født 28. juni 1926) er en amerikansk filmskaber, komiker, skuespiller og komponist. Han er kendt som skaberen af brede filmfarcer og komiske parodier. Brooks begyndte sin karriere som tegneserie og forfatter til det tidlige tv-varieteshow Your Show of Shows. Han blev kendt som en del af komedieduoen med Carl Reiner i komediefilmen The 2000 Year Old Man. Han skabte også sammen med Buck Henry den populære tv-komedieserie Get Smart, som kørte fra 1965 til 1970.

I middelalderen blev Brooks en af de mest succesrige filminstruktører i 1970'erne, hvor mange af hans film var blandt de 10 bedste pengeskabere i det år, de blev udgivet. Hans mest kendte film inkluderer The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs og Robin Hood: Men in Tights. En musikalsk tilpasning af hans første film, The Producers, kørte på Broadway fra 2001 til 2007.

I 2001, efter tidligere at have vundet en Emmy, en Grammy og en Oscar, sluttede han sig til en lille liste af EGOT-vindere med sin Tony-pris for The Producers. Han modtog en Kennedy Center Honor i 2009, Hollywood Walk of Fame i 2010, den 41. AFI Life Achievement Award i juni 2013, et British Film Institute Fellowship i marts 2015, en National Medal of Arts i september 2016 og et BAFTA Fellowship i februar 2017. Tre af hans film er placeret på American Film Institutes liste over de 100 bedste komediefilm gennem de seneste 100 år (1900–2000), som alle er placeret i top 15 på listen: Blazing Saddles på nummer 6, The Producere på nummer 11, og Young Frankenstein på nummer 13.

Français

biography:
Melvin Kaminsky, dit Mel Brooks, est un réalisateur, acteur, producteur exécutif, scénariste, compositeur et producteur américain, né le 28 juin 1926 à New York.

Né dans une famille juive germano-russe à New York le 28 juin 1926, Mel Brooks travaille comme comique après avoir servi dans l’armée de terre lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Avec Woody Allen, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner et d’autres, il écrit pour le Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, lequel devient le Caesar’s Hour. Mel Brooks et Buck Henry travaillent ensemble pour créer à la télévision la parodie d’espionnage Max la Menace (Get Smart) diffusée de 1965 à 1970, avec Don Adams.

Durant cette époque où il est producteur de théâtre, il épouse en 1964 l’actrice Anne Bancroft (avec qui il a un fils Max en 1972, et reste marié jusqu'au décès d'Anne Bancroft en 2005) et coréalise avec Ernest Pintoff son premier film: un court-métrage parodique sur l’art moderne intitulé The Critic, qui remporte un Oscar. Il écrit ensuite un scénario fondé sur son expérience avec les producteurs de Broadway, qui devient son premier long métrage en tant que réalisateur: Les Producteurs (The Producers) et qui remporte son deuxième et dernier Oscar. C'est là qu'il fait la connaissance de l'acteur qui devient son coéquipier dans bon nombre de ses films, Gene Wilder. Lors de la sortie de son deuxième long métrage en 1970, Le Mystère des douze chaises (The Twelve Chairs), Hollywood critique le film comme étant trop juif. En 1974, alors qu'il est en train de tourner un de ses plus célèbres films, Le shérif est en prison, Gene Wilder lui propose un scénario original. Il s'agit alors de Frankenstein Junior, une parodie du grand film des années 1930, qui devient par la suite son film le plus célèbre, avec Les Producteurs. Le rôle d'Igor est alors joué par Marty Feldman. Le reste de la troupe est constitué de Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Peter Boyle (apparaissant quelques années plus tard aux côtés de Robert De Niro dans Taxi Driver) et on peut même apercevoir Gene Hackman dans le rôle de l'ermite aveugle.

En 1981, pour La Folle Histoire du monde, Mel est à l'origine d'un morceau de rap intitulé It's good to be the king (C'est bon d'être le roi) où il apparaît, dans cette séquence filmée, déguisé en Louis XVI: le clip, extrait de son film, est un tube planétaire. Mel récidive avec d'autres morceaux rap comme Inquisition, sans toutefois connaître un succès comparable à It's good to be the king…

Travaillant simultanément comme scénariste, metteur en scène et acteur, Mel Brooks obtint beaucoup de mauvaises critiques dues à son style excessif. En 1983, aux côtés d’Anne Bancroft, il est seulement producteur et acteur dans le film To Be or Not to Be, remake du classique d’Ernst Lubitsch.

En tant que producteur, il œuvre dans un registre beaucoup plus dramatique et au cours des années 1980, au sein de sa société de production Brooksfilms il produit des projets aussi variés que La Mouche (The Fly), Elephant Man, Solarbabies, et 84 Charing Cross Road mettant en vedette Anne Bancroft. ...

Source: Article "Mel Brooks" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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梅尔·布鲁克斯

biography: 梅尔文·布鲁克斯（原名卡明斯基，1926 年 6 月 28 日出生）是美国电影制片人、喜剧演员、演员

Deutsch

biography:
Mel Brooks (* 28. Juni 1926 als Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Komiker, Schauspieler, Regisseur, Theaterproduzent und Oscar-prämierter Drehbuchautor.  Bekannt wurde er insbesondere für seine filmischen Parodien auf kommerziell erfolgreiche Filme, etwa Frankenstein Junior und Spaceballs. Er machte sich daneben auch mit Parodien auf das NS-Regime, besonders auf Adolf Hitler, einen Namen (z. B. Frühling für Hitler sowie die Neuverfilmung von Sein oder Nichtsein mit dem Titelsong To Be or Not To Be).

Brooks ist Jude; sein Vater Maximilian war deutscher Jude aus Danzig, seine Mutter Kate, geb. Brookman, Jüdin russischer Herkunft. Mel Brooks ist einer der wenigen Künstler, die mit den vier wichtigsten Auszeichnungen der US-Unterhaltungsbranche (Grammy, Oscar, Tony Award, Emmy) geehrt wurden. Darüber hinaus wurde ihm im Jahr 2023 ein Ehrenoscar für sein Lebenswerk zuerkannt.

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梅爾·布魯克斯

biography: 梅爾文·布魯克斯（原名卡明斯基，1926 年 6 月 28 日出生）是美國電影製片人、喜劇演員、演員

title: Spaceballs

overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

title: History of the World: Part I

overview: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

character: Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

title: It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

overview: Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get enough of it ever since. The history of the creature on and off the screen includes clips from Thomas Edison's 1910 filmization to Kenneth Branagh's 1994 treatment, plus interviews with Robert De Niro, Mel Brooks, Roger Corman and others. Hosted by Roger Moore; narrated by Eli Wallach.

original_title: It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

title: The Silence of the Hams

overview: Rookie FBI agent Jo Dee Foster has been assigned to work on the case of the Psycho Killer, a psycho killer who has psycho-killed over 120 people. But to learn more about his target, he's forced to meet Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza, a famous doctor turned cannibal who ate pizzas with human body parts. Meanwhile, Jo's girlfriend, Jane Wine, has just stolen $400,000 in cash from her money-hungry boss, Mr. Laurel, so she and Jo can be happy, but gets lost in a horrible storm and stops at the Cemetery Motel, where the owner, Antonio Motel, is dominated by his insane mother.

title: The Little Rascals

overview: When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

title: Silent Movie

overview: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

title: The Muppet Movie

overview: The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

title: Blazing Saddles

overview: A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

character: Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

title: Life Stinks

overview: Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt, feuding with rival Vance Crasswell over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets of Los Angeles for thirty days. But Bolt has a rude awakening when the reality of homelessness hits him. Still, he finds a silver lining in a burgeoning romance with Molly, a former Broadway dancer who has fallen on hard times.

title: To Be or Not to Be

overview: A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

overview: Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

title: The Twelve Chairs

overview: In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

overview: When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.

title: High Anxiety

overview: 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.

title: Robots

overview: Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.

title: Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

overview: A brief look at Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's 2,000 Year Old Man routine and how it influenced countless comedians since its inception.

title: Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

overview: An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and various other works of art. Features interview footage and commentary by family members, friends, fans, and people he's worked with, as well as behind-the-scenes antics of some of his most critically praised efforts.

original_title: Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

title: Screw Loose

overview: The owner of an Italian natural food company has a heart attack and asks his son, Bernardo, to find the man who saved his life in World War II and bring him to his deathbed. He does so and finds the man in a sanitarium and must deal with his hijinks all the way back to Milan.

title: Hitler: The Comedy Years

overview: A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

character: Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)

title: Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love

overview: Emmy-winning comedian, actor, writer and producer Sarah Silverman returns in her second HBO comedy special. Filmed at The Wilbur Theatre in Boston, the show features the New England native showcasing her fearless chutzpah.

title: Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

overview: Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

original_title: Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

title: Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

overview: In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It tackled such previously taboo subjects as sex, religion, drugs, and politics, and ushered in an avant-garde era of comedy that was decidedly more cerebral, satirical, and improvisational than before. Here are many of the maverick comedians who took those big risks years ago and paved the way for today’s current crop of outrageous, in-your-face comics. Many of these rare television performances have not been seen in 30 or 40 years. Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (1966) Jackie Mason (1961) Bob Newhart (1966) Shelly Berman (1966) Bill Cosby (1965) Jonathan Winters (1961) Smothers Brothers (1974) Steve Martin (1977) Rowan & Martin (1964) Lily Tomlin (1975) George Carlin (1967 & 1975) Richard Pryor (1967 & 1974) Andy Kaufman (1977) Hendra & Ullett (1966) Billy Crystal (1976) Jay Leno (1978) David Letterman (1979)

original_title: Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

title: Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

title: Free to Be... a Family

overview: Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and find common ground. The Muppets and several celebrities make a cameo.

title: The Critic

overview: An old man at the movies narrates over an abstract cartoon with vocal displeasure, to the annoyance of his fellow audience members.

title: Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

overview: Mel Brooks appears on stage with Alan Yentob, the creative director for the BBC, at the Geffen Theatre in California to review his extensive career as a writer, director, actor, producer, composer comedian, as well as his failed ballet dancing career. This special examines the early life of Mel Brooks, his show-business influences, early career and his showcases his ascension as one of Hollywood's most successful writers and directors.

title: Sex, Lies and Video Violence

overview: Micke is a total film nerd, who would be rather sitting home watching violent action movies than to be outside drinking and hanging out with friends. One night Micke has prepared to have an orgy of violent movies, but something rather strange interrupts his plans. While watching "Die Hard", one of the German terrorists from the film comes out of the television, and this launches a night of violence filled with known characters.

title: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

overview: Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

title: Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

overview: A featurette about the origins of "Silent Movie," as well as its inspirations and development, direct cinematic influences, cast and performances, gag specifics and cut scenes, Brooks’ directorial style and a few other tidbits.

original_title: Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

title: Free to Be… You and Me

overview: Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book first released in November 1972, featuring songs and stories from many current celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") such as Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross, among others.  An ABC Afterschool Special using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed two years later in March 1974. The basic concept is to encourage a post-60's gender neutrality, while saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and happiness with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone, whether a boy or a girl, can achieve anything.

title: Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

overview: CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary career of the iconic entertainer for his 98th birthday.

title: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

overview: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.

title: Look Who's Talking Too

overview: Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.

title: Hotel Transylvania 2

overview: When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.

title: Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

overview: Mel Brooks is one of the funniest voices in American comedy. Now, the entertainment legend dons a tux and takes the stage for a memorable one-man show filled with jokes, songs and hilarious anecdotes.

title: Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

overview: For four decades comic genius Mel Brooks and talk show king Dick Cavett have partnered to give the world scintillating conversation and sidesplitting humor. In 2010 they reunited on stage to share show business memories and hilarious stories for loyal fans and a new generation of viewers.

original_title: Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

title: Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

overview: A collection of Ceasar's finest comedy moments.

original_title: Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

title: Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

overview: Profile of the producer and former studio head of 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, Alan Ladd Jr.

title: Remembering Gene Wilder

overview: This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in 'The Producers', to the enigmatic title role in the original 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like 'Silver Streak'.

title: Mr. Peabody & Sherman

overview: A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.

title: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

overview: After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.

original_title: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

title: Caesar's Writers

overview: On January 24, 1996, at the Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles, CA, legendary comic Sid Caesar was reunited with nine of his writers from Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. The event was taped for release on PBS and BBC in a 1-hour cut, and later on VHS and DVD in its full 2-hour length. Be prepared to laugh non-stop as the panel, made up of head writer Mel Tolkin, Caesar, Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben, Larry Gelbart, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Sheldon Keller, and Gary Belkin share stories about their time working on Caesar's shows and offer their insights about writing comedy.

title: Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

overview: Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and many more.

original_title: Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

title: Young Frankenstein

overview: A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

character: Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)

title: Sunset People

overview: Sunset Boulevard stretches 27 miles from Los Angeles’ Chinatown all the way to the ocean – a ride made famous by Philip Marlowe in the Chandler books. Film star mansions give way to tatty motels; exclusive offices stand alongside nightclubs with aspiring comics, and amateur nude contests. Then the famous ‘strip’ and Hollywood’s legendary coffee shop, Schwabs, where (they say) a girl in a tight sweater turned into Lana Turner.  Meet some of Sunset’s most colourful and improbable residents – the failed showbiz impresario who made his millions selling cookies, and the high-rise developer who let John Wayne take his cow up in the lift… the lucky ones have achieved a peculiarly Hollywood brand of success, but every day on Sunset you meet the other ones: still looking for a break, for a job, for a deal. All of them still trying to play their part in the Hollywood dream.

title: The Last Laugh

overview: Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.

title: Flower of the Dawn

overview: An animated musical inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm tale, 'Jorinde and Joringel'.

title: The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

overview: Dick Cavett interviews Mel Brooks in 2006.

title: Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer

overview: With a career spanning nine decades, EGOT winner Mel Brooks is the master of parody and comedy. From Brooklyn, live TV (with Sid Caesar) and Broadway, to going all the way to Hollywood, Mel Brooks tells us with his unflinching Jewish humor about his prolific career and becoming a world-famous entertainer.

title: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

overview: A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.

title: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

overview: Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons, boldly cracked open dialogue and shifted the national consciousness, injecting enlightened humanism into sociopolitical debates on race, class, creed, and feminism.

original_title: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

title: If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

overview: Irrepressible writer-comedian Carl Reiner, who shows no signs of slowing down at 94, tracks down celebrated nonagenarians, and a few others over 100, to show how the twilight years can truly be the happiest and most rewarding. Among those who share their insights into what it takes to be vital and productive in older age are Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Kirk Douglas, Norman Lear, Betty White and Tony Bennett.

original_title: If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

title: Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

overview: Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early family background to overwhelming show business success. Interviews with friends, family and associates reveal a star-studded career in music and film alongside a fascinating private life of four marriages, liaison with the Kennedy family, Las Vegas business interests and an alleged association with the Mafia

title: Ballerina

overview: In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

title: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

overview: The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

title: Mickey's Audition

overview: A five-minute film for The Disney-MGM Studios combining live-action and animation. Mickey Mouse recalls his first big audition and subsequent filmmaking career.

title: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

overview: The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.

original_title: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

title: An Audience with Mel Brooks

overview: Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespearean actor Jonathan Pryce. Brooks Spontaneous humor, social commentaries and zany sketches leave the audience rolling in the aisles and will leave you wanting more of Mel!

title: Untitled Lani Pixels Project

overview: Evil forces have invaded an isolated island and have targeted Patrick and Susan's grandfather, Mr. Campbell. Guided by Jack, a charming Irish rogue, the siblings end up on a dangerous journey filled with magic and mystery.

title: It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.

overview: During his career, Mr. Ladd has been an agent, studio head, and Academy Award-winning producer. In our film, he shares an intimate oral history of the trials, tribulations, heartbreak, and joy of bringing some of the most iconic and memorable motion pictures to the screen. Mr. Ladd has been associated with films that have garnered over 150 Academy Award nominations and 50 wins. He has green lit or produced such iconic motion pictures as Star Wars, Alien, The Right Stuff, Young Frankenstein Gone Baby Gone, and the Academy Award-winning best pictures, Chariots Of Fire and Braveheart.

original_title: It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.

title: Peeping Times

overview: Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the special featured an early broadcast network appearance of David Letterman. David Frost was co-executive producer. The show was a spoof of TV news magazine programs.

title: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

overview: Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

title: The Sid Caesar Collection:  Creating the Comedy

original_title: The Sid Caesar Collection:  Creating the Comedy

title: The Sid Caesar Collection:  Inside the Writer's Room

overview: The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides and howling at his uproarious antics and those of his inspired sidekicks--Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris. These are compilations of fan favorites--digitally remastered to be as crisp as they were in the 1950s. "The Fan Favorites" includes gems from the heyday of live TV, as well as interviews with writers and actors, including Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon. 3-3/4 hours on 3 cassettes or 3 DVDs. Set 1 features live gut-busters from "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour", including 18 of Caesar's own favorite sketches, plus revealing interviews with contemporaries, including Mel Brooks and Neil Simon. Three digitally remastered volumes: "The Magic of Live TV, Inside the Writer's Room," and "Creating the Comedy". Almost 4 hours on 3 cassettes or 3 DVDs.

original_title: The Sid Caesar Collection:  Inside the Writer's Room

title: Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

overview: A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence.  Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970) won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.

title: The Producers

overview: A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

character: Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)

title: The Great Buster: A Celebration

overview: A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.

title: The 2000 Year Old Man

overview: When Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks stepped onstage for the first time to perform their now-legendary skit "The 2000 Year Old Man," they turned live comedy on its head with their irreverent, cutting-edge humor. Done in animated style, catch the dynamic duo riffing on everything from Robin Hood to Saran Wrap in this crowd-pleasing performance as straight-man Reiner interviews a centuries-old Brooks, who shares his wickedly funny musings and opinions with the usual aplomb.

title: Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

overview: At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yentob visits Mel at home in Hollywood, at work and at play.

title: A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

overview: A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of adrenaline.

original_title: A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

title: Toy Story 4

overview: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, devoted to taking care of his kid—whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But after Bonnie creates a reluctant new toy called "Forky", a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends challenges everything Woody believes about loyalty, purpose, and what it truly means to be a toy.

title: The Producers

title: The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

overview: This collage of interviews with the producers, John Hurt, and the makeup man comes off as both interesting and informative. Hurt's recollections about the role and the crazy makeup he worked in, are fascinating, as are the stories about the makeup artist using the real remains of John Merrick archived in the London hospital. A shorter bit has the artist explaining the exact construction of his amibitious makup, and he also narrates a slide show that includes color photos of the finished work. There are some mind-boggling stills of the real Merrick's grotesquely contorted skull, where excess bone seems to have grown like tallow dripping from a horrible candle, or a foaming tumor of excess calcification.

title: Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense

overview: A short documentary exploring the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Mel Brooks and the role it played in the production of "High Anxiety."

original_title: Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense

title: Mickey's 50

overview: "Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career.

title: Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks

overview: An exclusive musical comedy event showcasing the antics of the entire cast and crew of the hit Broadway show The Producers. Includes exclusive candid behind-the-scenes footage, 14 song performances, and much more, all hosted by Mel Brooks.

original_title: Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks

title: Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

overview: Forky attempts to understand the concept of love from Bonnie’s elder toys who believe they’ve been there, done that.

title: In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

overview: New interviews with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, footage from the reunion of Caesar's Writers (1996), and sketches from Your Show of Shows (1950) and Caesar's Hour (1954).

title: Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?

overview: A behind-the-scenes short about the making of the 1991 Mel Brooks film "Life Stinks".

title: 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

overview: Hosted by Cary Elwes. It's a promotional piece that was intended to get the word out about the film while it was in production, but some of the behind the scenes material that appears here is amusing

original_title: 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

title: Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

overview: Features a sit-down with two of the film's writers; the third, Ronny Graham, passed away in 1999.

original_title: Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

title: The Making of 'The Producers'

overview: An hour-long making-of featurette which features interviews and anecdotes from the likes of Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Lee "Ulla" Meredith, assistant director Michael Hertzberg, composer John Morris, choreographer Alan Johnson, production designer Charles Rosen, casting director Alfa-Betty Olsen, among others.

title: Back in the Saddle

overview: The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.

title: John Candy: Comic Spirit

overview: A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.

title: The Automat

overview: The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.

title: The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

overview: In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.) to examine the production history of "The Great Dictator", the film's importance as a satire, and legacy.

original_title: The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

title: The Muppets Go Hollywood

overview: Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.

title: Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

overview: In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces along with a few cult classics emerged from this decade. In the 1990s the Hollywood musical was largely animated, rather than live action. However, television had a surprising number of musical offerings, including “Gypsy” with Bette Midler and “Annie” which launched director Rob Marshall. In the 2000s musicals came back starting with “Moulin Rouge” and carrying on with “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and “Hairspray.” There are movies based on Broadway triumphs and once again there are teens singing and dancing.

original_title: Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

title: Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures

overview: From a galaxy not so far away come these hilarious animated adventures based on Spaceballs — the greatest sci-fi spoof of all time! Join Yogurt, President Skroob, Lone Starr, Barf, Princess Vespa and the dastardly, dorky Dark Helmet for a blast of interstellar insanity. Directed and voiced by comic genius Mel Brooks and featuring voices from the film's original stars Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers, Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures! pokes fun at everything under the sun, from pop culture and politics to megahit movies and reality show TV. Set your lasers on STUNingly funny, and may the Schwartz be with you!

original_title: Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures

title: Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

overview: A documentary about Mel Brooks' legendary 1974 comedy «Blazing Saddles».

original_title: Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

title: Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost

title: Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show

overview: "Ruby's Studio: The Feelings Show" is an award-winning, fun and uniquely stylish video that helps young children understand, appropriately express, and move through their feelings. Adorable host, Ruby, guides kids on a magical journey of learning through awesome animation, DIY art projects and original music. Featuring the voice of Mel Brooks and the music of Elizabeth Mitchell.

title: From Darkness to Light

overview: Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews with Lewis' associates and previously unseen production content.

title: Spaceballs: The New One

overview: Described as "a non-prequel non-reboot sequel part two but with reboot elements franchise expansion film". Plot TBA.

title: Spaceballs: The Documentary

overview: The cast and crew of Spaceballs looks back at the making of the movie.

title: The Land of Sometimes

overview: Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences.

title: John Candy: I Like Me

overview: Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.

title: Enormous

overview: Stephen, a man devastated after a breakup, sinks into sadness with only his pug, Jelly Donut, to keep him company in his empty home—until the canine finds an unexpected way to help him rediscover joy.

title: The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

overview: The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld is an intimate portrait of what it means to expose oneself. At its center is the iconoclastic film producer Stuart Cornfeld (1952-2020) sharp-tongued, outspoken, irreverent, and true to himself. The film unfolds through the eyes of an artist who, in Stuart’s final years, paints multiple portraits while speaking with him and those who knew him best (friends, collaborators, actors, film directors and, film producers) tracing the life of a man who embraced misfits because he, too, never quite fit in.

title: Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words

overview: A feature documentary profiling the most revered screenwriter in movie history, Paddy Chayefsky stands alone as the only writer to win three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay: for Marty (1955), The Hospital (1971) and Network (1976).

title: David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything

overview: David Lynch talks about his creative life from art student to filmmaker, from "Eraserhead" (1977) to the internet and "Inland Empire' (2006). Why intuition is so important, the opportunity to make "The Elephant Man", why there is no "Director's Cut" of "Dune" (1984), the inspiration behind "Lost Highway" (1997) and why he thinks celluloid is a dinosaur.

original_title: David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything

title: Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary

overview: A feature documentary on the life, career, and theatrical legacy of three-time Emmy and three-time Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane. The film will trace Lane’s remarkable body of work across stage and screen while following him through a major artistic moment: his long-awaited (and Tony-nominated) portrayal of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, a current Broadway role he has contemplated for more than thirty years.

title: Spaceballs

title: Spaceballs

title: Spaceballs

title: History of the World: Part I

title: History of the World: Part I

title: History of the World: Part I

title: Young Frankenstein

title: Young Frankenstein

title: The Producers

title: Silent Movie

title: Silent Movie

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Life Stinks

title: Life Stinks

title: Life Stinks

title: To Be or Not to Be

title: The Twelve Chairs

title: The Twelve Chairs

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: High Anxiety

title: High Anxiety

title: High Anxiety

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Blazing Saddles

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

title: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

title: The Doctor and the Devils

overview: In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.

title: Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

title: The Producers

title: Shinbone Alley

overview: Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel, but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill.

title: Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

title: Fatso

overview: Dominick DiNapoli is a man who loves food and is overweight as a result. After an obese cousin dies due to health problems, Dominick's sister Antoinette sets out to help him lose weight. Although he has a hard time trying to slim down, Dominick finds inspiration when he meets and falls for shop owner Lydia. Can he get up the courage to ask her out, or will he go back to the comfort of overeating?

title: The Fly II

overview: Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.

title: Loose Shoes

overview: Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.

title: Solarbabies

overview: In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

title: The Nude Bomb

overview: When KAOS develops a bomb that can dissolve all clothing, Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil the evil plot.

title: Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

overview: KAOS steals a secret formula that turns water into vapor and threatens the USA to dry up its entire water supply.

title: Ride

overview: Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instructor who convinces her to try to accept her son's wishes and allow him to follow his dreams.

title: Young Frankenstein

title: Sam

overview: The journey of young, handsome New York City playboy Sam Wellman - man’s man and professional woman hater – and his relationship with Doc, his best (and only!) friend. One strange, drunken night Sam stumbles into an Old Curiosity Shop, where the elderly proprietor offers him tea along with sage advice on treasuring “the female of the species”. Sam awakens the next morning to find himself transformed into a woman.

title: The Vagrant

overview: A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.

title: The Fly

overview: When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

title: The Elephant Man

overview: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

title: The Producers

title: High Anxiety

title: Get Smart

overview: When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?

title: An Audience with Mel Brooks

title: Shinbone Alley

title: New Faces

overview: New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954. It helped jump start the careers of several young performers including Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Carol Lawrence, performer/writer Mel Brooks (as Melvin Brooks), and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. The film was basically a reproduction of the stage revue with a thin plot added. The plot involved a producer and performer (Ronny Graham) in financial trouble and is trying to stave off an angry creditor long enough to open his show. A wealthy Texan offers to help out, on the condition that his daughter be in the show.

title: Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

title: The Producers

overview: Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: The 2000 Year Old Man

title: The Critic

title: The Critic

title: Life Stinks

title: The Automat

title: 84 Charing Cross Road

overview: When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

title: Spaceballs: The New One

title: Spaceballs: The New One

title: The Ladies Man

overview: After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?

title: Inside Danny Baker

overview: A couple of boys are trying to get $30 to buy a boat.

title: Spaceballs

title: History of the World: Part I

title: The Silence of the Hams

title: The Little Rascals

title: Silent Movie

title: The Muppet Movie

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Life Stinks

title: To Be or Not to Be

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: The Twelve Chairs

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: High Anxiety

title: Robots

title: Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

title: Screw Loose

title: Hitler: The Comedy Years

title: Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love

title: Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

title: Free to Be... a Family

title: The Critic

title: Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

title: Sex, Lies and Video Violence

title: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

title: Free to Be… You and Me

title: Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

title: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

title: Look Who's Talking Too

title: Hotel Transylvania 2

title: Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

title: Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

title: Remembering Gene Wilder

title: Mr. Peabody & Sherman

title: Caesar's Writers

title: Young Frankenstein

title: Sunset People

title: The Last Laugh

title: Flower of the Dawn

title: The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

title: Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer

title: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

title: Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

title: Ballerina

title: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

title: Mickey's Audition

title: An Audience with Mel Brooks

title: Untitled Lani Pixels Project

title: Peeping Times

title: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

title: Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

title: The Producers

title: The Great Buster: A Celebration

title: The 2000 Year Old Man

title: Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

title: Toy Story 4

title: The Producers

title: The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

title: Mickey's 50

title: Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

title: In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

title: Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?

title: John Candy: Comic Spirit

title: Back in the Saddle

title: The Making of 'The Producers'

title: The Automat

title: The Muppets Go Hollywood

title: Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost

title: Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show

title: From Darkness to Light

title: Spaceballs: The New One

title: Spaceballs: The Documentary

title: The Land of Sometimes

title: John Candy: I Like Me

title: Enormous

title: The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

title: Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words

title: Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary

title: Spaceballs

title: Spaceballs

title: Spaceballs

title: History of the World: Part I

title: History of the World: Part I

title: History of the World: Part I

title: Young Frankenstein

title: Young Frankenstein

title: The Producers

title: Silent Movie

title: Silent Movie

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Life Stinks

title: Life Stinks

title: Life Stinks

title: To Be or Not to Be

title: The Twelve Chairs

title: The Twelve Chairs

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

title: High Anxiety

title: High Anxiety

title: High Anxiety

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: Blazing Saddles

title: Blazing Saddles

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

title: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

title: The Doctor and the Devils

title: Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

title: The Producers

title: Shinbone Alley

title: Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

title: Fatso

title: Loose Shoes

title: Solarbabies

title: The Fly II

title: The Nude Bomb

title: Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

title: Ride

title: Young Frankenstein

title: Sam

title: The Vagrant

title: The Elephant Man

title: The Fly

title: The Producers

title: High Anxiety

title: Get Smart

title: An Audience with Mel Brooks

title: Shinbone Alley

title: New Faces

title: Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: The Producers

title: The 2000 Year Old Man

title: The Critic

title: The Critic

title: Life Stinks

title: The Automat

title: 84 Charing Cross Road

title: Spaceballs: The New One

title: Spaceballs: The New One

title: The Ladies Man

title: Inside Danny Baker