Mel Brooks
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Brooks reminisces about the making of Young Frankenstein in 1974. From his first viewing of the original Frankenstein when he was six, to his collaboration with Gene Wilder and the rest of the cast and crew, Brooks provides behind-the-scenes anecdotes, photos, interviews and more.
11) Spaceballs
Language
English
Formats
Description
A spoof of the Star Wars series, with Mel Brooks playing the dastardly president of an alien race out to steal the air supply of a neighboring planet. Fearless - and clueless - space heroes Lone Starr (Pullman) and his half/man half dog sidekick Barf (Candy) wage interstellar warfare to free Princess Vespa (Zuniga) from the evil Dark Helmet (Moranis). Along the way they encounter the wise little creature Yogurt (Brooks) who teaches them the mystical...
12) Robots
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchbacked Igor and the curvaceous Inga, he creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
14) The producers
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime...
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a hit. Armed with the worst show ever written and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a suprise hit, they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Canadian bacon: The U.S. president, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.
Delirious: A soap pera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Spaceballs: A spoof of the Star Wars series, with Mel Brooks playing the dastardly president of an alien race out to steal the air supply of a neighboring planet. Fearless- and clueless-space heroes Lone Starr...
18) The automat
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart that revolutionized the restaurant scene with vending machines that served affordable foods to those who had been ignored by regular restaurants, such as immigrants, the working class, and blacks."--
19) High anxiety
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this manic spoof of Hitchcock, a neurotic psychiatrist becomes the new head of a sanitarium and is caught up in kidnapping, murder, and mistaken identity.
20) Life stinks
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Selfish, arrogant billionaire Goddard Bolt wagers his arch business rival that he can survive on the streets without money or connections for 30 days, which leads to a chaotic and wacky encounter with reality.