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National American Films N/A Comedy: N/A The Elephant Man: David Lynch: October 10, 1980 Paramount Pictures: $26,010,864: Historical drama: 91% [2] 1981: History of the World: Part I: Mel Brooks: June 12, 1981 20th Century Fox $31,672,907: Anthology comedy 62% [3] 1982: My Favorite Year: Richard Benjamin: October 8, 1982 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer ...
Brooks receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974).
In 2000, Roger Ebert included The Producers in his canon of Great Movies, and remembered being in an elevator with Brooks and Anne Bancroft shortly after the movie was released: "A woman got on the elevator, recognized him and said, 'I have to tell you, Mr. Brooks, that your movie is vulgar.' Brooks smiled benevolently.
Pages in category "Films directed by Mel Brooks" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
If it comes to fruition, the Spaceballs sequel won't be the first follow-up to a beloved Brooks project in recent years. In 2023, Hulu released History of the World: Part II as a sketch comedy ...
Pages in category "Films produced by Mel Brooks" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist [4] [5] Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. [6] The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
Written by Brooks and a team of writers that included the late, great Richard Pryor, Blazing Saddles remains the 96-year-old director's biggest box-office hit, and picked up three Oscar ...