The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks

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by Robert Alan Crick

Type: Studies
Subject: Director > Mel Brooks
Keywords: Mel Brooks, director, comedy
Publishing date: 2009
Publisher: McFarland & Co
1st publishing: 2002
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 269 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-4326-0

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Book Presentation:
Mel 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).

About the Author:
Teacher Robert Alan Crick has written analyses for various journals and books about radio, television, and the movies. He lives in Russellville, Kentucky.

Press Reviews:
"enthusiastic"—Film Review; "useful and interesting features…a notable and impressive list of the moviemaker’s work throughout his career"—Film & History.

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