Mel Brooks
Also Known As: Melvin James Kaminsky , مل بروکس
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Melvin Brooks (né Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American filmmaker, comedian, actor and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit The 2000 Year Old Man. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970. In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released. His best-known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007. In 2001, having previously won an Emmy, a Grammy and an Oscar, he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015, a National Medal of Arts in September 2016, and a BAFTA Fellowship in February 2017. Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which ranked in the top 15 of the list: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13. Brooks was married to Oscar-winning actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: June 28, 1926
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Gender: Male
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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?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-12
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-25
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The Silence of the Hams
Overview: The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-11
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The Little Rascals
Overview: When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-05
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-17
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The Muppet Movie
Overview: A Hollywood 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 – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Genres: Adventure Music Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-22
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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.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-07
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Life Stinks
Overview: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-16
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-28
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-28
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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.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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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.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-25
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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.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-10
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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.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-01
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-14
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-19
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
Overview: A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-10
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Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
Overview: In her first HBO comedy special since 2013’s acclaimed "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles," Sarah Silverman showcases her fearless chutzpah in a performance filmed at The Wilbur Theater in Boston.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-27
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Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Overview: Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-15
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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)
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-10
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Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Overview: Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-15
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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.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-14
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The Critic
Overview: Mel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-20
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-10
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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.
Genres: Comedy Horror Action
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2000-05-05
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-23
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-15
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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.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-11
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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.
Genres: Music Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-21
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-20
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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.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-14
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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.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-21
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-31
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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.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Overview: A collection of Ceasar's finest comedy moments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-12
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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'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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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.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-07
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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 (Wilder) 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-14
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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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-19
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-01
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-15
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-03
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-18
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Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn
Overview: An animated musical inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm tale, 'Jorinde and Joringel'.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
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The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
Overview: Dick Cavett interviews Mel Brooks in 2006.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-07
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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.
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Original Language: en
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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.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-14
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-21
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-19
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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
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-15
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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.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Overview: The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-06
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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.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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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.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-24
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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!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-04
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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.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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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.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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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.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-25
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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.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-28
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The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-20
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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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-20
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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.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-18
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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.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-18
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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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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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.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-11
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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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-17
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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.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-02
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Toy Story 4
Overview: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-19
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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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-25
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-11
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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."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-15
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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.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-19
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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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-01
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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.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-06
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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).
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-13
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Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?
Overview: A behind-the-scenes short about the making of the 1991 Mel Brooks film "Life Stinks".
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-18
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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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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Back in the Saddle
Overview: The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-19
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-03
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John Candy: Comic Spirit
Overview: A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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'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
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-27
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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.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-02
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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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-24
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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.
Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
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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.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-11
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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!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-21
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Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
Overview: A documentary about Mel Brooks' legendary 1974 comedy «Blazing Saddles».
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-06
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Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost
Overview: Brooks discusses his serious films.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-27
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David Lynch, A Hollywood Enigma
Overview: Creator of absolute freedom, David Lynch constructed his work as an enigma to be deciphered between dream and reality. A cult director from his first films ("Eraserhead", "Elephant Man", "Blue Velvet"), Lynch forever changed the world of television with his series "Twin Peaks", before tackling the lies of Hollywood in "Mulholland Drive". Tracing the life of the most influential filmmaker of his generation, this documentary explores the hidden meaning of a relentlessly consistent filmography and delves beneath the dark, teeming surface of the American Dream.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-01-17
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