Gene Wilder
Also Known As: Jerome Silberman, Jerry Silberman, Ζερόμ Ζίλμπερμαν, Τζιν Γουάιλντερ
Biography: Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, singer-songwriter, and author. He began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde, Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is known for his iconic portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991), as well as starring in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972). He directed and wrote several of his own films, including The Woman in Red (1984). With his third wife, Gilda Radner, he starred in three films, the last two of which he also directed. Her 1989 death from ovarian cancer led to his active involvement in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club. After his last acting performance in 2003 – a guest role on Will & Grace for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – he turned his attention to writing. He produced a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art; a collection of stories, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010); and the novels My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008), and Something to Remember You By (2013). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Birthday: June 11, 1933
Deathday: August 29, 2016
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Gender: Male
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Overview: When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-29
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Bonnie and Clyde
Overview: In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-13
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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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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Overview: Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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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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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Overview: A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-12
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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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The Woman in Red
Overview: When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-15
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Silver Streak
Overview: A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-03
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Stir Crazy
Overview: New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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Haunted Honeymoon
Overview: Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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Another You
Overview: George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Overview: A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-06
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Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-28
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Hanky Panky
Overview: Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
Genres: Mystery Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-04
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Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Overview: This documentary praises comedian Richard Pryor by showing fragments of various shows Pryor made and having famous comedians talk about the importance and greatness of Pryor. Different themes are reviewed this way. Among others, they are the use of the word nigger, the way Pryor talked about racism, the fact Pryor talked openly about his own faults on-stage and the fact he didn't mince matters.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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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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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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The Little Prince
Overview: After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-06
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The World's Greatest Lover
Overview: When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-18
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The Frisco Kid
Overview: Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-06
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Funny About Love
Overview: As political cartoonist Duffy and his bride Meg fail to conceive, he and sorority girl Daphne succeed.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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Rhinoceros
Overview: A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and condescending best friend, is changing into a rhinoceros.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-21
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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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Start the Revolution Without Me
Overview: Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-04
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Overview: In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-13
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Murder in a Small Town
Overview: A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-10
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Sunday Lovers
Overview: A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). "An Englishman's Home" "The French Method" "Armando's Notebook" "Skippy"
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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Wilder
Overview: Focusing on the life and legacy of actor Gene Wilder, told through the lens of Jordan Walker-Pearlman, the late actor’s nephew and a filmmaker in his own right.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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EXPO: Magic of the White City
Overview: Explore the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in art, architecture, science, technology and culture are unveiled there. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, famous for his design of New York City's Central Park, and constructed under the supervision of Daniel Burnham. The Fair was an engineering marvel. On opening day, President Grover Cleveland depressed a golden telegraph key which sent the first courses of electricity throughout the Fair powering fountains, machines, electric railways and thousands of lights. It was the first use of electricity on such a massive scale. Nearly 28 million visit the "White City," which inspires future innovators like Henry Ford, Walt Disney and Frank Lloyd Wright, and debuts the Ferris Wheel and Cracker Jack.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-16
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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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Thursday's Game
Overview: Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-14
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Role Model: Gene Wilder
Overview: For 4 decades movie funnyman Gene Wilder has been keeping audiences in stitches with his combination of over-the-top neurosis and sweet vulnerability. Gene sits down with Alec Baldwin for an intimate conversation about matters both professional and personal, including Wilder's first meeting with Mel Brooks, the time Zero Mostel kissed him on the lips just before his audition for Brooks' The Producers, and his marriage to SNL star Gilda Radner.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-15
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Hello Actors Studio
Overview: After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For the first time ever, filmmakers have been allowed to film their work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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The Trouble With People
Overview: The overall title for five short sketches by Neil Simon. 1: "The Greasy Diner." The story of a couple who enter a diner, take one look around, then wish they had never entered. 2: "The Man Who Got a Ticket." The story of a driver who is issued 369 summonses by a confused computer. 3: "The Night Visitor." The efforts of a detective to catch an elusive prowler. 4: "The Office Sharers." The story of Ernie and Ben, friends who have worked side by side for eight years without an argument until... 5: "Double Trouble." The story of a husband who wrenches his back while closing the window for his wife who has the chills.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-12
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Overview: The famed dancer encounters various characters in a busy day at work on a movie studio lot.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-21
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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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Scarecrow
Overview: Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as part of her diabolical revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-10
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Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Overview: A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system quickly withdrew its support when they couldn't contain his talents. This portrait is spiked with many comments from people who knew Feldman privately or had dealt with him professionally. His early death sadly rendered him all but forgotten by the public. The compilation consists of interviews, some film clips and photos as well as various audio clips from him.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-31
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Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Overview: A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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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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Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Overview: Retrospective documentary on the making of the cult classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
Genres: Documentary Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-13
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The Lady in Question
Overview: In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and her family.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-12
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Death of a Salesman
Overview: Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-07
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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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Love, Gilda
Overview: Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on Saturday Night Live.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-18
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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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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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Blacks and Jews
Overview: This documentary attempts to go beyond the sensationalized media coverage and the stereotypes to examine several key conflicts from the point of view of both Black and Jewish activists.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-29
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Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Overview: TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-06
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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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