Born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 28, 1926, Mel Brooks began his career as a radio personality and later served as a writer for Sid Caesar's television show "Your Show of Shows." He eventually went on to create the series "Get Smart" in 1965.Spending the early part of his film career behind the camera, Brooks wrote and directed The Producers (1968), for which he won a Best Screenplay Oscar. He first stepped in front of the camera for his 1974 hit Blazing Saddles, followed the same year by Young Frankenstein, for which Brooks received a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination.
Brooks's series of genre spoofs continued with Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World: Part 1 (1982), Spaceballs (1987) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). In 2001, he adapted The Producers into a Broadway musical, which went on to win a Tony.
History of the World: Part 1Mel Brooks's comic genius is unleashed in spades in this episodic spoof of history's seminal moments (narrated by Orson Welles), which begins with a brilliant send-up of the cinematic classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Brooks goes on to lampoon the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition... Read More
Silent MovieMel Funn (Mel Brooks), Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman) and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) are aspiring filmmakers with a million-dollar idea that goes completely against the modern grain: They want to make a silent film. To make the movie more marketable, they try to recruit several A-list stars to appear. At... Read More
High AnxietyNewly arrived psychiatric administrator Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) finds some bizarre shenanigans occurring at the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. But when he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own neurotic demons, a raging case of "high anxiety," in... Read More
To Be or Not To BeMel Brooks and his real-life spouse, Anne Bancroft, star as impresarios of a Polish acting troupe circa 1939. When the Nazis invade Warsaw, the ensemble gets enmeshed in a subterfuge to prevent the Germans from finding a list of underground fighters. Bancroft scored an Oscar nomination, as did... Read More
The 2000 Year Old ManWhen 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... Read More
Make 'Em Laugh (2009) | NR | |
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Jakers!: Spooky Storytellers (2007) | NR | |
Robots (2005) | PG | |
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Sid Caesar: Buried Treasures (2004) | NR | |
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Jakers!: School Days in Tara (2003) | NR | |
Jakers!: Sheep on the Loose (2003) | NR | |
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) | PG-13 | |
The Little Rascals (1994) | PG | |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) | PG-13 | |
The Mad About You Collection (1992) | NR | |
Life Stinks (1991) | PG-13 | |
Look Who's Talking Too (1990) | PG-13 | |
Spaceballs (1987) | PG | |
To Be or Not To Be (1983) | PG | |
The 2000 Year Old Man (1982) | NR | |
History of the World: Part 1 (1981) | R | |
The Muppet Movie (1979) | G | |
High Anxiety (1977) | PG | |
Silent Movie (1976) | PG | |
Young Frankenstein (1974) | PG | |
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Free to Be ... You and Me (1974) | NR | |
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The Twelve Chairs (1970) | G | |
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The Producers (1968) | PG | |
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Get Smart (1965) | TV-G | |
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The Best of Sid Caesar (1955) | NR | |
The Golden Age of Comedy (1955) | NR | |
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