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Post by Jibbs on Jun 13, 2021 10:58:45 GMT -5
Not dead yet?
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Post by Dracula on Jun 13, 2021 16:31:03 GMT -5
Nah, he's really dragging this out. The nerve.
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Post by Doomsday on Jun 13, 2021 18:03:02 GMT -5
The 40th anniversary of History of the World Part I came and went with zero acknowledgment from Doomsday I was on the Raiders bandwagon.
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Post by Neverending on Aug 4, 2021 16:10:21 GMT -5
95 year old Mel Brooks wrote a memoir. He even did the audio book! It’s out November 30.
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Post by Doomsday on Aug 4, 2021 16:13:11 GMT -5
95 year old Mel Brooks wrote a memoir. He even did the audio book! It’s out November 30. I'd buy the shit out of that. And I just noticed that the Jews in Space theme is basically Men In Tights.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 6, 2023 21:13:17 GMT -5
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/11kiq4s/im_mel_brooks_ask_me_anything/ I think you're probably the funniest man on earth and I'm not sure that opinion will ever change.
I love the elegance that "less is more" can bring to many aspects of life and I'm sure it's happened somewhere in your career in film.
Is there a film of yours where budget or resource constraints led to filmmaking decisions that you can attribute to the success of said film? Perhaps even a specific scene you could mention?There is actually a great example of that in HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I. To fully recreate the Roman Empire would have doubled or tripled the budget of the film, but I had a secret weapon. It came in the form of a tip from Alfred Hitchcock. When I was making HIGH ANXIETY (a tribute to Hitchcock's oeuvre) , he said you don't have to spend all that money shooting on location. He said just do what I do--call a fellow named Albert Whitlock. Whitlock was a bit of a genius, he was a matte painter who could believably recreate scenes from anywhere in the world at any historic period. And because of his incredible artistry on HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I we actually came in under budget! Who is the most unexpectedly funny person you’ve worked with?Gene Hackman! In YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Gene played the blind hermit who desperately seeks the friendship of the monster. He feeds him hot soup, but most of it ends up in his crotch. Who knew the Academy Award winning dramatic actor Gene Hackman could be such a laugh riot? Have you ever used 1,2,3,4,5 as the combination to your luggage OR smartphone?Don't tell anybody but I've quietly moved on to 6,7,8,9,10. What was your favorite scene to be a part of, either acting, directing, or writing?I never enjoyed anything more in my life than in TO BE OR NOT TO BE where I was dancing and singing "Sweet Georgia Brown" (in Polish!) along side my beautiful wife Anne Bancroft. Hi Mr Brooks! Can you share one memory of Gene Wilder that makes you smile. Thank you for all the years of laughs. -love PaulThere are many, but the one that stands out for me was on the final day of filming on YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. When it was all over Gene said to me, "You know, I really don't want to go home. I want to stay here. I love it here. I'm happy here. You think we could make up a few more scenes to film?" What's your favorite line from one of your movies?It is at the end of BLAZING SADDLES Gene Wilder as The Waco Kid asks Bart where he is off to, and Cleavon Little as Bart answers with "Nowhere special." Gene responds, "Nowhere special. I always wanted to go there." That's my favorite line. So they ride off toward the horizon, and as THE END comes up on the screen they get off their horses and get into a big stretch studio limousine that drives them off into the sunset.
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