Happy 100th birthday to the great Mel Brooks, born June 28, 1926 on a tenement kitchen table in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and raised on South 3rd St in Williamsburg.
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The ProducersPaul Crifo |
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Mel Brooks’ debut feature released when he was 41. Brooks won the Oscar for Best Screenplay over Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Cassavetes (Faces). |
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Blazing SaddlesJohn Alvin |
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Co-written with Richard Pryor who Brooks originally wanted to star in the film. Gene Wilder’s role was first offered to John Wayne who turned it down. |
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Young FrankensteinJohn Alvin |
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Released just a few months after Blazing Saddles and has a cameo by Gene Hackman who starred in The Conversation earlier the same year. |
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High Anxiety |
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Brooks’ Alfred Hitchcock spoof. The poster is a spoof on Vertigo. |
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SpaceballsJohn Alvin |
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Brooks is set to reprise his role as Yogurt in Spaceballs: The New One, releasing next year. |
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