The Mel Brooks Collection (Blazing Saddles / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie / Robin Hood: Men in Tights / To Be or Not to Be / History of the World, Part 1 / The Twelve Chairs / High Anxiety) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BROOKS,MEL
EAN: 0024543167495
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: FOXD2226750D
Number Of Items: 8
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2006
Running Time: 772 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: February 07, 1974
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Product Description:
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 777 minutes
Amazon.com:
There are plenty of belly laughs in The Mel Brooks Collection, an eight-disc set of most of the director-writer-actor's best-known films. Four of them--Silent Movie, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, and Robin Hood: Men with Tights--are making their debut on DVD, while a fifth, The Twelve Chairs, was briefly available as a non-anamorphic DVD from Image Entertainment (all the DVDs in this set are anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TVs). That means you can sample a 23-year stretch of Brooks's outrageous and affectionate spoofing of everything from movies to popular legends to movies to historical figures to, hey! more movies.
The earliest film, The Twelve Chairs (1970), is the least known, but is one of the funniest, helped greatly by a good story (adapted from a 1920s Russian tale) and the casting of Ron Moody and Frank Langella as treasure hunters. Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles followed in 1974. The former, a spoof of horror films, is easily one of the top two or three funniest movies of all time, and the latter is justly famous for its often-tasteless send-up of Western cliches. Silent Movie (1976) is just what the title describes, with its only word of dialogue spoken from the least-likely source, and High Anxiety (1977) pays tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock. History of the World, Part 1 (1981) mocks historical events and epics, and To Be or Not to Be (1983) is a remake of Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 classic of the same name (it's also the only film in the set for which Brooks didn't receive writing and directing credit). By this time, Brooks was more actively taking the leading roles himself (rather than the bit parts), and unfortunately relying less on his topnotch ensemble of recurring players, which included Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, and Dom DeLuise. But he does use a new ensemble (including Cary Elwes and, in his film debut, Dave Chappelle), for Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), the feature-length spin on the same hero Brooks had spoofed in his short-lived 1975 television series When Things Were Rotten.
Bonus features are minor. In addition to an HBO featurette on Men in Tights, there's a featurette and interviews on To Be or Not to Be and all the features (Brooks commentary, deleted scenes, interviews, etc.) that were on the original release of Young Frankenstein. Note that while rights issues kept The Producers, Spaceballs, and other films out of this set, 20th Century Fox was able to use Warner Bros.' Blazing Saddles. The features on that disc, however, are the ones that were on the 1997 DVD release, not the 2004 anniversary reissue. Regardless, the set's price for this many films is low, and because it has so many films new to DVD, Brooks fans will want to pick this up faster than they can say... "Frau Blücher!" --David Horiuchi
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I bought this box set for nearly half the price other web-sites were asking. It was brand new- in perfect shape. It also shipped a lot sooner than expected. I'm very happy with this product, and this seller!
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Lived up to 'like new' status. Fantastic buy. Great films, all in one compact box. Delighted
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Every movie in the collection is hilarious and incredibly enjoyable. Mel Brooks knows how to relate to his audience, and very much so knows just how to make them laugh. Everything he touches turns to gold.
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This guy, and his movies, are HYSTERICAL. I never get tired of seeing them. I wish there could be more collections this great, at this price.
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Mel Brooks - what can you day? These movies are classic. Will there be another Mel Brooks? I don't know but, if not - the world will be less rich. These movies are tremendous!
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