Your guide to streaming mel brooks best work decider. Mel brooks plays a hasbeen director named mel funn in this spoof of hollywood and silent movies. With mel brooks, marty feldman, dom deluise, sid caesar. Teaming up with dom deluise and marty feldman, brooks created a threeman buddy movie thats loaded with sight gags and moves like lightning through a plot thats not exactly thick. Mel brooks silent movie 1976 with wurlitzer organ accompaniment. A hasbeen comedy director struggles to recruit a group of big hollywood stars to take part in his comeback project, a modernday silent movie. Silent movie is an american satirical comedy film cowritten and directed by and starring mel brooks, released by 20th century fox on june 17, 1976. Id say silent movie is my best film by far, mel brooks was saying, and, lets face it, the others were pretty good. Silent movie is a 1976 comedy directed by mel brooks. Director mel brooks stars as a oncefamous comedy director, who with his faithful assistants dom deluise and marty feldman return to hollywood with plans for a comeback.
Washedup filmmakers mel brooks, marty feldman, dom deluise make latterday silent movie. The movie isnt really silent marcel marceau, the worlds most famous mime, was a natural choice to appear in mel brooks 1976 film, silent movie. Leave it to mel brooks and his cast of regulars, including here marty feldman and dom deluise. Mel brooks full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
There we were, knocking ourselves out to be funny, and behind the camera, not a snicker. Silent movie mel funn 1976 blazing saddles governor lepetomaneindian chief 1974. Silent movie 1976 cast and crew in this dialoguefree slapstick comedy, film director mel funn mel brooks travels to the ailing big picture studios to pitch his comeback film. He followed this success with silent movie, an affectionate parody of the slapstick films of the silent film era. Lost wilderness full movie by green apple entertainment. Desperate for a hit, the studio chief sid caesar gives funn and his cronies, eggs marty feldman and bell dom deluise. And so it is a silent movie about the attempts of mel funn brooks, a hasbeen director dragged down by drink, to film a contemporary allstar silent movie, complete with raucous musical. Silent movie original mel brooks comedy movie 1974 youtube. Mel brooks cameofilled comedy pays loving tribute to the early days of screen comedy. Here is the soundtracvk to mel brooks silent movie featuring music composed by john morris and conducted by lionel newman. The film also includes cameos by paul newman, burt reynolds, james caan, liza minnelli and marcel marceau who, ironically, utters the only word spoken in the film. A movie within a movie, silent movie stars brooks as mel funn, a filmmaker who has seen better daysfor one thing, hes just come out of a bout with the bottle. Rent silent movie 1976 starring mel brooks and marty feldman on dvd and bluray. Mel brooks was born melvin kaminsky on june 28, 1926 in brooklyn, new york.
The shakiest gun in the west western film hd full length comedy duration. Watch silent movie starring mel brooks in this comedy on directv. Silent movie original mel brooks comedy movie 1974. All 11 mel brooks movies ranked from worst to best. Its an incredible age and in seeing his recent interviews, its remarkable how much energy and clarity he still has. Interesting facts from 1976 including news sport music films read full. Mel brooks in silent movie 1976 mel brooks and bernadette peters in silent. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for sid caesars variety show your show of shows 195054 alongside woody allen, neil simon, and larry gelbart. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the. June 28, 1926 is an american director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer.
Silent movie is director mel brooks s comic tribute to the golden days of the silent screen. This is the funniest, the hardest to accomplish, the best. Silent movie with golden subtitles the new york times. Watch silent movie online stream full movie directv. Mel brooks silent movie is an american satirical comedy film. Mel brooks cameofilled comedy pays loving tribute to the early days of screen comedy through a succession of almost entirely silent slapstick sequences. The cd is 26 tracks including bonus tracks from high anxiety and the twelve chairs. Needless to say, it is a barrel of laughs, full of zany characters and gags. The film is set in some alternate universe era that is an amalgamation of 1930s through 1970s hollywood. It proved very difficult because in the middle of making this silent movie, i said, oh, no sound, i can get rid of the boom, im so free, i dont have to worry about, you know later i. A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in f. Mel brooks, one of the funniest people on the planet, has recently turned 91. Mel brooks genius will never be questioned, from your show of shows to his zany movies, but this one must be the funniest of them all.
Silent movie 1976 in this dialoguefree slapstick comedy, film director mel funn mel brooks travels to the ailing big picture studios to pitch his comeback film. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. And only mel brooks could make a silent movie about making a silent movie and make a good movie in the process. The afi life achievement award the highest honor for a career in film was established by the afi board of trustees on february 23, 1973 to celebrate an individual whose career in motion pictures or television has greatly contributed to the enrichment of american culture. Born melvin kaminsky to a russian jewish family in brooklyn, ny, the writerproducer. This is a limited release so dont hesitate to order yours today. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. Of course, only mel brooks could have the idea to make a silent movie in todays hollywood. A later iteration of club caesar with brooks in full jumpingon thedesk mode and left to right woody allen, mel tolkin, and sid caesar, writing the 195859 television specials. Rent silent movie 1976 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Mel brooks leaves audiences laughing but not always the. Theres a moment very early in silent movie before the opening credits, in fact when mel brooks, marty feldman, and dom deluise are. Silent movie 1976 aspiring filmmakers mel funn, marty eggs and dom bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie.
Silent movie original trailer turner classic movies. The very idea of getting hollywood stars to play in a silent movie in the 70s is ridiculous, but mel, dom delouise and co. Silent movie original motion picture score discogs. Mel brooks celebrity profile check out the latest mel brooks photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Stage 15, 20th century fox studios 10201 pico blvd. But it is a rollicking good time, full of slapstick and physical humor. Book now and save money on your tickets for this funfilled evening of movie comedy and live organ accompaniment. Mel brooks enjoyed success with the release of blazing saddles and young frankenstein in 1974, both being parody films spoofing entire genres. In the films world, its the age of the talkies, which have.
You might suspect that mel brooks s decision to make a contemporary silent movie titled silent movie, starring himself as a director trying to make a silent movie. Silent movie 1976, mel brooks comedy movie videospace. In this dialoguefree slapstick comedy, film director mel funn mel brooks travels to the ailing big picture studios to pitch his comeback film. And silent it isthis isnt one of those films like city lights, modern times, bean or playtime that uses background noises and dialogue. Silent movie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The ensemble cast includes dom deluise, marty feldman, bernadette peters, and sid caesar, with appearances by anne bancroft, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, james caan, marcel marceau, and paul newman playing themselves. How the spirit of mel brooks lives on in jojo rabbit.
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