Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Digital sound stereo. |
Cast |
Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters. Cameo performances: Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Anne Bancroft. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Paul Lohmann ; editors, John C. Howard, Stanford C. Allen ; music, John Morris. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. |
Summary |
A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate. The gags are written out in the form of intertitles. |
Language |
English, French or Spanish language soundtrack (stereo); closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
Note |
GMD: DVD videorecording. |
Subject |
Motion picture producers and directors -- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama.
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Silent films -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Drama.
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Silent films -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
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Recovering alcoholics -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Parody films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Comedy.
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Added Author |
Brooks, Mel, 1926-
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Hertzberg, Michael.
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Clark, Ron.
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Feldman, Marty, 1933-1982.
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DeLuise, Dom.
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Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014.
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Gould, Harold, 1923-2010.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Crossbow Productions.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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