Mel Brooks
4 titles · american genre
Broadway, the western and the old Universal horror pictures are what Mel Brooks loves most, so they are what he makes fun of. In The Producers a failing theatrical producer and a timid accountant hit on a scheme to profit from a flop. Blazing Saddles sends up the western. Young Frankenstein has the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein inherit the family castle, shot in black and white with lab equipment from the 1931 film.
Signature
- Genre parody made with affection.
- Jokes about Jews, Nazis and showbusiness.
- Gene Wilder in The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
- Russian farce in The Twelve Chairs.
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