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Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

WRITER, ACTOR, DIRECTOR Born: Jun 28, 1926

KNOWN FOR

The Producers (Broadway), Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein (Film), Get Smart (TV)

AMERICAN MASTERS FILM

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (May 2013)Directed by Robert Trachtenberg

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Written Features

Mel Brooks’ comedy is a resistance against the mundane
Space Balls Mel Brooks Infographic
Spaceballs: The Art of the Trope (or, making the cliché absurd)
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks Infographic
Young Frankenstein: The Art of the Homage
blazing saddles poster
Blazing Saddles: The Art of the Stereotype
Mel Brooks Production Photo
Mel Brooks Biographical Timeline
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks Biography

Video Features

Tracey Ullman on Mel Brooks' intrinsically American comedy
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Bernadette Peters Talks about Mel Brooks
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Bernadette Peters Talks about Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- American Master Mel Brooks on Friend and Mentor Sid Caesar
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | American Master Mel Brooks on Friend and Mentor Sid Caesar
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: The Difference Between Comedy & Tragedy Is...
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: The Difference Between Comedy & Tragedy Is...
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: Do You Want To Know How 'The Critic' Came About?
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: Do You Want To Know How 'The Critic' Came About?
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: The Insane & The Bizarre
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: The Insane & The Bizarre
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: Melon Balls Mean Money
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: Melon Balls Mean Money
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: Walking out on Hitler
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: Walking out on Hitler
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Carl Reiner’s Buttons
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Preview
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: Rhinestones, Not Diamonds
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: Rhinestones, Not Diamonds
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise -- Mel Brooks: The 2000 Year Old Man Revisited
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Clip | Mel Brooks: The 2000 Year Old Man Revisited
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Filmmaker Interview: Robert Trachtenberg, ‘Mel Brooks: Make A Noise’ writer, director, producer and editor
Watch full interviews related to Mel Brooks in our Digital Archive

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