THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION [2012] [Blu-ray] [USA Release]
Nine of Mel Brooks Best Films On Blu-ray!
“Enjoy! Revel! Live!” as Mel says…and “have yourselves one sweetheart of a good time.” Presenting Nine hugely popular films from one of cinema’s most celebrated, prolific and funniest filmmakers, Mel Brooks! The undisputed king of hilariously quotable films, Mel Brooks has delivered hit after hit after hit, each one as memorable as the next. This Nine Blu-ray Disc Collection includes some of the most side-splitting, gut-busting, guffaw-inducing films ever made. It really is “good to be the king!”
FILM FACT: Awards and Nomination: 1969 Academy Awards®: Win: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay and Written Directly for the Screen for ‘The Producers’ (1967). 1969 Golden Globes: Nomination: Best Screenplay for ‘The Producers’ (1967). 1969 Writers Guild of America: Win: Best Written American Original Screenplay for ‘The Producers’ (1967). 1969 Writers Guild of America: Nomination: Best Written American Comedy for ‘The Producers’ (1967). 1971 Writers Guild of America: Nomination: Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for ‘The Twelve Chairs’ (1970). 1975 Academy Awards®: Nomination: Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material for ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974) and shared with Gene Wilder. Nomination: Best Music and Original Song for ‘Blazing Saddles’ (1974) and shared with John Morris (music) for the song "Blazing Saddles." 1975 BAFTA Film Awards: Nomination: Best Screenplay for ‘Blazing Saddles’ (1974). 1975 Hugo Awards: Win: Best Dramatic Presentation for ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974) and shared with Gene Wilder (screen story/screenplay) and Mary Shelley (based on the characters in the novel). 1975 Writers Guild of America: Win: Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen for ‘Blazing Saddles. (1974). 1975 Writers Guild of America: Nomination: Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for Young Frankenstein (1974) and shared with Gene Wilder. 1976 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA: Win: Golden Scroll Award for Best Director for ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974). 1977 Writers Guild of America: Nomination: Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen for ‘Silent Movie’ (1976). 1977 Writers Guild of America: Nomination: Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen for ‘Silent Movie’ (1976). 1978 Golden Globes: Nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture in a Comedy or Musical for ‘High Anxiety’ (1977). 1997 Golden Globes: Nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture in a Comedy or Musical for ‘Silent Movie’ (1976). 2006 Golden Globes: Nomination: Best Original Song in a Motion Picture for ‘The Producers’ (2005) for song "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway." 2007 Grammy Awards: Nomination: Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for ‘The Producers’ (2005) for song "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway."
Cast: Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Ron Moody, Andreas Voutsinas, Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer, George Gaynes, Christopher Lloyd, George Wyner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jack Riley, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers
Directors: Mel Brooks and Alan Johnson
Producers: Mel Brooks Michael Hertzberg, Michael Gruskoff and Ron Gilbert
Screenplay: Mel Brooks, Doris Mudie (English translation), Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Al Uger, Gene Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock (Dedication), Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan
Composers: John Morris (score) and Mel Brooks (songs)
Cinematography: Djordje Nikolic (Director of Photography), Gerald Hirschfeld (Director of Photography), Joseph F. Biroc (Director of Photography), Nick McLean (Director of Photography), Paul Lohmann(Director of Photography) and Woody Omens (Director of Photography)
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, 2.38:1 and 2.36:1
Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio,
English: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
French: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
Spanish: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
English: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
English: 2.0 LPCM Mono Audio
French: 2.0 LPCM Mono Audio
Spanish: 2.0 LPCM Mono Audio
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French
Running Times: 93 minutes, 93 minutes, 105 minutes, 87 minutes, 94 minutes, 92 minutes, 107 minutes, 96 minutes and 104 minutes
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 9
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Andrew’s Blu-ray Reviews: ‘THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION’ shows off the amazing talents of director and all round entertainer Mel Brooks, who also is the madcap comic writer-director-actor extraordinaire and lovable lunatic has helmed a handful of truly entertaining farce comedies during his long career. Though the Nine films in this collection to some critics do not feel that are not all representative of Mel Brooks at his best, but to me 99.9% of them are certainly the best selection of his films, and one of them personally I did not find very funny was the film ‘THE TWELVE CHAIRS.’ But of course one of Mel Brooks hilarious film is the original version of ‘The Producers’ is not here in this Mel Brooks Collection, which of course you have buy separately. But of course there are some of his films in this collection that even at their worst contain some moments of remarkable invention, astonishing nerve, and absolute hilarity. So well done 20th Century Fox in bringing us this superb package. So here are the Mel Brooks films you get to view and they are:
‘THE TWELVE CHAIRS’ [1970] In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, erstwhile count Ippolit Vorobyaninov [Ron Moody] has been reduced to being a simple clerk. But, before his mother-in-law dies, she reveals to him and local priest Father Fyodor [Dom DeLuise] that the family jewels, thought lost, are hidden in one of 12 English chairs that once adorned their mansion in Moscow. Partnering with small-time hood Ostap Bender [Frank Langella], Ippolit races to find the loot before Father Fyodor, who wants it for himself.
‘BLAZING SADDLES’ [1974] In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart [Cleavon Little] who becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the people of Rock Ridge harbour a racial bias toward their new leader. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim, the "Waco Kid" [Gene Wilder] are the only defence against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
‘YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN’ [1974] Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein [Gene Wilder] learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor [Marty Feldman], Inga [Teri Garr] and the fearsome Frau Blücher [Cloris Leachman]. After he creates his own monster [Peter Boyle], new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor's fiancée, Elizabeth [Madeline Kahn].
‘SILENT MOVIE’ [1976] In this dialogue-free slapstick comedy, film director Mel Funn [Mel Brooks] travels to the ailing Big Picture Studios to pitch his comeback film: the first feature-length silent movie in many years. Desperate for a hit, the Studio Chief [Sid Caesar] gives Mel Funn and his cronies, Eggs [Marty Feldman] and Bell [Dom DeLuise], the go-ahead, but only if they can get big celebrities to act in it. Excited, Mel Funn begins an adventure across the country in his effort to secure superstars for his film.
‘HIGH ANXIETY’ [1977] Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke [Mel Brooks] is greeted by a series of mysterious events. When his colleagues, including the militaristic and mustachioed Nurse Diesel [Cloris Leachman] who becomes leery of his questions, they accuse him of murder. Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke's own mental health comes into question as he struggles to clear his name in the midst of a crippling bout of a condition known as “high anxiety.”
‘HISTORY OF THE WORLD Part 1’ [1981] Human history is traced through a series of vignettes, beginning with cavemen awestruck by their own magnificence. Then Moses [Mel Brooks] receives the tablets containing the 15 commandments, and Emperor Nero [Dom DeLuise] presides over a madcap Rome with his wife, Nympho [Madeline Kahn]. Jumping ahead, the Spanish Inquisition softens repression with song and dance, and a few centuries later Madame Defarge [Cloris Leachman] is fomenting revolution in France. Narrated by Orson Welles.
‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE’ [1983] Frederick Bronski [Mel Brooks] and his adulterous wife, Anna Bronski [Anne Bancroft], are a pair of hammy actors running a low-rent theatre in Warsaw, Poland. When the Nazis invade, the Bronski’s find their theatre becoming a makeshift refuge for local Jews and a gateway to the Polish underground. Using their limited acting skills, the members of the theatre troupe attempt to deceive the Nazis and lead an escape. Meanwhile, a Polish pilot Lieutenant Andrei Sobinski [Tim Matheson] thinks he has found a spy in England. Narrated by Scott Beach.
‘SPACEBALLS’ [1987] In a distant galaxy, planet “Spaceball” has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called Perri-Air. In desperation, Spaceball's leader President Skroob [Mel Brooks] orders the evil Dark Helmet [Rick Moranis] to kidnap Princess Vespa [Daphne Zuniga] of oxygen-rich Druidia and hold her hostage in exchange for air. But help arrives for the Princess in the form of renegade space pilot Lone Starr [Bill Pullman] and his half-man, half-dog partner, Barf [John Candy].
‘ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS’ [1993] Crusading nobleman Robin of Loxley [Cary Elwes] escapes from prison in Jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil Prince John [Richard Lewis] has confiscated his family estate and is abusing the citizenry. Robin enlists his blind attendant, Blinkin [Mark Blankfield], his friend Will Scarlett O'Hara [Matthew Porretta] and Little John [Eric Allan Kramer] to help regain his home. Robin also hopes to woo the beautiful Maid Marian [Amy Yasbeck], but her chastity belt may prove a challenge.
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Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
THE TWELVE CHAIRS: The only extra bonus with this Blu-ray disc is Six Mel Brooks Film Trailers, that are in 1080p encoded image and they are as follows: ‘High Anxiety;’ ‘History Of The World Part 1;’ ‘Robin Hood: Men In Tights;’ ‘Silent Movie;’ ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’
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BLAZING SADDLES Audio Commentary by Mel Brooks: This is somewhat rambling, and occasionally going off subject in mentioning other films of his, and he only speaks for fifty minutes total. Still, it’s a more interesting commentary than others where he basically describes what’s on screen. Here, it’s not screen specific at all and he merely recalls specific anecdotes in preproduction, casting, filming, the sneak preview, and its release and subsequent rerelease during the same calendar year.
BLAZING SADDLES Special Feature: Back in the Saddle [2001] [480i] [1.37:1] [28:00] This a making-of feature with Mel Brooks, co-writer Andrew Bergman, producer Michael Hertzberg, and actors Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, and Burton Gilliam reminiscing about the ‘BLAZING SADDLEs’ film’s production. There are also clips from the footage inserted into network broadcasts of the film. We also get comments from archive footage from Madeline Kahn and Cleavon Little.
BLAZING SADDLES Special Feature: Black Bart [1975] [480i] [1.37:1] [24:30] Western spoof concerning the adventures of a black Sheriff and his fast-drawing sidekick fighting corruption and bigotry in the old west. Based on the original film ‘BLAZING SADDLES’ [1974].This an unsold television series pilot using characters and motifs from the film. Starring Lou Gossett, Jr., the show is basically humourless, despite a cackling laugh track.
BLAZING SADDLES Special Feature: Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn [3:45] This too-brief excerpt from a Lifetime biographical tribute to the late comic actress Madeline Kahn. The short scene deals specifically with her work on the film ‘BLAZING SADDLES.’
BLAZING SADDLES Special Feature: Deleted Scenes [10:00] There are Seven deleted scenes, all seeming to be cutting room footage which is usually substituted for the smuttier type of gags in the film during television broadcasts.
BLAZING SADDLES Theatrical Trailer [1974] [2:15] This is the Original Theatrical Trailer for ‘BLAZING SADDLES.’
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Audio Commentary by Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks audio commentary has the filmmaker talking pretty much through the entire film, but often describing the scenes we’re watching and only occasionally branching off into an interesting anecdote.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Inside the Lab: This has picture-in-picture audio commentary with a host of people involved in the production as well as film historians, fans, and creators of Mel Brooks Broadway musical version of the film commenting on it. One may either watch the commutative feature in a PiP window or a succession of vignettes in 1080p that fills the full screen.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Deleted Scenes: There are Seven deleted scenes presented in 480i standard definition [16:30] if one uses the “Play All” function and Seventeen deleted scenes presented in 1080p high definition [25:00] of total playing time using “Play All.”
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: It’s Alive: Creating a Monster Classic [2008] [1080i] [1.78:1] [31:15] This documentary features members of the cast and crew along with historians and members of the Broadway musical version of the movie commenting on the film’s brilliance. Contributors include: Mel Brooks, Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Making Frankensense of ‘YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN’ [1996] [480i] [1.37:1] [41:45] This documentary made for the first special edition DVD release of the film. Oddly, this one features Gene Wilder doing much of the talking about the filmmaking experience with nothing at all offered in the way of comments by Mel Brooks. Contributors include: Gene Wilder, Michael Gruskoff, Stanford C. Allen, Gerald Hirschfeld, William D. Gordean and Gene Hackman (archive footage).
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Transylvanian Lullaby: The Music of John Morris [1080i] [1.78:1] [10:30] This is a well-deserved tribute to the dazzling musical underscore by Mel Brooks regular film composer John Morris. Both John Morris and his wife comment on his career along with other creative staff from the films.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Franken-Track: This is a trivia track which the viewer can engage to play during the film, a series of pop-up windows containing lots of trivia about the making of the film.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Blücher Button: This lets out a horse’s whinny every time the button is pushed.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Outtakes [480i] [1.37:1] [5:00] There are loads of outtakes to keep you amused.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Isolated Score Track: Here you get to view the film with John Morris wonderful underscore may be appreciated more fully by engaging and selecting the isolated score track.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Two Mexican Interviews [480i] [1.37:1] [6:30] Marty Feldman gets a solo interview while Gene Wilder and Cloris Leachman share one together.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: TV Ad Spots [1974] [480i] [1.37:1] [1:30] There are three TV ad spots which must be watched separately.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Special Feature: Production Photographs: There are hundreds of photographs which appeared stretched when viewing them on my television for some unknown reason.
Theatrical Trailers [480i] [1.37:1] [7:15] There are five trailers for Mel Brooks films on the disc: ‘High Anxiety;’ ‘History of the World Part I;’ ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights;’ ‘To Be or Not To Be’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’ They may be watched individually.
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SILENT MOVIE Special Feature: Silent Laughter: The Real Inspiration of Silent Movie [2009] [1080i] [1.78:1] [24:45] This making-of documentary features members of the cast and crew along with other fans of Mel Brooks work. Tributes to silent clowns Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Ben Turpin make up a good chunk of this feature. Contributors include: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Alan Spencer and Jeffrey Vance.
SILENT MOVIE Special Feature: Trivia Track: This can be engaged with pop up with little known facts throughout the film.
SILENT MOVIE Theatrical Trailers: There are three trailers which must be viewed separately. The USA Trailer [1976] [1080p] [1.78:1] [2:00]. Portuguese and Spanish Trailers [1976] [480i] [1.37:1] [1:30] each.
Theatrical Trailers: There are five trailers for Mel Brooks films on the disc: ‘High Anxiety;’ ‘History of the World Part I;’ ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights;’ ‘To Be or Not To Be’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’ They may be watched individually.
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HIGH ANXIETY Special Feature: Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [29:00] This making-of documentary with surviving members of the cast and crew discussing the fun they had with the production. Mel Brooks recalls his own meetings with Alfred Hitchcock and the Master’s reaction to the film. Alfred Hitchcock’s granddaughter Mary Stone also comments on her admiration for the film.
HIGH ANXIETY Special Feature: Am I Very Nervous Test: This is an exclusive Blu-ray interactive activity which presents picture-in-picture psychological questions which the viewer answers during the movie while a running score is kept depending on one’s answers and a gauge measures one’s anxiety levels.
HIGH ANXIETY Special Feature: Don’t Get Anxious Trivia Track: The viewer can opt to engage the “Don’t Get Anxious Trivia Track,” which switches on pop-up information windows about the making of the film and the Alfred Hitchcock references present during the screening.
HIGH ANXIETY Special Feature: Isolated Score Track: John Morris wonderful underscore may be appreciated more fully by engaging and selecting the isolated score track.
HIGH ANXIETY Theatrical Trailer [1080p] [1.78:1] [2:45] This is the Original Theatrical Trailer for the film ‘HIGH ANXIETY.’
HIGH ANXIETY Theatrical Trailers: This is a Gallery of Mel Brooks film trailers, which includes: ‘History of the World Part I;’ ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights;’ ‘Silent Movie;’ ‘To Be or Not To Be’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’ They may be watched individually.
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HISTORY OF THE WORLD Part 1 Special Feature: Musical Mel: Inventing ‘The Inquisition’ [1080p] [1.78:1] [10:45] This is something of a misnomer since many of the songs Mel Brooks wrote for his films are discussed before the discussion turns to the song Mel Brooks and Ronny Graham, who appears in the number.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD Part 1 Special Feature: Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [10:00] This is a segment on the making of the film with not only Mel Brooks discussing the making of the film but also members of the cast and crew rendering opinions about the finished work. Contributors include: Mel Brooks, Alan Spencer, Stuart Cornfeld and Rudy De Luca.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD Part 1 Special Feature: Trivia Track: This may be turned on to be played along with the movie, the pop-up windows containing the true historical facts which the film distorts for comic purposes.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD Part 1 Special Feature: Isolated Score Track: John Morris wonderful underscore may be appreciated more fully by engaging the isolated score track switch.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD Part 1 Theatrical Trailer [1981] [1080p] [1.85:1] [3:00] This is the Original Theatrical Trailer for the film ‘History of the World Part I.’
Theatrical Trailers: This is a Gallery of Mel Brooks film trailers, which includes: ‘High Anxiety;’ ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights;’ ‘Silent Movie;’ ‘To Be or Not To Be’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’ They may be watched individually.
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE Special Feature: Brooks and Bancroft: A Perfect Pair [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [15:00] This is a tribute to the married couple who co-starred in an entire film for the first and only time with this project. Friends and co-workers share anecdotes about each of them and their memories of their solid working and personal relationship. Contributors include: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise and Tim Matheson.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE Special Feature: How Serious Can Mel Brooks Really Get? [480i] [1.37:1] [2:45] This feature lets us view four brief vignettes produced during the filming of the film in which Mel Brooks talks about doing his first legitimate part and how much he depended on his much more versatile wife for suggestions and encouragement.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE Special Feature: Interviews [480i] [1.37:1] You have three interviews and profiles of the film’s stars, all shot during the film’s production, and includes: Mel Brooks [2:45]; Anne Bancroft [2:00]; and Charles Durning [2:30].
TO BE OR NOT TO BE Special Feature: Trivia Track: Here you get pops up with interesting commentary on the film and its stars may be turned on at any point of the film.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE Special Feature: Isolated Score Track: John Morris wonderful underscore may be appreciated more fully by engaging and selecting the isolated score track.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE Theatrical Trailer: This is the Original Theatrical Trailer for the film ‘To Be or Not To Be’ [1983] [1080p] [1.78:1] [3:30]. Also provided is the same trailer with Portuguese subtitles [480i] [1.37:1].
Theatrical Trailers [1080p] This is a Gallery of Mel Brooks film trailers, which includes: ‘High Anxiety;’ ‘History of the World Part I;’ ‘Robin Hood, Men in Tights’ and ‘Silent Movie.’ They may be watched individually.
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SPACEBALLS Audio Commentary by Mel Brooks: This is a rather tedious slog actually and Mel Brooks loves and appreciates everyone’s contributions, and he far too often describes what we’re seeing on the screen. Occasional titbits of production information are also in the bonus featurettes making them not such major revelations here.
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: Spaceballs: The Documentary [2005] [480i] [1.37:1] [30:00] This is a compendium of production anecdotes from the director, his co-writer Thomas Meehan, the cast, and members of the crew who all have nothing but positive things to say about their experience on this picture. Contributors include: Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Jim J. Bullock, Daphne Zuniga, Peter Donen, Joan Rivers, Nick McLean, Ben Nye Jr., John Candy (archive footage) and Rudy De Luca.
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: In Conversation: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan [2005] [480i] [1.37:1] [20:30] This is a feature in which the two writing partners swap stories about what it’s like to work together on a project. They also mention fondly the third writer in the group Ronny Graham who had passed away before the making of the featurette.
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: John Candy: Comic Spirit [2005] [480i] [1.37:1] [10:00] This is a tribute to the talent and sad loss of comedian John Candy who died in 1994. We also get to view short scenes from other John Candy film appearances are also included in this vignette. Contributors include: John Candy (archive footage), Martin Knelman, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, Jim J. Bullock, George Wyner, Joan Rivers, Ben Nye Jr., Eugene Levy (archive footage), Catherine O'Hara (archive footage), Peter Donen, Joe Flaherty (archive footage), Giancarlo Giannini (archive footage) and Ornella Muti (archive footage).
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: Watch the Movie at Ludicrous Speed [1987] [480i] [1.37:1] [00:30] This is a throwaway feature speeding through the entire film.
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: Stills Galleries [480i] [1.37:1] There are three stills galleries which the viewer may step through, where we get to have a look at behind-the scenes set of colour photos, a selection of costume design sketches by the American costume designer Donfeld, and character portraits of the major characters from the film.
SPACEBALLS Theatrical Trailer [1987] [480i] [1.37:1] [2:30] There are Two theatrical trailers that may be selected separately. We have the international exhibitor teaser trailer with a Mel Brooks introduction and the Original Theatrical Trailer.
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: Six Continuity Flubs and Film Gaffes [480i] [1.37:1] They remain in the film, but are available for selection. The menu does not possess a “play all” option, so one must tediously have to be return to the main menu each time one is finished before another can be viewed.
SPACEBALLS Special Feature: Storyboard-To-Film Split-Screen Comparisons [480i] [1.37:1] [6:45] There are several split-screen comparisons, which can be viewed. All of the storyboards concern the desert sequences of the film.
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ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS Audio Commentary by Mel Brooks: This original appeared from the original LaserDisc release of the film. Though he’s guilty as usual of describing what we are viewing on screen or setting up jokes before they happen, as if we can’t see the set-ups for ourselves, Mel Brooks does occasionally add some nuggets of information about the production process.
ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS Special Feature: Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [13:45] This is the making-of feature, with cast and crew and some friends of Mel Brooks and offering opinions of what it’s like to work on a Mel Brooks film. Contributors include: Mel Brooks, Chuck McCann and Dick Van Patten.
ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS Special Feature: HBO First Look: The Legend Had It Coming [480i] [1.37:1] [26:15] This HBO introduction to the film ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’ and hosted by star Cary Elwes as he takes us on a tour of the film set and speaks with many of the actors taking part in the filming.
ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS Special Feature: Isolated Score Track: John Morris wonderful underscore may be appreciated more fully by engaging the isolated score track switch.
ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS Theatrical Trailer: This is the Original Theatrical Trailer for the film ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’ [1993] [1080p] [1.78:1] [1:15].
Theatrical Trailers [1080p] [1.78:1] This is a Gallery of Mel Brooks film trailers, which includes: ‘High Anxiety;’ ‘History of the World Part I;’ ‘Silent Movie;’ ‘To Be or Not To Be’ and ‘Young Frankenstein,’ and if preferred, and each trailer can be watched individually.
Finally, if you are a Mel Brooks massive fan, then ‘THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION’ Blu-ray Special is manna from heaven, despite the significant sad absence of the film ‘The Producers’ [2005] film, starring Nathan Lane, Mathew Broderick, Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell. Mel Brooks is one-of-a-kind approach to film comedy is outstandingly represented in this Nine film Blu-ray box set featuring films which run the gamut from great to mediocre. Though buying the special edition means a potential doubling up with three of Mel Brooks previously released Blu-ray titles, still hard-core fans will likely want all of these films in one package and you also get the bonus of the attractive 16 page little booklet which accompanies the Blu-ray set. Very Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
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