(Mel Brooks, US 1977, 94 min., 35mm)
Comedic genius Brooks plays Dr. Thorndyke, the new administrator for the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. When he is wrongfully accused of murder he must overcome his fear of heights or "high anxiety" in order to uncover a sinister plot hatched by Dr. Charles Montague (Harvey Korman) and his dominatrix assistant Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman). Brooks' parodic homage to the thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock (including Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds) also features Brooks favorite Madeline Kahn as the love interest with a dark secret. A must-see for fans of both Brooks and Hitchcock!
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Film Screenings | Matinee: Blazing Saddles (35mm)
100 Years of Mel Brooks Mel Brooks’s third feature, and his first box-office blockbuster, turns the western upside down and inside out. Scheming politician Hedley (not Hedy!) Lamarr (Harvey Korman) appoints a Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) to the small town of Rock Ridge in order to drive the people away.
Film Screenings, Member Events | Young Frankenstein (35mm) - Free for Members!
100 Years of Mel Brooks | Free for Members Mel Brooks followed-up his anarchic Western parody Blazing Saddles with something even better: a spot-on spoof of the great Universal horror pictures of the 1930s.
Film Screenings | Matinee: Young Frankenstein (35mm)
100 Years of Mel Brooks Mel Brooks followed-up his anarchic Western parody Blazing Saddles with something even better: a spot-on spoof of the great Universal horror pictures of the 1930s.