The Critic
(Ernest Pintoff, US 1963, 4 min., DCP)
The Producers
(Mel Brooks, US 1967, 88 min., DCP)
From the masterful comic mind of Brooks comes the original film farce that inspired the smash Broadway musical. Gene Wilder plays a meek accountant dragged into a scheme by money-hungry producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel). In their attempts to produce a flop, they create one of the most memorable and comedic musical numbers in film history: Springtime for Hitler. Preceded by the Oscar-winning animated short The Critic, featuring Brooks' sharp wit and tongue in the face of modern art.
Upcoming Events in this Series
Film Screenings | Matinee: Young Frankenstein (DCP)
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.
Film Screenings | Silent Movie (35mm)
100 Years of Mel Brooks Mel Funn (Brooks), a washed-up Hollywood director, announces his plans to make a contemporary silent movie. With the help of collaborators Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) and Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman), Mel sets out to recruit a top-notch cast (Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Marcel Marceau and Anne Bancroft) in order to secure funding for his magnum opus.
Film Screenings | High Anxiety (35mm)
100 Years of Mel Brooks Comedic genius Brooks plays Dr. Thorndyke, the new administrator for the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous.