(Mel Brooks, US 1970, 94 min., 35mm)
Brooks' second feature is set in Russia shortly after the Bolshevik uprising, where a hapless clerk (Oliver!'s Ron Moody) and his treacherous companions (Frank Langella & Dom DeLuise) search the country for twelve chairs, one of which contains a fortune in hidden jewels. Like Brooks' previous film, The Producers, the protagonists are hopeless treasure hunters who are forever outwitted by their own inept plans. This black comedy is frequently pointed to by critics as one of Brooks' best and funniest.
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.