Mel Brooks is often regarded as one of Hollywood's funniest men, thanks to such highly successful films as
The Producers, Blazing Saddles,
and
Young Frankenstein.
His films do have a tendency to turn out much like the jokes that comprise them--hit-or-miss, one minute shoot-the-moon brilliant and the next minute well short of laughs.
This work provides a thorough synopsis and thematic analysis for each of his twelve films along with complete cast and production credits:
The Producers
(1968),
The Twelve Chairs
(1970),
Blazing Saddles
(1974),
Young Frankenstein
Silent Movie
(1976),
High Anxiety
(1977),
History of the World--Part 1
(1981),
To Be or Not to Be
(1983),
Spaceballs
(1987),
Life Stinks
(1991),
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
(1993), and
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
(1995).