High Anxiety - Region 1 DVD
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lesser Brooks
16 years, 4 months ago at Nov 26 19:22
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"High Anxiety" is fun for a Hitchcock geek, much less so for those unfamiliar with the Master's work.The film's standalone gags are very hit and miss, and often hobbled by Mel's presence. He's a good writer, but a not a great performer-- certainly not lead role material. It's no wonder his best films ("The Producers", "Blazing Saddles", and "Young Frankenstein") all have Mel more... read more
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Mel Brooks' renowned spoof of the most famous Hitchcockian classics-"Vertigo," "The Birds," "Psycho" and "Spellbound"-is one of his most outrageous comedy classics. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, he realizes his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances. When events take a murderous turn, he is accused of the crime and left with a full blown case of High Anxiety. Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman co-star in this hilarious parody.
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Release date: 5 September 2006
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0024543167198 UPC: 024543167198
Release date: 5 September 2006
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0024543167198 UPC: 024543167198
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