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Mel Brooks Collection [Blu-ray] [US Import]

Mel Brooks    Blu-ray
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Mel Brooks
  • Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 9
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Dec 2009
  • Run Time: 969 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002PHI2N8
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 176,084 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars How funny is this film? 24 Aug 2001
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
High Anxiety is a spoof of all of the major Alfred Hitchcock films. Both the characters and the plot line are the sort of thing you literally laugh out loud at. Mel Brooks plays a psychiatrist at the Institute for the very very nervous and has an extreme phobia of heights. The film is the same sort of humour as "Blazing Saddles" (but funnier) and also stars the magnificent Madeline Kahn who compliments Brooks perfectly. This film is so underated its untrue. From the pointy breasted bondage crazed Nurse Diesal to the fumbling nice-but-dim chauffer Brofy - the film just gives laugh after laugh - you just never want this film to end! It really does put the Leslie Nielson spoofs to shame. It is the funniest film I have ever seen.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Nobody is safe from satire, not even Alfred Hitchcock. But Mel Brooks straddles the line between parody and affectionate homage in "High Anxiety," a hysterical psychiatric comedy that deftly references all sorts of Hitch films -- while keeping in Brooks' trademark slapstick, hilarious dialogue, and weird characters.

Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Brooks) has just been hired as the director of Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous, after the sudden death of the previous administrator. Something odd seems to be going on -- screams are heard, a patient signals Thorndyke with a mirror, and Dr. Charles Montague (Harvey Korman) frightens a patient into fits. Then one of the doctors dies mysteriously, while trying to leave the conspiracy.

And when Thorndyke is lecturing at a psychiatry convention, the evil Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman) sends a hired killer (wearing a Thorndyke mask) to frame the doctor for murder. Now Thorndyke must elude the police and the killer, clear his name with the help of a mysterious blonde heiress (Madeleine Kahn), and overcome his crippling "high anxiety."

As a homage/spoof, this is gold. Brooks deftly weaves together elements and storylines from various Hitchock movies, including "Vertigo" and "Spellbound," with some nods to "Psycho," "North By Northwest" and "The Birds." There's dizzying looks down a wooden tower, newspaper "stabbings" in the shower, and Madeleine Kahn's strange not-so-icy blonde.

But it's also a great movie in its own right. Rather than outright slapstick as in some of his movies, Brooks instead crafts a clever thriller framed with delicious comedy -- he even makes fun of some standard filmmaking devices. For example, Thorndyke's hotel suite is switched for a top-floor room because of a call from... "a Mr. McGuffin."

And he fills it with hysterical comedic situations, like Victoria mistaking the sounds of a life-or-death struggle for a phone sex pervert, or Thornduke being assaulted by a crazed bellboy. And his dialogue is solidly quotable in this one ("Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup"). The highlight has to be murder-by-bad-pop song, where a man is trapped in a car with the unspeakably bad "If You Love Me Tell Me Loud Loud Loud."

Gene Wilder wasn't available when this was made, so Brooks took the lead himself. The seriousness of the character doesn't entirely fit him, but he's a solid enough Thorndyke, especially when he has to give a G-rated speech about penis envy.

Most of the comedy comes from an unfortunately blonde Madeleine Kahn as the chic love interest, as well as a ghoulish Leachman and S&M enthusiastic Korman ("Too much bondage, too much bondage, not enough discipline!"). And Ron Carey and Howard Morris round the cast off, as the photographically obsessed chauffeur and the stereotypical little German shrink.

"High Anxiety" is an affectionate parody/homage to Hitchcock -- even Hitchcock was pleased by it -- but it's also a solid comedy movie. Definitely worth seeing!
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and even charming 28 July 2007
By C. O. DeRiemer HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
"Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup!" Trying to explain why you like one Mel Brooks film and have no particular feeling for another is like trying to explain why one guy slipping on a banana peel is funny and another guy doing the same is a medical emergency. All I know is that I think that line, especially as stated by Nurse Diesel, is uproarious and that High Anxiety is one of my favorite Mel Brooks films. Some say it's a take-off on Hitchcock, or even a satire. Far from it, in my view. I think it's an affectionate, good-natured hug from Brooks for a director he respects. So, on one level, we can sit back and enjoy the Hitchcockian references, some of which are very clever. On another level, we still can enjoy the famous Brooksian low comedy that sends one gag after another almost as fast as we can blink. When the two come together...when the birds splatter a fleeing Dr. Thorndyke, for instance...it's a match made in heaven. Besides, anyone who can turn a man being strangled in a telephone booth into a coy phone sex scene has my vote.

Sure, the movie is erratic, but that's Brooks. What makes so many of the gags work, I think, is that Brooks, as the dignified, mystified Dr. Thorndyke, is an observer. Brooks in this movie reacts to things far more often than he instigates. And if you enjoy the Hitchcock films that flash by -- Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, Spellbound, Under Capricorn, Notorious, The Birds and such -- there is a built-in level of affectionate amusement. High Anxiety, for all it's imperfections, is funny. This is no criticism of many of Brooks' other films, but I also think High Anxiety has a lot of charm, more than any of his except Young Frankenstein and The Producers (the first version).

Brooks does an outstanding job playing Thorndyke, the new head of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. He may be the center of the story, but it's a quiet center; he surrounds himself with memorable grotesques he's not afraid to let steal their own scenes. Among others, there's Harvey Korman ("Less bondage, more discipline!"), Madeline Kahn playing one of Hitchcock's blonde ice queens, Cloris Leachman playing a remarkably ugly head nurse and fitted out with what seems to be an armor-plated bra, and an assortment of low comics doing fine bits, including Charlie Callas as a patient who thinks he's a cocker spaniel. Don't let him get close to your leg. The one moment when Brooks grabs the film for himself is when Dr. Thorndyke is persuaded in a hotel bar to take the mike and sing. Brooks does such a great combination of cheery lounge lizard and a self-consciously swinging Sinatra he almost stops the movie in its tracks.

If the DVD transfer is anything like the Region 1 release, it should have been much better. There's no excuse for a releatively recent movie not to have a crisp and true-color DVD release.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars High Anxiety
You either love Mel Brooks's form of comedy or you hate it. There's no middle path. If you're in the former camp, I think you'll find this is among his best.
Published 1 month ago by Henry
4.0 out of 5 stars Mel Brookes
Mel Brookes playing a psychiatrist with a fear of heights. Add a hospital where dodgy goings on are taking place, a weak willed Doctor and an evil looking Nurse and you have High... Read more
Published 1 month ago by David Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Rainy day video
Can't help but laugh out loud with this film, one of Mel Brookes best. Had this on video years ago so decided to get the DVD.A must see for those who like slapstick humour!!
Published 3 months ago by Lees J
4.0 out of 5 stars Mel Brooks Comedy
Mel takes you on a journey through satirical parodies of most of Alfred Hitchcock's best known movies as he weaves a tale of deceit and deception, not to mention personal phobias,... Read more
Published 3 months ago by lost coloradoan
5.0 out of 5 stars Madcap Mel
Nice homage to Hitchcock, and some good gags, especially the orchestra and bus scene. All the usual group of players that you associate with Mel Brooks are present, sometimes a bit... Read more
Published 10 months ago by G. R. Wheatstone
5.0 out of 5 stars Very underrated film these days
This has some hilarious moments in it even if it is a bit dated by today's standards. Brooks stars in the central role as a professor suffering from a chronic medical condition,... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2011 by Patrick D. Carey
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
One of my brothers recommended this to us as very funny. We don't see him very often and hadn't realised how far our senses of humour had diverged. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2011 by Lorna Meier
5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the feint-hearted
M Brooks, a psychiatrist comes to a psychiatric hospital only to find out a conspiracy between the staff, and he finds help from the resident doctor for his fear of heights, in... Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2010 by Martin Jackson
3.0 out of 5 stars it was the thriller/suspense moments that worked the most for me
this comedy/thriller actually works for me to a certain degree.it's a
spoof of Hitchcock films,and some of the comedic moments work well. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by falcon
3.0 out of 5 stars Probably Clever in Bits
I must admit that this didn't have me rolling with laughter. There were a few quite funny scenes, but it seemed pretty dated to me. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2010 by E. Smith
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