| Title |
Silent movie / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Mel Brooks film ; a production of Crossbow Productions ; screenplay by Mel Brooks ... [and others] ; story by Ron Clark ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks. |
| OCLC |
497210270 |
| Publisher |
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, [2009, c1976] |
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©2009, c1976 |
| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Silent films -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Drama.
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Silent films -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
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Recovering alcoholics -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Parody films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Comedy films.
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| Cast |
Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Paul Lohmann ; editors, John C. Howard, Stanford C. Allen ; music, John Morris. |
| Summary |
Rated PG. |
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A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate. The gags are written out in the form of intertitles. |
| Language note |
In English, French and Spanish language ; subtitles in Spanish, Cantonese, Korean, and Mandarin ; closed-captioned. |
| System details note |
Blu-ray. |
| General note |
Title from disc. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976 ; 2009 Blu-ray release. |
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Special features include: Silent laughter: the real interpretation of Silent movie ; Speak up! ; historic Hollywood trivia track ; trailers ; Mel Brooks trailers. |
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