New Releases by Mel Brooks

L’attesa è finita. Per la prima volta Mel Brooks racconta la sua folgorante carriera: la storia di un ragazzo cresciuto a Brooklyn, dove usava i pochi risparmi per andare al cinema il sabato mattina, e destinato a incantare, commuovere ma soprattutto far ridere il pubblico di tutto il mondo. Sotto le armi nella Seconda guerra mondiale o durante i primi lavoretti da adolescente, il giovane Mel raccoglie aneddoti, personaggi, situazioni alla ricerca della battuta perfetta. Esordisce in televisione, dove lavora fianco a fianco con alcuni dei più brillanti autori di sempre: Woody Allen, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart. Un laboratorio di dissacrante comicità che ispira i suoi successi al cinema e a Broadway, con titoli diventati classici imperdibili come Per favore, non toccate le vecchiette, Frankenstein Junior, La pazza storia del mondo, Balle spaziali, Robin Hood – Un uomo in calzamaglia. Mel Brooks svela il dietro le quinte di una carriera leggendaria, ripercorre i successi e le delusioni, le amicizie a Hollywood, le collaborazioni con Sid Caesar, Gene Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Marty Feldman, David Lynch, e l’incontro con il grande amore della sua vita, l’attrice Anne Bancroft. Un’autobiografia, arricchita da decine di fotografie inedite, che scorre al ritmo di una commedia di Mel Brooks – divertente, corrosiva, piena di sorprese – per raccontare il film della vita di un inarrivabile showman.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in “a wonderful addition to a seminal career” (San Francisco Chronicle), “infused with nostalgia and his signature hilarity” (Parade). ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: New York Post • “Laugh-out-loud hilarious and always fascinating, from the great Mel Brooks. What else do you expect from the man who knew Jesus and dated Joan of Arc?”—Billy Crystal For anyone who loves American comedy, the long wait is over. Here are the never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances from a master storyteller, filmmaker, and creator of all things funny. All About Me! charts Mel Brooks’s meteoric rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Whether serving in the United States Army in World War II, or during his burgeoning career as a teenage comedian in the Catskills, Mel was always mining his experiences for material, always looking for the perfect joke. His iconic career began with Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, where he was part of the greatest writers’ room in history, which included Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. After co-creating both the mega-hit 2000 Year Old Man comedy albums and the classic television series Get Smart, Brooks’s stellar film career took off. He would go on to write, direct, and star in The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs, as well as produce groundbreaking and eclectic films, including The Elephant Man, The Fly, and My Favorite Year. Brooks then went on to conquer Broadway with his record-breaking, Tony-winning musical, The Producers. All About Me! offers fans insight into the inspiration behind the ideas for his outstanding collection of boundary-breaking work, and offers details about the many close friendships and collaborations Brooks had, including those with Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, Alfred Hitchcock, and the great love of his life, Anne Bancroft. Filled with tales of struggle, achievement, and camaraderie (and dozens of photographs), readers will gain a more personal and deeper understanding of the incredible body of work behind one of the most accomplished and beloved entertainers in history.

(P/V/G Composer Collection). Twenty-three songs from the brilliant career of Mel Brooks in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Songs are included from the following Broadway musicals and movies: Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, History of the World Part I, The Producers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Spaceballs, To Be or Not to Be, The Twelve Chairs, Young Frankenstein.

Manimals is a Sci-Fi/Drama screenplay written by Mel Brooks Crow. It is an original multi-episode series with computer-animated animal characters composed alongside real people, locations and scenes, with a fictional story line. LOGLINE: Required to take state-mandated therapy sessions for assaulting two men, an elephant shares his story of how he learned to walk, talk and find a new life in New York City.

This is a book that speaks boldly to women and men about emotions of the heart and soul. The poet’s words shoot arrows of love and dismay with unclothed emotions of lost love songs.

Mel Brooks'' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary. Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinema-and for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke. This picture-driven book, written by one of the greatest comedy geniuses of all time, takes readers inside the classic film''s marvelous creation story via never-before-seen black and white and color photography from the set and contemporary interviews with the cast and crew, most notably, legendary writer-director Mel Brooks. With access to more than 225 behind-the-scenes photos and production stills, and with captions written by Brooks, this book will also rely on interviews with gifted director of photography Gerald Hirschfeld, Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman and veteran producer Michael Gruskoff. Mel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter. Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies including The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. More recently, he had a smash hit on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers. An EGOT winner, he received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, and a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015. Three of Brooks'' classics have appeared on AFI''s 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs list. Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13. Judd Apatow is one of the most important comic minds of his generation. He wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40, and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. Apatow is the executive producer of HBO''s Girls.

This tribute to the legendary comics of our time gathers together the kings and queens of comedy''s golden age - including the likes of Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and Cloris Leachman - alongside today''s biggest names, like Tina Fey, Steve Carrell and Ricky Gervais.

A 2000-year-old man visits an elementary school and provides humorous answers to questions from a teacher and his students. Includes audio CD.

In a millennial update of the comedy classic, the legendary team of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner revive the 2000-Year-Old Man, who is raring to give his take on the issues of our time.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This fabulous collection features 15 selections from Mel Brooks'' classic blockbuster that swept the 2001 Tonys, winning a record 12 awards including the coveted Best Musical and Best Original Score! The songs are in standard piano/vocal format with the melody line in the piano part. Includes: Along Came Bialy * Betrayed * Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop * Goodbye! * Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? * Heil Myself * I Wanna Be a Producer * Keep It Gay * The King of Broadway * Prisoners of Love * Springtime for Hitler * That Face * ''Til Him * We Can Do It * When You Got It, Flaunt It.

In a millennial update of the comedy classic, the legendary team of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner revive the 2000-Year-Old Man, who is raring to give his take on the issues of our time.

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Presents a spoof of the high-tech world of space travel and space exploration

Based on the story by Ernst Lubitsch; the comedy centers on a Warsaw theatrical troupe that outwits Nazi occupation troops by playing the roles of (and for) their lives. The actors impersonate German officers to pull the swastikas over their captor''s eyes.