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Mel Brooks (born June 28 , 1926 ) is an American Actor , Writer Director , and Theatrical Producer best known as a creator of broad film Farce s and comedy Parodies . BIOGRAPHY Born Melvin Kaminsky in ''. He later moved into film, working as an actor, director, writer and producer. Among his most popular films have been '', Dom DeLuise , Madeline Kahn , Harvey Korman , Cloris Leachman , Ron Carey , and, of course, Brooks himself. In 1980 Brooks became interested in producing the film " The Elephant Man " directed by David Lynch . Knowing that anyone seeing the poster with "Mel Brooks presents The Elephant Man" would go along expecting a comedy, he set up the company Brooksfilm to produce the film. Brooksfilm has since produced a number of non-comedy films, including David Cronenberg 's '' The Fly '', '' Frances '', and '' 84 Charing Cross Road '', starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft , as well as comedies, including Richard Benjamin 's '' My Favorite Year ''. Brooks' most recent success has been a transfer of his film '' The Producers '' to the Broadway stage. Brooks was also featured in the 2005 animated film Robots . He is currently working on a Sequel to his 1987 hit '' Spaceballs '', a parody of the '' Star Wars '' and '' Star Trek '' series. Brooks is '' (#6), '' The Producers '' (#11), and '' Young Frankenstein '' (#13). Brooks was married to Florence Baum from 1951 to 1961. Their marriage ended in divorce. Mel and Florence had three children, Stefanie, Nicky, and Eddie. More famously, he was married to the actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death June 6 , 2005 . They met on rehearsal for the Perry Como Variety Show in 1961 and married three years later, August 5th. They had one son, Maximillian , in 1972 . They worked together on two films: Brooks' 1983 remake of '' To Be Or Not To Be '' and in his 1976 '' Silent Movie ''. Years later, they appeared as themselves in the fourth season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm , spoofing the finale of '' The Producers ''. It is reported that Bancroft encouraged Brooks to take ''The Producers'' to Broadway where it became an enormous success, as the show broke the Tony record with 12 wins, a record that had previously been held for 37 years by Hello, Dolly! at 10 wins. Such success has translated to a big screen version of the Broadway adaptation/remake with actors Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane reprising their stage roles, in addition to new cast members Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell for Christmas 2005. As of early April 2006, Brooks had begun Composing the score to a Broadway Musical adaptation of '' Young Frankenstein '', "which he says is perhaps the best movie he ever made." No deadline has been set for the work's completion, but after it is finished Brooks will begin fundraising and production. {Link without Title} AS WRITER/DIRECTOR
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SOME QUOTES FROM SELECT MOVIES "Ahchoo" ( Dave Chappelle ) from ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'': "Man, white men ''can't'' jump!!" "Radar officer" ( Michael Winslow ) from ''Spaceballs'': "I've lost the sweeps, the bleeps, ''and'' the creeps!" "Josephus" ( Gregory Hines ) from ''History of the World, Part I'': "I'm Josephus, and I'm the main course over at the Coliseum!" Also from ''History of the World, Part I'': Count de Monet ( Harvey Korman ) (consistently mispronounced as "money"): "Bearnaise, do we have any of those delicious raisins left?" Bearnaise: "You ate yours. ''These'' are ''mine''." Count de Monet: "''Au contraire'', they are mine! I paid for them! Hand them over!" Bearnaise: ('') Count de Monet: "Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise." Count de Monet: "It is said that the people are revolting" King Louis XVI: (Mel Brooks) "You said it. They stink on ice." Impoverished Paris Street Merchant: "Rats, rats for sale. Get your rats. Good for rat stew, rat soup, or the ever-popular Ratatouille ." King Louis XVI (prior to his arrest): "It's good to be the king." Tomás De Torquemada : "It's better to lose your skullcap than your skull." "President Skroob" (Brooks) from ''Spaceballs'': "What the hell, it works on '' Star Trek ''!!" "King Richard" ( Patrick Stewart ) from ''Robin Hood Men in Tights'': From this day forward, all toilets in this kingdom shall be known as...'John's'! |
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