Young Frankenstein
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By: Mel Brooks
Date: 1974
Source: Young Frankenstein. Original release, 1974, Twentieth Century Fox. Directed by Mel Brooks. Special Edition, DVD/VHS, 2001, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
About the Artist: Mel Brooks (1926–) is a comedian, writer, actor, film director, and producer. Born Melvin Kaminsky in New York, he is the son of a process server and a garment worker. He worked as a stand-up comic. As a teen, Brooks learned to play drums from Buddy Rich. He wrote television scripts for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows during the 1950s. Along with Buck Henry, Brooks created the 1965 TV comedy, Get Smart. He won the Academy Award for best short subject in 1963 for The Critic. He also won the Nebula Award for dramatic writing and the Writers Guild Award in 1976, both for Young Frankenstein. Brooks was honored with...
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