Edition |
Widescreen presentation. |
Description |
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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surround |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
Mel Brooks collection
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Mel Brooks collection.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital stereo surround. |
Cast |
Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters. Cameo performances: Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Anne Bancroft. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Paul Lohmann; editors, John C. Howard, Stanford C. Allen; music, John Morris. |
Note |
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1976. |
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Special features: original theatrical trailers (in English, Spanish and Portuguese). |
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Aspect ratio 16:9. |
Summary |
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. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
Language |
Silent film with musical accompaniment; intertitles in English or optional French and Spanish. |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Subject |
Silent films -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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Silent films. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Hollywood (Los Angeles) -- Drama.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
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California. |
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Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Drama.
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Consolidation and merger of corporations. |
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Silent films -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Parodies, imitations, etc.
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Subject |
Recovering alcoholics -- Drama.
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Recovering alcoholics. |
Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Parody films.
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Parody films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Comedy -- Feature.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Parodies (Literature)
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Parodies (Literature)
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Added Author |
Brooks, Mel, 1926- screenwriter, director.
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Clark, Ron, 1933- actor, screenwriter.
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De Luca, Rudy, actor, screenwriter.
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Levinson, Barry, screenwriter.
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Hertzberg, Michael, producer.
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Feldman, Marty, 1933-1982, actor.
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DeLuise, Dom, actor.
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Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014, actor.
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Morris, John, 1926-2018, composer.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, producer.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distributor.
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Note |
Title on container cover and spine: Mel Brooks in Silent movie |
Standard No. |
024543167259 |
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