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A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately to Moscow to find the hidden fortune. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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The man who made 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein' brings you his funniest comedy ever...
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Trivia
The night watchman tells Bender and Vorobyaninov that it was "Kaminsky who found the jewels while putting up a curtain". This is a self-reference by director
Mel Brooks, who was born Melvin Kaminsky.
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Goofs
Railway workers club (last chair location) opening ceremony takes place in apparent autumn. However, when Ostap and Ippolit break in at night, there is lot of snow around.
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Quotes
Ippolit Vorobyaninov:
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referring to Father Fyodor's being in drag and trying to steal one of the chairs]
This is disgusting!
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits the title of the movie is showed in Russian first (even with a typographic error 'Dvenadzat' stchlyev'), then it changes into the english title. The same happened at the end of the credits with the words "The end" (Konez), first cames the Russian word, than the english translation.
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Connections
Version of
Sju svarta be-hå (1954)
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Soundtracks
"Hope for the best, expect the worst"
Music and Lyrics by
Mel Brooks
Arranged by
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I rented this film because it was the only Mel Brooks movie I hadn't seen. I had enjoyed all of his other movies and thought,"Why not see 'em all?" I thought since I hadn't heard of it it would be stupid. And, Man, was I wrong. This movie could be described as hilarious. I loved it. And it's not exactly like all other Mel Brooks movies. If you like Mel Brooks I recommend this film to you. Dom DeLuise is hilarious in this. Now go watch it with your family.