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1 September 1978 (Sweden) moreTagline:
The Master of Comedy takes on The Master of Suspense! morePlot:
Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. moreNewsDesk:
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Barry Levinson (From The AV Club. 16 October 2008, 10:31 PM, PDT)
Harvey Korman: A Tribute to the Veteran Comedian
(From TVSeriesFinale. 30 May 2008, 2:06 PM, PDT)
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A "High" old time.... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mel Brooks | ... | Richard H. Thorndyke | |
| Madeline Kahn | ... | Victoria Brisbane | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Nurse Diesel | |
| Harvey Korman | ... | Dr. Charles Montague | |
| Ron Carey | ... | Brophy | |
| Howard Morris | ... | Professor Lilloman | |
| Dick Van Patten | ... | Dr. Wentworth | |
| Jack Riley | ... | The Desk Clerk | |
| Charlie Callas | ... | Cocker Spaniel | |
| Ron Clark | ... | Zachary Cartwright | |
| Rudy De Luca | ... | Killer (as Rudy DeLuca) | |
| Barry Levinson | ... | Bellboy | |
| Lee Delano | ... | Norton | |
| Richard Stahl | ... | Dr. Baxter | |
| Darrell Zwerling | ... | Dr. Eckhardt |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Italy:VM14 (original rating) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG (Approved No. 25032) | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Richard H. Thorndike is hesitant to reveal his middle name (Harpo) to Madeline Kahn. In Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), Cary Grant's Roger O. Thornhill never reveals his middle name. moreGoofs:
Continuity: External images of the aircraft landing in the beginning of the film are of a Boeing 747. The flight deck shots of what is supposed to be the same aircraft are of a Douglas DC-8 (note the center window). moreSoundtrack:
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Mel as a psychiatrist? That's crazy!
But it's funny.
And so is "High Anxiety", a spoof of everything Hitchcock, with a few touches of Mel's own creativity dashed here and there.
As head psychiatrist for the Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous, Mel finds strange goings-on involving kidnapping, murder, double-crossing and Harvery Korman in leather.
Nearly every big Hitchcock scene is clobbered as the story progresses: the shower scene in "Psycho", the jungle gym scene in "The Birds", the shooting in "North by Northwest", the climax of "Vertigo".... The list goes on and on.
Mel does too, God bless him. Laugh after laugh after laugh is produced, and Mel and his writers seem to have an inexhaustable supply of sight gags, one-liners and word plays. And they all work.
Suffice it to say, this isn't as funny as "Blazing Saddles", but it's prime Mel and if you're like me, almost any Mel is good Mel.
Eight stars. And he has a lovely singing voice, too.