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Mel Brooks (written by)
Release Date:
12 June 1981 (USA)
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IN MEL WE TRVST more
Plot:
From the dawn of man to the distant future, mankind's evolution (or lack thereof) is traced. Often ridiculous but never serious...
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MovieWeb's 2009 DVD Holiday Gift Guide
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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #12
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(From MovieWeb. 24 November 2009, 5:51 AM, PST)
What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #12
(From Rope Of Silicon. 11 October 2009, 1:08 AM, PDT)
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Great movie? No. Great laughs? YES!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mel Brooks | ... | Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI | |
| Dom DeLuise | ... | Emperor Nero | |
| Madeline Kahn | ... | Empress Nympho | |
| Harvey Korman | ... | Count de Monet | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Madame Defarge | |
| Ron Carey | ... | Swiftus | |
| Gregory Hines | ... | Josephus | |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... | Mademoiselle Rimbaud | |
| Shecky Greene | ... | Marcus Vindictus | |
| Sid Caesar | ... | Chief Caveman | |
| Mary-Margaret Humes | ... | Miriam | |
| Orson Welles | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Rudy De Luca | ... | Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire (as Rudy DeLuca) | |
| Leigh French | ... | Prehistoric Man | |
| Richard Karron | ... | Prehistoric Man |
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Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
92 min | Argentina:97 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Germany:16 |
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:MG6 |
Portugal:M/12 |
USA:R (Approved No. 26348) |
Australia:M |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
Argentina:16 |
France:U
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Continuity: As Comicus and Swiftus are watching Josephus performing on the slave auction block, there's a girl standing behind them in some shots and not in other shots.
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Mademoiselle Rimbaud:
Your Majesty! I was raised in a convent. I don't indulge in pleasures of the flesh.
King Louis XVI: You don't put out, he don't get out.
Mademoiselle Rimbaud: Your Majesty, I simply don't do it.
King Louis XVI: Come on, you do it. You love to do it. We all do it. You do it...
Mademoiselle Rimbaud: No, I don't!
King Louis XVI: I do it, I love to do it. I just did it and I'm ready to do it again, don't tell me you don't do it!
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King Louis XVI: You don't put out, he don't get out.
Mademoiselle Rimbaud: Your Majesty, I simply don't do it.
King Louis XVI: Come on, you do it. You love to do it. We all do it. You do it...
Mademoiselle Rimbaud: No, I don't!
King Louis XVI: I do it, I love to do it. I just did it and I'm ready to do it again, don't tell me you don't do it!
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Spoofed in Come Away Home (2005)
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Jews In Space
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If you're trying to kill time on a Sunday, watch this movie. It's the perfect example of Mel Brooks comedy.
Everyone has their favorite and least favorite part. My favorite was "The Inquisition" song. My least favorite? Probably the French Revolution part, which dragged out for a while.
Hey, Mel, do your audience a favor and make "History of the World: Part II". I can just see him harassing Thomas Edison, Jimi Hendrix, Ed Sullivan, Adolph Hitler, and others.