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TV Review: ‘Mel Brooks: Make a Noise’ Captures Comedy Genius
20 May 2013 7:47 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – I’m a huge Mel Brooks fan, one of those critics who bows at the altar of arguably the two best comedies of all time, “Blazing Saddles” & “Young Frankenstein.” I’ve seen them both a dozen times and can’t wait to watch them again. “The Producers,” “A History of the World,” “High Anxiety,”” “Silent Movie,” “To Be or Not To Be,” “The Twelve Chairs,” his work on “Get Smart” & “Your Show of Shows,” “The 2000 Year Old Man” — the first response that most people should have to “American Masters: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” debuting on PBS tonight and releasing on DVD tomorrow, May 21, 2013, is a simple one — What took so long? “American Masters” premiered in 1986 and he should have been one of the first choices.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
To be fair, “Make a Noise” doesn’t do much more than confirm what most of us fans »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Season Finales for 'Bates Motel,' 'Nashville' and 'Rectify'
20 May 2013 7:22 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Mad Men," "Game of Thrones," "Veep," "The Borgias," "Family Tree," "Nurse Jackie" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "American Masters": "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" Monday, May 20 at 9pm on PBS Get a look at the life and times of the great Mel Brooks in this documentary portrait of the comedy legend directed by Robert Trachtenberg as part of the "American Masters" series. Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman and Carl Reiner are among the interviewees, as is, of course, Brooks himself -- check out our own Q&A with the man here. "Bates Motel": Season Finale Monday, May 20 at 10pm on A&E Carlton Cuse's warped contemporary "Psycho" prequel ends a »
- Alison Willmore
5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Season Finales for 'Bates Motel,' 'Nashville' and 'Rectify'
20 May 2013 7:22 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Mad Men," "Game of Thrones," "Veep," "The Borgias," "Family Tree," "Nurse Jackie" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "American Masters": "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" Monday, May 20 at 9pm on PBS Get a look at the life and times of the great Mel Brooks in this documentary portrait of the comedy legend directed by Robert Trachtenberg as part of the "American Masters" series. Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman and Carl Reiner are among the interviewees, as is, of course, Brooks himself -- check out our own Q&A with the man here. "Bates Motel": Season Finale Monday, May 20 at 10pm on A&E Carlton Cuse's warped contemporary "Psycho" prequel ends a »
- Alison Willmore
The Monday Playlist: Mel Brooks on Masters, Finales (Rectify, Bates Motel), Motive
20 May 2013 6:42 AM, PDT | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
At 86, Mel Brooks is still the life of the party, a consummate ham and peerless joke-spinning storyteller. "I've come to stop the show," announces the irrepressible comic dynamo as he does just that, breaking into song mid-interview and reinforcing why PBS' American Masters titled its latest must-see career profile Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (Monday, check tvguide.com listings). His brilliant career in TV (Your Show of Shows, Get Smart), the movies and Broadway makes him an overdue American Masters subject, and his unflagging comic energy keeps everyone amused — including an intrusively visible camera crew. "I'm head over heels in love with myself," Brooks says, only half-joking.
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- Matt Roush
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft Shared Love and Laughs
19 May 2013 8:00 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
On the surface it seemed one of the stranger matches of the 20th century: the serious, award-winning dramatic actress Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, and the man whose fertile imagination introduced both flatulence around an Old West campfire and a singing-dancing Adolf Hitler to the silver screen, Melvin Kaminsky. Or, as the world knew them, Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks. Asked about the couple's marriage, which lasted from 1964 until her death from uterine cancer in 2005, an introspective Brooks says in the new PBS American Masters documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, "You know, it took because Anne and I both grew up during the marriage, »
- Stephen M. Silverman
Mel Brooks: Exclusive Cinema Retro Interview
17 May 2013 11:03 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Mel Brooks: Comedy As The Currency Of Friendship
By Eddy Friedfeld
(Photo copyright Steven R. Stack)
Mel Brooks is profiled in a superb American Masters documentary entitled Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, which premieres nationally on PBS stations on May 20th. One of 14 Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners, he has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer, and shows few signs of slowing down. With new interviews with Brooks, his friends and colleagues, including Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman, Rob Reiner, and his close friend, with whom he created The 2000 Year Old Man, Carl Reiner. A DVD with bonus material will be available Tuesday, May 21 from Shout Factory.
"When they called me to say I had been chosen as the next 'American Master,' I thought they said I was chosen to be the next Dutch Master. So I figured what the hell, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Mel Brooks’s Career Goal Was to Please Himself
17 May 2013 4:13 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Writer and director Mel Brooks said his aim in his work always was to please himself and he hoped the audience would enjoy it as well. Brooks, 86, is the subject of a new "American Masters" documentary called "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise," which will be broadcast nationwide on PBS stations starting Monday. It features new interviews with Brooks; comedian Carl Reiner, with whom he created "The 2000 Year Old Man" more than 50 years ago; and actors Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, »
- Kathy Shwiff
TV Review: ‘Mel Brooks: Make a Noise’
16 May 2013 5:00 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
For a guy in his mid-80s, Mel Brooks has been on quite a roll — featured in two HBO specials holding forth about his career, and now a loving American Masters documentary, “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” in advance of a DVD release. And why not? A raconteur of the first order, Brooks is also gifted with near-total recall, and a wit that hasn’t ebbed with the passage of time. In Robert Trachtenberg’s film, Brooks concedes every bad review is like “a knife through your heart.” In savoring this valentine, that organ and every other can rest easy.
Granted, Trachtenberg doesn’t break a lot of new ground, but that’s in part because Brooks has remained so vital and active in telling and retelling his own story. (In the recommended-viewing department, hunt down the first of his recent HBO specs, “Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett: Together Again. »
- Brian Lowry
Mel Brooks on the Secret to Fart Sounds, Why Comedy's Gotten Lazy and His New PBS Doc 'Mel Brooks: Make a Noise'
16 May 2013 7:05 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
"Let's go! Ask me questions and I'll try not to lie!" That's Mel Brooks on the other end of the line. He's talking to me to promote his very entertaining episode of the PBS series "American Masters," "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" (premiering Monday, May 20th at 9pm Et/Pt). I'm talking to him because in a very real sense, there is no me without him, and I want to say thank you. My parents' first date, on August 10th, 1968, was to see Brooks' first movie as writer and director, "The Producers." Thankfully, it went well. But what if the night had flopped as badly as "Springtime For Hitler"? I shudder to think. When I first get on the phone with Mel, I tell him how deeply intertwined my family history is with his work, and how grateful I am that he made a good movie. "So if the interview goes badly, »
- Matt Singer
Mel Brooks on the Secret to Fart Sounds, Why Comedy's Gotten Lazy and His New PBS Doc 'Mel Brooks: Make a Noise'
16 May 2013 7:05 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
"Let's go! Ask me questions and I'll try not to lie!" That's Mel Brooks on the other end of the line. He's talking to me to promote his very entertaining episode of the PBS series "American Masters," "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" (premiering Monday, May 20th at 9pm Et/Pt). I'm talking to him because in a very real sense, there is no me without him, and I want to say thank you. My parents' first date, on August 10th, 1968, was to see Brooks' first movie as writer and director, "The Producers." Thankfully, it went well. But what if the night had flopped as badly as "Springtime For Hitler"? I shudder to think. When I first get on the phone with Mel, I tell him how deeply intertwined my family history is with his work, and how grateful I am that he made a good movie. "So if the interview goes badly, »
- Matt Singer
“American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make A Noise”: Review, with exclusive clip
15 May 2013 6:36 AM, PDT | ChannelGuideMag | See recent ChannelGuideMag news »
American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make a Noise Monday, May 20 PBS, 9pm Et (PBS programming varies regionally) Of all the anecdotes Mel Brooks shares in his American Masters special, it’s one that takes place back before he ever walked onto a film set that is perhaps the most telling. During his Borscht Belt days, Brooks entertained the Catskills resort crowds by playing drums. Why did he pick the drums, out of any other instrument? Because drums made the most noise. Throughout his many decades in show business, Brooks has been that lovable ham, with a need to entertain that [...]
The post “American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make A Noise”: Review, with exclusive clip appeared first on Channel Guide Magazine. »
- Stacey Harrison
PBS Announces Fall 2013 Programming for American Masters and More
9 May 2013 5:14 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
There's plenty of new programming on tap for this fall on PBS -- including new episodes of American Masters, Great Performances, Genealogy Roadshow, specials commemorating the anniversary of JFK's death, science specials, and more.
Here are the details:
PBS Fall Season Offers An Array Of New Series, Specials And Returning Favorites
Season Highlights Include Commemoration of President Kennedy, Heritage Specials, PBS Arts and Showcase of Independent Film
Arlington, Va; May 9, 2013 - PBS announced today a fall primetime line-up featuring a strong roster of wide-ranging programs. New highlights of the season include a series of specials commemorating the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's death; programs exploring American heritage from diverse viewpoints; the first PBS Independent Film Showcase; and captivating new dramas. Fall also marks the second PBS Arts Fall Festival, as well as the return (and »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hot TV Teaser: American Masters Docu ‘Mel Brooks: Make A Noise’
25 April 2013 1:26 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
American Masters documentary Mel Brooks: Make A Noise premieres May 20 on PBS. Here’s a clip in which Brooks talks about his 1970 classic, The Twelve Chairs, which screens tomorrow at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. The filmmaker will be on hand for a discussion of the comedy. In the clip, Young Frankenstein producer Michael Gruskoff and Joan Rivers chat about Brooks’ affinity for staying up late to read the classics: »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Shane Salerno Sells is J.D. Salinger Doc to the Whole World
18 April 2013 3:27 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Shane Salerno (Armageddon, Shaft) has been working on a documentary about Jd Salinger for the past eight years. He even spent $2 million dollars of his own money to produce it, but don’t worry, he just sold it and will make a tidy profit.
Deadline is reporting that The Weinstein Company has purchased the worldwide rites to the doc. They plan to release it in theatres on September 6. It will then air on PBS’ American Masters in 2014.
But that’s not all…
Simon and Shuster has also bought The Private War Of J.D. Salinger, a 700 page biography written by Salerno and David Shields. The book isn’t a tie in for the doc, but “an oral biography featuring more than 100 never-before-seen photos and material not found in the two-hour film.”
Source: Deadline »
- Philip Sticco
Shane Salerno’s Jd Salinger Biography Eyes Global Windfall
18 April 2013 12:24 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: It took Shane Salerno eight years and $2 million of his own cash to make his Jd Salinger documentary and book. It’s paid off quickly: The Weinstein Company landed worldwide rights to the movie and will release it during Oscar season September 6, it will air on PBS’ American Masters in 2014, and Simon & Schuster scooped up the 700-page Salinger biography from Salerno and David Shields. All three deals were for seven figures, making it one of the richest-ever pacts for a feature docu. Now comes foreign book sales: I’m hearing the London Book Fair is hot over The Private War Of J.D. Salinger, which is not a companion to the movie but an oral biography featuring more than 100 never-before-seen photos and material not found in the two-hour film. Multiple six-figure advances are on the table in London, I’m told, and Simon & Schuster has already concluded at least one »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
American Masters Review - Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010)
4 April 2013 3:21 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
For those attending the 2013 Toronto Jewish Film Festival, they will be able to see the documentary Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010) which is to be aired as part of the PBS series American Masters back in 2010. The story is as educational as the man who decided to bring the plays of William Shakespeare to the masses by orchestrating free stage performances. “I believe that great art is for everyone--not just the rich or the middle class," stated Papp. "When I go into East Harlem or Bedford-Stuyvesant and see the kids who come to see our shows, I see nothing so clearly as myself.”
Not only did the theatre company on wheels entertain audience members it also proved to be a fertile training ground for developing actors, playwrights, and future Broadway productions. The multi-tasking duo of Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen who produced, directed and wrote the project have assembled a »
- Trevor
TV Review: Philip Roth: Unmasked Skims The Surface
29 March 2013 1:45 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Philip Roth: Unmasked, the latest entry in the long-running American Masters series, arrives just after the Newark-born author’s 80th birthday. The documentary, premiering on PBS tonight, is fascinating for its relatively unmediated portrait of the normally reticent Roth. Yet, as written and directed by French documentarian William Karel and Italian journalist Livia Manera, it is a deeply puzzling and contradictory piece of filmmaking. Fans of the author (and even critics) will likely find something of value in Roth’s surprisingly direct statements on his life, work, and mortality. And yet everything surrounding those moments seems to have been placed there by filmmakers uninterested in venturing past the surface or in exploring what their subject is actually saying. Watching the film, for which Roth sat for ten hours worth of on-camera interviews at his homes in Manhattan and rural Connecticut, is a bit like being a fly on the wall »
- Max Winter
What to Watch Friday: Double the Happy Endings, Xiii Is Back, Gh's Mega-Marathon and More
29 March 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
On TV this Friday: Happy Endings (finally!) returns with a double shot, Xiii: The Series aims to Reelz you back in, some gamers’ futures look Grimm and General Hospital fans have a long (and fabulous) weekend shift ahead of them. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within) — and with March Madness unfolding on CBS and TBS — here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm Nikita (The CW) | When Nikita decides Division should take on a government mission to eliminate a foreign head of state, Alex refuses to participate and instead recruits Birkoff to dig up secrets »
- Kimberly Roots
Toldja! Weinstein Company Confirms Worldwide Rights Deal For Shane Salerno Docu ‘Salinger;’ Sets September 6 Release
21 March 2013 1:52 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Breaking: The Weinstein Company finally confirmed what Deadline told you exclusively on January 27: that the studio acquired theatrical rights to Salinger, the Shane Salerno-directed feature documentary on Jd Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher In The Rye. TWC has set a September 6 theatrical release for the film. As Deadline reported, the deal is seven figures, around $2 million, and covers world rights except for the previous deal that licensed U.S. television rights to PBS’ American Masters. This was one of the most unusual deals in awhile, and came after Harvey Weinstein, David Glasser and the acquisition team were shown the film on the morning of the Academy Awards. Related: J.D. Salinger Documentary Acquired By Harvey Weinstein Secret J.D. Salinger Documentary & Book Revealed TWC was the only distributor that saw the finished film, and closed the deal right after. Salerno and his lawyer Robert Offer made three big deals for the movie, »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
PBS's "American Masters" Unmasks Philip Roth
18 March 2013 4:47 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Yet another incredible entry in the always-stellar American Masters series, legendary writer Philip Roth is placed under the spotlight here. While regarded as a "Jewish writer," Roth prefers to think of himself as an American author. From first publication in The New Yorker to discussing death and biographical writing, Roth speaks openly and candidly about his life, his writing and more.
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- Robert Ottone
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