Of course, the film is a masterpiece. Mel Brooks can do this kind of work in his sleep.
But my question is, how did Brooks get Gene Hackman (post Best Supporting Actor Nominee (I Never Sang for My Father, 1970); and, post Best Actor Awardee (the French Connection 1971), for his performance in the Best Picture Awardee (the French Connection 1971)?
Yet here we are in 1974, and Brooks gets Hackman for a cameo in Young Frankenstein. Hackman does one of his most famous comedic roles, as Harold the Blind Man.
It's pure Brooks slap-stick. The timing of, "the serving of the soup course". Is still side-splitting funny, nearly fifty years later.
But my question is, how did Brooks get Gene Hackman (post Best Supporting Actor Nominee (I Never Sang for My Father, 1970); and, post Best Actor Awardee (the French Connection 1971), for his performance in the Best Picture Awardee (the French Connection 1971)?
Yet here we are in 1974, and Brooks gets Hackman for a cameo in Young Frankenstein. Hackman does one of his most famous comedic roles, as Harold the Blind Man.
It's pure Brooks slap-stick. The timing of, "the serving of the soup course". Is still side-splitting funny, nearly fifty years later.