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The Critic

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The Critic (1963)
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Mel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations. He doesn't understand them, so he heckles with strange commentary, to the annoyance of those around him.Mel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations. He doesn't understand them, so he heckles with strange commentary, to the annoyance of those around him.Mel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations. He doesn't understand them, so he heckles with strange commentary, to the annoyance of those around him.
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    • Director
      • Ernest Pintoff
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      • Mel Brooks
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      • Mel Brooks(voice)
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      • Ernest Pintoff
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    • Won 1 Oscar
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      Premiered at the Sutton Theater in Manhattan as the opening short for the Peter Sellers comedy Heavens Above.
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      Old Man from Russia: This is cute... This is cute... This is nice... What the hell is it? I know what it is! It's Garbage! That's what it is! Two dollars I've paid for a French movie, for a foreign movie and I've got to see this junk...

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    Hear hilarious Mel Brooks in The Critic
    After years of hearing of the short narrated by Mel Brooks as a very old man, I finally got to see The Critic on YouTube. All that abstraction and Brooks as an 81-year-old Jewish man from Russia about to die soon has got me in stitches! And that harpsichord music! If you've only known Brooks as the co-creator of "Get Smart" or the director of such movie classics as The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankinstein, and Spaceballs (I know some might dispute the last title) or as the 2,000-year-old man with straight man Carl Reiner, then I highly recommend you seek out The Critic on YouTube and hope someone puts it out on DVD soon! Also recommended to animation buffs especially Ernie Pintoff fans.
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      • May 20, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Критик
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      • Pintoff-Crossbow Productions
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      4 minutes
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      • Mono
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      • 1.33 : 1

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