Mel Brooks
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations, color, black and white ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Brooks reminisces about the making of Young Frankenstein in 1974. From his first viewing of the original Frankenstein when he was six, to his collaboration with Gene Wilder and the rest of the cast and crew, Brooks provides behind-the-scenes anecdotes, photos, interviews and more.
Language
English
Description
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hard-on-his-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
5) Leap!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
6) Get Smart
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The headquarters of the U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents are compromised, so the Chief has no choice but to promote his analyst Maxwell Smart. The competent and beautiful Agent 99 is assigned to work with Agent 86, the bungling Maxwell Smart. The agents know the task of taking down KAOS, their evil crime nemesis, will not be an easy assignment. KAOS has plans for world domination but Agent 99 and Agent 86 will do...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
A 2000-year-old man visits an elementary school and answers questions from a teacher and students, such as "Did you have to work as a kid?," "What language did you speak?," and "What has kept you alive for all these years?"
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an advanced canine and his adopted son use their time traveling WABAC machine, events in history spiral out of control to disastrous and comical results. It's up to this most unexpected of father-son teams to somehow put things back on track before the space-time continuum is irreparably destroyed.
12) The Elephant Man
Language
English
Description
All the human spirit needs to thrive...is a chance. In one of his most legendary films, director David Lynch chronicles the intense emotional journey of a complex, lonely man and the dedicated surgeon who changed his life. John Merrick (John Hurt) was born with a horribly disfiguring congenital disease, and suffered the humiliation of being a sideshow freak. Only when London doctor Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues him does Merrick begin...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver Streak. It is Illustrated by a bevy of touching and hilarious clips and outtakes, never-before-seen...
14) Robots
Language
English
Description
With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (840 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1949, television was an infant technology. No one knew how long it would last or whether it would last at all. A 27-year-old Broadway star, along with a team of writers and performers who would become legendary, including Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen, revolutionized sketch comedy by telling stories rooted in the human condition. They redefined television sketch comedy, and paved...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mel Brooks, the comedian, director and screenwriter, has energetically avoided a documentary profile from being made, until now. He has agreed to throw himself into a new documentary about his storied career, giving American Masters exclusive interviews and complete access to his film archives.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 329 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This comical Robin Hood parody was created in 1975 by Mel Brooks, Norman Stiles, and John Boni. Here, Robin Hood and his merry men are incompetent goofs, but they will keep you laughing.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives and careers of Harold Michelson, a storyboard artist and production designer, and his wife Lillian, a film researcher, who eloped to Hollywood in 1947 and worked for six decades, their combined filmography totaling hundreds of movies for which their contributions went mostly uncredited.
20) Spaceballs
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 digital disc 96 minutes
Language
English
Formats
Description
A spoof of the Star Wars series, with Mel Brooks playing the dastardly president of an alien race out to steal the air supply of a neighboring planet. Fearless - and clueless - space heroes Lone Starr (Pullman) and his half/man half dog sidekick Barf (Candy) wage interstellar warfare to free Princess Vespa (Zuniga) from the evil Dark Helmet (Moranis). Along the way they encounter the wise little creature Yogurt (Brooks) who teaches them the mystical...