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Mel Brooks (written by)
Release Date:
12 June 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
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... more | add synopsis
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Silly jokes, slapstick and sight gags galore more (113 total)
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
Filming Locations:
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA more
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The tune used in the 'Jews in Space' segment was later recycled into the 'Men in Tights' number from Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the Roman Era, the sign for the orgy states that it is held in the Temple of Eros. Eros is the Greek God of Love not the Roman. It should be the Temple of Cupid. more
Quotes:
[while Josephus is hiding among the eunuchs, Caladonia dances erotically in front of them to test them]
Marcus Vindictus:
He's a eunuch.
Captain Mucus:
Mmm-hmm.
[she moves to another one, dancing harder]
Marcus Vindictus:
*He's* a eunuch.
Captain Mucus:
Mmm-hmm.
[she moves to a third one, dancing even harder]
Marcus Vindictus:
He's *dead!*
Captain Mucus:
Hmm.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Road to Morocco (1942) more
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Jews In Space more
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The film concerns about history of the world in various parts, from the dawn of human being until the distant future in French Revolution and narrated by Orson Welles. The first part during the Stone age with a sympathetic cavemen(Sid Caesar, Ron Carey) inventing the music. The second about Roman Empire with a filthy emperor Nero(Don DeLuise) with flatulence,a lecherous empress(Madeleine Khan) a slave(Gregory Hines) and of course, Mel Brooks. The following , the Spanish Inquisition , again with Mel Brooks as Torquemada making a spectacular dances, including a beautiful swimmers. The third part about French Revolution with a lascivious Luis XVI(Brooks),a conspirator count of Monet(recently deceased Harvey Korman) and a gorgeous Mademoiselle Rimbaud(Pamela Stephenson).
Mel Brook's direction keeps things moving with laughs, he directed this sometimes hilarious, but mostly crude and bad taste spoof of history with ridiculous episodes, as how to test eunuchs or the lasciviousness of Luis XVI's court. The jokes come with machine-gun rapidly , though don't always work, there are so many of them that this comedy ends up with enoughs laughs for quite entertaining. It's a stupid movie but also funny and remains like a laugh-filled amusement. The movie hasn't the thematic unity of 'The producers, Blazing saddles and Young Frankestein', the Mel Brooks's best . The stars race around like maniacs and appear several famous uncredited, actors and directors, such as Hugh Hefner as Roman entrepreneur, Paul Mazursky as roman officer, Barry Levinson as column salesman, Art Metrano as Leonardo and John Hurt as Jesus in a bemusing sketch about the 'Last supper', among others. The film is classified 'PG', parents guide, as displays objectionable material, for occasional adult content, crude language and profanity. If it weren't in such bad taste and dirty humor , it would be perfect for the children.