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Mel Brooks: Gene Wilder
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Mel Brooks, on his first directorial outing, scores a wild hit. Zero Mostel is a conniving theater producer, Gene Wilder his timid accountant. Together they persuade little old ladies into investing in their play "Springtime for Hitler," which they secretly hope will be a surefire flop. Kenneth Mars and Dick Shawn are marvelous as the play's writer and star. 90 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; "making of" documentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailers; outtake. Two-disc set.
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Mel Brooks once said his films "rise below vulgarity." Witness Blazing Saddles , a film so politically incorrect it should come with a surgeon general's warning for the easily offended. via Big Media Vandalism
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Hollywood Westerns were never the same after director/co-writer Mel Brooks put them through the comedy wringer with this tasteless, hilarious spoof. Can the frontier town of Rockridge cope with the arrival of Cleavon Little as its new--and black--sheriff? With Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp, and Alex Karras as the horse-punching Mongo. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary by Brooks; deleted scenes; documentaries; "Black Bart" TV pilot.
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Mel has been associated with the Wits Business School since 1986. As Deputy Director of the Faculty�s Centre for Developing Business he developed and managed a wide range of programmes in the small business start-up and management area and was actively involved in the coaching of business owners in the areas of general management and strategic thinking at the start up and growth phases of their ventures. He ... developed and currently directs the certificated �New Managers Programme� which is offered at the business school as well as in-house. Thousands of participants from centres throughout Southern Africa have benefited from his input in the finance and resource management modules of the programme.
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