John Hurt stars as the disfigured 'Elephant Man' John Merrick, mistreated by Victorian London society and forced to work in a freak show, with Anthony Hopkins as the surgeon who looks beyond Merrick's appearance and sees his true intelligence and humanity. Martin, a successful comedian at the time, also co-wrote the gag-filled script, basing the idea of the film off a line from one of his acts.Ĭelebrate David Lynch's 70th birthday at Doc Films with a screening of his second film, The Elephant Man, produced by Mel Brooks' Brooksfilms. Louis and struggles to get by on his own. 100 Laughs list), Carl Reiner's The Jerk features Steve Martin, in his first starring role, as an idiot who hitchhikes to St. One of the funniest comedies of all time (and ranked 89th on the American Film Institute's 100 Years. When the play bombs, the duo plans to cash out the investor shares and escape to Brazil-but what are the two producers to do when their utterly tasteless 'love letter to Hitler' becomes the biggest hit on Broadway?

Mel Brooks' directorial debut follows producer Max Bialystock and accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) as they set out to produce the worst musical ever made: Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden. Wednesdays Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner: The Kings of Comedy

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