High Anxiety
Summary:
This is Mel Brooks' spoof of over ten Alfred Hitchcock classics, including Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds (Brooks actually used the bird trainer from that classic suspense movie in making his film). Brooks plays Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke, a renowned Harvard psychiatrist with a concealed fear of heights, or High Anxiety. Thorndyke takes over as the newest directo... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Mel Brooks - (Richard H. Thorndyke)
Madeline Kahn - (Victoria Brisbane)
Cloris Leachman - (Nurse Charlotte Diesel)
Harvey Korman - (Dr. Charles Montague)
Ron Carey - (Brophy)
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Review:
Mel Brooks' brand of humor -- over-the-top, non-stop, often outrageous -- tends to be a matter of taste, although when he's in top form (e.g., The Producers, Young Frankenstein) he's appreciated by almost everyone. High Anxiety is definitely lesser Brooks and wildly uneven, but partisans will embrace it wholeheartedly. As a Hitchco... Continue >>
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