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Mel Brooks' renowned spoof of the most famous Hitchcockian classics-"Vertigo," "The Birds," "Psycho" and "Spellbound"-is one of his most outrageous comedy classics. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, he realizes his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances. When events take a murderous turn, he is accused of the crime and left with a full blown case of High Anxiety. Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman co-star in this hilarious parody.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE
"Brooks at his most brilliant!" Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
"Ridiculous and hilarious..." Rich Cline, Shadows on the wall
"Brooks at his most brilliant!" "Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures"
"Ridiculous and hilarious..." "Rich Cline, Shadows on the wall"
Editor's Note
In this perceptive, sidesplitting homage to Hichcock films, director, star, and writer Mel Brooks plays the average American guy, psychiatrist Richard Thorndyke (as in Roger Thorndike, Cary Grant's character in NORTH BY NORTHWEST), who's terrified of heights (think VERTIGO). He becomes the new chief of the Institute for the Very Very Nervous, where things are not what they seem, and it's not long before Richard finds himself embroiled in murder, deception, and other hilarious situations. While Brooks plays the quintessential innocent man accused, Madeline Kahn is perfect as his Hichcockian icy blonde love interest, Victoria Brisbane. It is perhaps Cloris Leachman, though, who is at her most deviantly funny as Nurse Diesel--a kind of cross between her Frau Blucher character from YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and Nurse Rached from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. HIGH ANXIETY is a treat to watch just to spot the Hitchcock parodies/homages, as Brooks amiably spoofs some of the suspense master's most famous scenes, including hysterical takeoffs of THE BIRDS and PSYCHO. HIGH ANXIETY is one of Mel Brooks's most consistently entertaining films.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/5/2006 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1977 | | Catalog ID: 2226719 | | UPC: 00024543167198 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (1978) | | | Golden Globe, High Anxiety, Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy | | | Golden Globe, Mel Brooks, Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy |
| Memorable Quotes| "Here's your paper! Here's your paper!"----Hotel bellboy (Barry Levinson) delivering a newspaper to Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) | | "Professor Little Old Man!"----Richard exclaims when he sees his old mentor "Lill--Oman, Lill--Oman! Nobody ever gets that right!"----sighs the professor (Howard Morris) |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Infectiously funny....[Brooks] has succeeded in making the movie look like a Hitchcock prodution..." 12/26/1977 p.34FilmCritic.com 7 of 10
"One of the reasons we film critics have a soft spot for Mel Brooks's High Anxiety is that its endless parade of campy Hitchcock gags makes us feel smart. ""Oh, that's from Vertigo. Hey, that's from North by Northwest. Did you hear that? He just said MacGuffin.""" - Don Willmott
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
"Brooks has made a specialty of movie satires: ""Blazing Saddles,"" ""Young Frankenstein,"" and ""Silent Movie."" But they took on well-chosen targets. It's one thing to kid the selfconscious seriousness of a Western or a horror movie. It's another to take on a director of such sophistication that half the audience won't even get the in-jokes the other half is laughing at." - Roger Ebert
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