Mel Brooks Talks YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN & His Long Career

Mel Brooks recently chatted with the NY Times about the process of creating Young Frankenstein and his fond feelings for the film.

The article titled The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical, was written by Irene Lacher and begins: Mel Brooks suddenly seems as though he's all over Hollywood. The 84-year-old writer-composer-lyricist-producer-director-actor, based in Los Angeles, has a new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The American Cinematheque recently paid tribute to Brooks and his close friend and co-conspirator Carl Reiner with a film retrospective at the Egyptian Theatre. And after 15 months on Broadway, "The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein" launched its national tour this week at the Pantages Theatre, where it's running through Aug. 15.

To read the full interview visit: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-conversation-20100801,0,3686232.story

Mel Brooks, is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor, and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony award. Three of his films ranked in the Top 20 on the American Film Institute's list of the Top 100 comedy films of all-time: Blazing Saddles, The Producers and Young Frankenstein.

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