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DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 5, 1999
Budget USD 11,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 32 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (1981)
• Mel Brooks - Die verrückte Geschichte der Welt (1982)
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Genre: Comedy, Spoof, Buddies
Tagline: a little something to offend everyone...
Plot: In this spoof of great moments in history from the dawn of humanity through the French Revolution, director Mel Brooks delivers a twisted history lesson through his signature satirical, madcap humor. Funny, vulgar, and narrated by the great Orson Welles, HISTORY OF THE WORLD - PART I tells the progress of humankind as cave dweller, tap-dancing slave, and biblical hero. The most famous bit in the film features Moses coming down from Mount Sinai. Other highlights include a hilarious "Hitler on Ice" sequence and other outrageous comic situations, unbelievably silly jokes, and inspired casting (Sid Caesar, Gregory Hines, and Madeline Kahn included), with the film itself mimicking several historical Hollywood epics, most notably THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD and THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, as well as a brilliant parody of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
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| Directed by |
Mel Brooks
Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Spaceballs |
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| Written by |
Mel Brooks
The Producers, The Nude Bomb, Get Smart |
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 | Cloris Leachman
Young Frankenstein, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Iron Giant |
 | Gregory Hines
Renaissance Man, The Cotton Club, The Muppets Take Manhattan |
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 | Mel Brooks
Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Dom DeLuise
Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Cannonball Run | Harvey Korman
Blazing Saddles, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way | |
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| Music By |
John Morris
Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, The Elephant Man |
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