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Mel Brooks spoofs the films of Alfred Hitchcock with hilarious results. High Anxiety is not his very very best, but is a laugh riot. Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman are both hysterical as of course is Madeline Kahn once again. It is actually Cloris Leachman who steals the film. Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten and the rest of the cast are great too. The only thing that bothers me Mel is in too many of the scenes. The shower scene as great as it is, should have been shot with Madeline Kahn in the shower. She really was so beautiful in this movie. The title song is wonderful. I can't understand why this is not on DVD yet. Maybe they are waiting for the 30th anniversary in 2007. I hope if it does come out it contains a lot of deleted scenes. If you have not seen this one, you must.

It may be no Young Frankenstein, but it has 3 of the films stars. Gene Wilder wrote, directed and stars as Sigerson Holmes. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is not a classic but it has its fair share of laughs. Madeline Kahn plays the damsel in distress Jenny Hill and she as always is a pleasure to watch and hear her sing. Marty Feldman is great as Orvile Scaker the detectives partner. Dom DeLuise also has a small role as an opera singer. Britsh actor Leo McKern is wonderful as Professor Moriarty. I wish these actors would have done more movies together. The 1970's did make its share of great comedies and a lot of them starred either Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn. They could have been a great love team if they had only done more films with one another. They were so well matched. Why this is not on DVD is a mystery in itself.

Young Frankenstein is the classic of all time classic comedies. Mel Brooks directed, in my opinion his masterpiece of all his films. Filmed so beautifully in black and white. Gene Wilder is so sensational as Frederick Frankenstein and Madeline Kahn is once again so incredible as ever as his fiancé Elizabeth. I wish the film would have been in color just to see her beautiful red hair shine. Peter Boyle is wonderful as the monster. Marty Feldman as Igor is phenomenal. Cloris Leachman is hysterical as the housekeeper Frau Blucher. Kenneth Mars is great as Inspector Kemp. Gene Hackman has an uproarious cameo as a blind man and Teri Garr is very sexy and funny as Inga, the doctors assistant. The whole cast is outstanding. Not many films have a unique cast in one great movie.

Anyone who has seen this film knows all the classic lines. Mel Brooks is getting ready to bring Young Frankenstein to Broadway as a musical, he may strike gold with it and probably do a film of the musical, but it can never be as good as this gem. The DVD is great to own and has lots of extras and some facts about the making of the film. One for instance is that Teri Garr got the part of Inga, because Madeline Kahn was offered the part first but felt the smaller part of Elizabeth was better for her. It was a far smaller role, but she put her stamp on it and stole every scene she was in. She should have been nominated for another Oscar for this role and could have one it too. That is the only one thing about the film that does bother me, that she is in only a few scenes, but when she is on screen its pure magic. She is so sexy and passionately funny in every word she speaks.