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Dec 25, 1977 · A psychiatrist with acrophobia becomes the administrator of a mental institution full of suspicious and murderous doctors. High Anxiety is a 1977 comedy mystery thriller film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, parodying the style and themes of Alfred Hitchcock.
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- Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
- Mel Brooks
- 1977-12-25
High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first speaking lead role (his first lead role was in Silent Movie ).
High Anxiety is Mel Brooks' renowned spoof of over ten Alfred Hitchcock classics, including Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic ...
PG Released Dec 25, 1977 1h 34m Comedy List. 75% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 67% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very...
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- Mel Brooks
- PG
- Mel Brooks
One of the problems with Mel Brooks's "High Anxiety" is that it picks a tricky target: It's a spoof of the work of Alfred Hitchcock, but Hitchcock's films are often funny themselves. And satire works best when its target is self-important.
High Anxiety. Mel Brooks is a psychiatrist with a fear of heights in this hilarious spoof of classic Hitchcock thrillers. 2,165 IMDb 6.6 1 h 34 min 1977. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Suspense · Anxious · Campy. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $4.29. Buy. HD $10.79. More purchase. options. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
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A comedy film by Mel Brooks that parodies Alfred Hitchcock's style and films. A psychiatrist with acrophobia becomes the new director of a mental institution and faces murderous plots and schemes.
