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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 ).
Dec 25, 1977 · A psychiatrist with acrophobia becomes the administrator of a suspicious mental institution and faces murder and intrigue. High Anxiety is a 1977 comedy mystery thriller film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, featuring many references to Alfred Hitchcock's works.
- (24K)
- Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
- Mel Brooks
- 1977-12-25
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 ...
A comedy film that parodies the style and tropes of Alfred Hitchcock's movies. Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) is a psychiatrist who becomes the suspect of a murder at his institute.
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- Mel Brooks
- PG
- Mel Brooks
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.
Mel Brooks is a psychiatrist with a fear of heights in this hilarious spoof of classic Hitchcock thrillers. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
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Roger Ebert criticizes Mel Brooks's "High Anxiety" for being too obvious and clumsy in its parody of Alfred Hitchcock's films. He praises Brooks's own comic talent and creativity, but argues that Hitchcock's work is too sophisticated and subtle to be mocked effectively.
