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Mel Brooks Thought That Monty Python Stole One of Their Most Famous Sketches From Him
A lot of comedy fans love both Mel Brooks and Monty Python ... At the same time, Palin was trying to hire Brooks’ wife Anne Bancroft to star in his film American Friends, which eventually ...
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David Lynch and ‘the freak’: The strange, sad saga of The Elephant Man
Anne Bancroft and John Hurt in The Elephant Man ... film would put the producer off – “I was afraid that if Mel Brooks saw Eraserhead, I would never get the job directing The Elephant Man ...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet ...
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‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ director David Lynch dies
Mel Brooks’ production company hired Lynch ... It was released in 1980 and starred Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Anne Bancroft. He also directed the original “Dune” which boasted a cast ...
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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
He was hired by Mel Brooks’ production company to ... the London Hospital surgeon who became his guardian, and Brooks’ wife Anne Bancroft as a sympathetic West End stage star.