Twelve Chairs
by Mel Brooks
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Actor: Andr?as Voutsinas, Diana Coupland, Dom DeLuise, Frank Langella, Ron MoodyDirector: Mel Brooks
Brand: BROOKS,MEL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-05
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Twelve Chairs
Movie Review: A family favorite
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an underappreciated gem. A great story with a depth of character not often provided by Brooks' films. While growing up in the 70's our famly watched this almost yearly. Great over-the-top performances by Dom DeLuise, Ron Moody and a great bit part by Mel Brooks. Frank Langella's part is well done as a handsome and sly con man. Only one short "non-family friendly" scene in the very beginning. Otherwise great for all ages.
Summary of Twelve Chairs
Set in 1920's Russia, this much-loved, hilarious Mel Brooks comedy classic is the tale of a former aristocrat (Ron Moody) who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime. When he learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of the twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across Russia to find it, with an opportunist (Frank Langella), priest (Dom DeLuise) and his former servant (Mel Brooks) all in equal pursuit.Mel Brooks's 1970 comedy (his second work as a film director) is based on an old Russian folktale, and was first filmed in Yugoslavia in 1927. The story concerns an old woman who reveals on her deathbed that she has hidden jewels inside one of 12 chairs that were formerly in her home but are now scattered. Ron Moody plays the poor Russian nobleman seeking them, and Dom DeLuise is his rival. After Brooks's wild and even controversial first film, The Producers, The Twelve Chairs seems relatively tame; but it is still a funny and slightly exotic work owing to its director's longtime interest in classic cinema. --Tom Keogh
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