Twelve Chairs
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Actor: Mel BrooksBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, 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: "I hate people I don't like,"
Summary: 3 Stars
"Twelve Chairs" is perhaps Mel Brooks least known film, although it's much better than most of his post-1970s movies. Ron Moody ("Oliver") stars as a former Russian nobleman whose mother-in-law on her death bed confesses to having sewn the family jewels into one of the 12 chairs of their dining room suite right before the Russian Revolution. Unfortunately, she also told her scheming priest (Dom DeLuise), and the two quickly race off to find the dining room chairs and recover the jewels. Along the way, Moody is forced to become partners with a young beggerman (a very young looking Frank Langella). Mel makes a rather funny cameo as Tikon, the former assistant to Mood's character.
Although "Twelve Chairs" is a bit obscure, it's actually based on a very well-known and oft-filmed Soviet satirical novel by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. The premise is terrific, and Brooks does a good job keeping the plot interesting and the pace going. The movie also benefits tremendously from being filmed in Eastern Europe (the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), which gives it a unique look for a comedy. Overall, it's an interesting movie. Unfortunately, it's simply not as funny as Brooks' best films. Yes, there are some funny scenes, but the movie fails to sustain the humor for long; nevertheless, I did enjoy the movie. Fans of Brook's 1970s movies will likely appreciate "Twelve Chairs," and there's probably enough here to keep most others entertained.
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.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?G UPC:?024543167372 Manufacturer No:?2226737Mel 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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