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Play trailer Poster for High Anxiety PG,  Released Dec 25, 1977,  1h 34m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) is greeted by a series of mysterious events. When his colleagues -- including the militaristic and mustachioed Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman) -- become leery of his questions, they accuse him of murder. Thorndyke's own mental health comes into question as he struggles to clear his name in the midst of a crippling bout of a condition known as high anxiety.
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Uneven but hilarious when it hits, this spoof of Hitchcock movies is a minor classic in the Mel Brooks canon.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 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. Rated: 2.5/4 •  Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) This is the film that is parasitic for excellence, because it feeds on almost every scene of something that Hitchcock previously previewed. [Full review in Spanish] Jan 25, 2024 Full Review

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Andrew L Mel Brooks's humorous homage to the Hitchcock films doesn't have much of a story but does deliver some quick laughs like his take on the famous shower scene from PSYCHO and the part where the birds are all dropping their droppings. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/25 Full Review thiago s Filme bacana, o roteiro 茅 bacaninha, esse filmes tem cenas engra莽adas e ainda algumas par贸dias como vertigo 1958, rocky 1976, psicose 1960, essa par贸dia do psicose foi a melhor do filme, o filme tamb茅m quebra um pouco a 4 parede, fizeram par贸dia at茅 de os passaros 1963, no final ela casa com sua mulher e a c芒mera vai embora quebra um parte da sua casa, quebrando de novo a 4 parede e acaba o filme, E as par贸dias salvaram esse filme, por isso que eu recomendo. bacana, o roteiro 茅 bacaninha, esse filmes tem cenas engra莽adas e ainda algumas par贸dias como vertigo 1958, rocky 1976, psicose 1960, essa par贸dia do psicose foi a melhor do filme, o filme tamb茅m quebra um pouco a 4 parede, fizeram par贸dia at茅 de os passaros 1963 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/13/25 Full Review
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Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks

Richard H. Thorndyke

Madeline Kahn

Victoria Brisbane

Cloris Leachman

Nurse Diesel

Harvey Korman

Dr. Charles Montague

Ron Carey

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Synopsis Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) is greeted by a series of mysterious events. When his colleagues -- including the militaristic and mustachioed Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman) -- become leery of his questions, they accuse him of murder. Thorndyke's own mental health comes into question as he struggles to clear his name in the midst of a crippling bout of a condition known as high anxiety.
Director
Mel Brooks
Producer
Mel Brooks
Screenwriter
Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson
Distributor
21st Century Film Corporation [us]
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox, Crossbow Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 1977, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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