High Anxiety Movie Review 1977

Brooks tries hard to please in this low-brow parody of Hitchcock films employing dozens of references to films like "Psycho," "Spellbound," "The Birds," and "Vertigo." Tells the tale of a height-fearing psychiatrist caught up in a murder mystery. The title song performed a la Sinatra by Brooks is one of the film's high moments. Brooks also has a lot of fun with Hitchcockian camera movements. Uneven (What? Brooks?) but amusing tribute.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Mystery, Phobias!, Shrinks, Birds, Genre Spoofs, Satire & Parody

Screenplay

Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Barry Levinson, Rudy DeLuca

Cast

Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten

Director

Mel Brooks

Producer

Mel Brooks