History of the World: Part I (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Mel Brooks

Guionista:

Mel Brooks (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 junio 1981 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Musical

Frase comercial:

IN MEL WE TRVST

Plot:

From the dawn of man to the distant future, mankind's evolution (or lack thereof) is traced. Often ridiculous but never serious...

Plot Keywords:

French Revolution | Ten Commandments | Hit In Crotch | Guillotine | Ancient Rome

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"He's definitely a eunich."

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 15

6:00 PM

AMC

Reparto

Mel Brooks	...	Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise	...	Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn	...	Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman	...	Count de Monet
Cloris Leachman	...	Madame Defarge
Ron Carey	...	Swiftus
Gregory Hines	...	Josephus
Pamela Stephenson	...	Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene	...	Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar	...	Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes	...	Miriam
Orson Welles	...	Narrator (voice)
Rudy De Luca	...	Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire (as Rudy DeLuca)
Leigh French	...	Prehistoric Man
Richard Karron	...	Prehistoric Man

También conocida como:

Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (USA) (complete title)
La loca historia del mundo (Spain) [es]

Duración:

92 min | Argentina:97 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Germany:16 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:R (Approved No. 26348) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | France:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Compañía:

Brooksfilms

Trivialidades:

Just like in Blazing Saddles (1974), Richard Pryor was originally cast but had to pull out of the picture. His part eventually was taken by Gregory Hines (in his screen debut). Just before filming was to begin, Pryor had his infamous drug-related accident, catching fire and getting severely burnt.

Errores:

Errores Reales: In the Roman Era, the sign for the orgy states that it is held in the Temple of Eros. Eros is the Greek God of Love not the Roman. It should be the Temple of Cupid.

Citas:

Josephus: [pouring the Empress some wine] Say when.
Empress Nympho: [she looks him up and down] 8:30.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Floris (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Funkytown

"He's definitely a eunich."

Marred only by overlength, this is one hilarious bit of cinema as Mel Brooks satirizes the stone age, the 10 Commandments, Rome, the Last Supper, the Inquisition, and Louie the 16th (sorry I couldn't get the name right). Of course, the stone age also happens to make fun of "2001 A Space Odyssey". Also funny is at the end with the whole "Jews In Space" bit. I love that stuff.

Personally I thought the best bits were set in Rome, what with the gags about Vestal Virgins, innuendo between the queen and the late Gregory Hines, the "Stand Up Philosopher", Ethiopia, getting the Roman guards high, and of course, the Last Supper. This is not to say the Inquisition Musical number is not worth a look.

"Jesus!" - Mel Brooks

"What?" - Jesus Christ