Tuesdays at the Movies
 
Watch great films that are upbeat, thought provoking and memorable, including new releases, all-time classics and films with a Jewish focus.

Join other movie enthusiasts for an exploration of old-time classics. This fall we’ll air a Yiddish film extravaganza.

Enjoy free popcorn and good company!
 
Date: 1st Tuesday of the month, ongoing
Time: 1:00–3:00 PM
Location: Room D-129
Fee: Free, donations suggested
Contact: Elisheva Salamo
(650) 223-8618
esalamo@paloaltojcc.org
 
Upcoming Movie Schedule
Mel Brooks Fiesta
Enjoy the varied and amazing films of Mel Brooks, one of the few artists who have received an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy.
 
January 3: The Producers (1968)
(Academy Award, best original screenplay) 84 minutes
Rapacious but lovable producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) hasn't had a hit in years when, quite by accident, he and his meek, neurotic accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), come up with a plot to oversell shares in a surefire flop musical and make off with the profits. The catch is that their cash cow, "Springtime for Hitler," is the worst show ever written. Mel Brooks directs this comic gem that inspired the Broadway musical of the same name.
February 7: The Twelve Chairs (1970) 94 minutes
In this comedy directed by Mel Brooks, an aging ex-nobleman (Ron Moody) of the Czarist regime adjusts to life under the Communist commissars in Russia - but jumps at the opportunity to find his family's hidden fortune. When he and the local priest learn that the jewels are hidden in a chair (one of a set of twelve) in the nobleman's estate, they return separately to Moscow to root out the loot. Frank Langella and Dom DeLuise co-star.
March 6: Blazing Saddles (1974) 93 minutes
Politically incorrect and relentlessly funny, Mel Brooks's take on Hollywood Westerns follows the tortured trail of freed slave Bart, who's elected sheriff of the racist town of Rock Ridge. He must foil a land-grabbing governor (Brooks) with help from a washed-up, pot-smoking gunslinger (Gene Wilder).
April 3 Young Frankenstein (1974) 106 minutes
A laugh riot from beginning to end, this classic parody from director Mel Brooks stars Gene Wilder as Frederick Frankenstein, who detests his family history but ultimately can't resist the temptation to follow in his infamous grandfather's footsteps. Adding to the fun is a brilliant supporting cast that includes Marty Feldman as bug-eyed assistant Igor, Madeline Kahn as Frankenstein's frosty fiancée and Peter Boyle as the zipper-necked monster.
May 1: Silent Movie (1976) 87 minutes
Mel Funn (Mel Brooks), Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman) and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) are aspiring filmmakers with a million-dollar idea that goes completely against the modern grain: They want to make a silent film. To make the movie more marketable, they try to recruit several A-list stars to appear. At the same time, the studio's creditors try to quash the movie. The film itself contains only one word of dialogue.
June 5: History of the World, Part I (1981) 92 minutes
Mel Brooks's comic genius is unleashed in spades in this episodic spoof of history's seminal moments (narrated by Orson Welles), which begins with a brilliant send-up of the cinematic classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Brooks goes on to lampoon the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition and ends with a clever takeoff on the French Revolution. The all-star-cast includes Gregory Hines, Madeleine Kahn, Dom DeLuise and Harvey Korman.
   





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