A Letter to Elia

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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - Preview

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - Preview

American Masters

Premieres Monday, May 20, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

American Masters

Premieres May 20 at 9pm on WGBH 2.

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Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut

Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks' Debut

American Masters

Mel Brooks ad-libbed his first stage appearance. The crowd loved it. The director did not.

Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks, a Bullhorn & Some German Soldiers

Mel Brooks: Mel Brooks, a Bullhorn & Some German Soldiers

American Masters

Even while fighting in WWII, Mel Brooks went for the laugh.

Mel Brooks: The Difference Between Comedy & Tragedy Is...

Mel Brooks: The Difference Between Comedy & Tragedy Is...

American Masters

The logic here is, as long as it isn't happening to Mel Brooks, it's funny.

Mel Brooks: The Insane & The Bizarre

Mel Brooks: The Insane & The Bizarre

American Masters

Mel Brooks is here to find the insane and the bizarre in the commonplace.


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For Martin Scorsese, growing up in Little Italy, seeing On the Waterfront and East of Eden as a young man was a life-changing experience. Scorsese appears on and off camera throughout A Letter to Elia, taking us through Kazan's life and through his own as well, and through his growing realization that there was an artist behind the camera, someone "who knew me, maybe better than I knew myself."

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