Top cast:Grete Berger,Paul Bildt,Hermann Seldeneck
Director:William Duncan
Genre:Action
Region:United States
Year:2002
Storyline:Smith: If you thought as much about being honest as you know about being smart.Diz: Honest? Why, we're the only ones who can afford to be honest in what we tell the voters.We don't have to be re-elected like politicians.Sweeney: For instance, we tell 'em when phonies and crack-pots come here to make their laws.Reporter: If it's the truth you want, what are you doin' in the Senate?Reporter: What do you know about laws or making laws or what the people need?Smith: I don't pretend to know.His eyes follow a passing Mexican lady/prostitute? (an unlikely, unbilled appearance by actress Ann Sheridan) who retreats up into a two-story structure - labeled with a sign in Spanish: "CUARTOS AMUEBLADOS" (meaning "Furnished Rooms for Rent").All of Brooks' best films were anarchic comedies that skewered their source material while still maintaining a basic reverence:The Producers (1967)- Brooks' first hit and cinematic debut - about show business, musicals, and Broadway culture, including an incisive critique of Hitler and the NazisBlazing Saddles (1974)- released just before YF, a westerns spoof with stereotypical characters: a saloon seductress, a washed-up gunslinger, corrupt government land speculators, and a black sheriff - and much moreSilent Movie (1976)- a spoof of Hollywood and silent films, with Brooks portraying Mel Funn - a down and out film director who attempted to pitch his new script and recruit celebrity stars to participateHigh Anxiety (1977)- a parody of Hitchcock's suspense-thrillers (e.Fields: Listen honey.I was only trying to guess your weight.You ake things too seriously.She catches him trying to replace his damaged straw hat with an undamaged look-alike on the hat rack.Don't put them in those suffocating tunics.Let them wear just enough for modesty."While awaiting the gladiatorial contest, slave-girl Varinia deliberately spilled the contents of her wine pouring vase onto Marcus.