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.Monitoring Robau's vital signs, theUSS Kelvincrew realized Robau had been terminated and that their ship was again being attacked.To protect his own daughter, Sheriff Brackett ordered his Deputy Andy Neale (Greg Travis) to take his shotgun to his own house and sit guard over Annie.With a production budget of $150 million, with box-office gross receipts of about $257.7 million (domestic) and $385.7 million (worldwide).This film was nominated for four technical Academy Award nominations (including Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects), and it won, predictably, for Best Makeup.