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  1. May 30, 2024 · The Twelve Chairs is a 1970 comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Ron Moody and Frank Langella, the movie is based on the 1928 Russian satirical novel of the same name written by Ilf and Petrov.

  2. Jun 16, 2024 · The Twelve Chairs is an oft-adapted Russian novel from 1928, but in the Americas it is not a well-noted text. Perhaps that’s why The Twelve Chairs came and went in the blink of an eye. The movie stars, among others, Dom DeLuise and Frank Langella.

  3. Jun 17, 2024 · Let’s look back at Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles as the comedy icon celebrates his 98th birthday this month. The film, released 50 years ago this year, is widely considered one of the funniest movies of all time. But it wasn’t easy to make.

  4. 6 days ago · Tour our photo gallery of Brooks’s 12 greatest films, including some of the titles above, as well as “The Twelve Chairs” (1970), “History of the World: Part I” (1981), “Robin Hood: Men ...

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  5. Jun 19, 2024 · Brooks followed The Producers with another broad comedy, The Twelve Chairs (1970), that was set in newly communist Russia and concerned a trove of jewels hidden inside a dining-chair leg. A priest, an aristocrat, and a confidence man vie to be the first to discover them, to great comic effect, though the film was little seen.

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  6. Jun 16, 2024 · 8 — The Twelve Chairs (1970) UMC Pictures. Brooks personally is a big fan of The Twelve Chairs. After directing his first film, Brooks took a chance on directing… an adaptation of a Russian satire. The Twelve Chairs is an oft-adapted Russian novel from 1928

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    3 days ago · With the moderate financial success of the film The Producers, Glazier financed Brooks' next film, The Twelve Chairs (1970). Loosely based on Ilf and Petrov 's 1928 Russian novel of the same name about greedy materialism in post-revolutionary Russia, it stars Ron Moody , Frank Langella and Dom DeLuise as three men individually searching for a ...

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