Unboxing The Mel Brooks Blu-ray Collection
Before you blast me for bad grammar contained within my post’s title, take a sigh of relief and know that yes I have checked with the Internet’s #1 authority, Urban Dictionary, and “unboxing” is a real term! The word is defined as “The Internet trend of showing photos or video from the unpacking of a retail box of some desirable product, such as the latest laptop or portable music player.” While we are not unboxing a laptop or a portable music player we are unboxing the newest Mel Brooks Blu-ray set released this week from Twentieth Century Fox. The 9-disc Blu-ray box set is titled The Mel Brooks Collection and I have taken the time to snap detailed pictures as I opened the set for the first time and I also listed each disc and every special feature you can expect to find within the set below. Individual Blu-ray reviews are coming soon. Enjoy!
The Blu-ray box set still sealed in all its glory!
The Mel Brooks Collection as viewed from the side.
The back of the Blu-ray box set's outer shell.
The front cover of the 120-page book contained within the set.
The back cover of the 120-page book.
A quick peek inside the enclosed book.
The front jacket cover of the binder holding the 9 Blu-ray discs.
The back of the 9-disc Blu-ray binder.
A look inside the Blu-ray binder of how the discs are held within.
One more look inside the Blu-ray binder.
Disc One:
Blazing Saddles – feature film
Additional Scenes
Scene-Specific Commentary by Mel Brooks
2 Documentaries
o Back in the Saddle
o Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn (Excerpt)
Black Bart: 1975 Pilot Episode Of The Proposed TV Series Spinoff
Theatrical Trailer
Disc Two:
Spaceballs – feature film
Commentary by Mel Brooks
Spaceballs: The Documentary
In Conversation: Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan
John Candy: Comic Spirit
Watch the movie in Ludicrous Speed
Still Galleries
Film Flubs
Storyboards-to-Film Comparison
Disc Three:
Young Frankenstein – feature film
Commentary by Mel Brooks
Inside The Lab: Secret Formulas in the Making of Young Frankenstein
Deleted Scenes
It’s Alive! Creating A Monster Classic
Making FrankenSense of Young Frankenstein
Transylvanian Lullaby: The Music of John Morris
The Franken-Track: A Monstrous Conglomeration of Trivia – Trivia Track
Blucher Button
Outtakes
Isolated Score Track (DTS MA)
Disc Four:
High Anxiety – feature film
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
The “Am I Very, Very Nervous?” Test
o Dr. Thorndyke’s Ink Blot Test
o How Anxious Am I?
Don’t Get Anxious! The Trivia of Hitchcock – Trivia Track
Isolated Score Track (DTS MA)
Disc Five:
History of the World Part 1 – feature film
Musical Mel: Inventing “The Inquisition”
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
The Real History of the World – Trivia Track
Isolated Score Track (DTS MA)
Disc Six:
Robin Hood: Men In Tights – feature film
Funny Men In Tights: Three Generations of Comedy
HBO Special: Robin Hood: Men In Tights – “The Legend Had It Coming”
LaserDisc Commentary by Mel Brooks
Isolated Score Track (DTS MA)
Disc Seven:
Silent Movie – feature film
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of Silent Movie
Speak Up! Historical Hollywood – Trivia Track
Disc Eight:
To Be Or Not To Be – feature film
Brooks and Bancroft: A Perfect Pair
How Serious Can Mel Brooks Really Get?
Profiles of Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft and Charles Durning
To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Trivia! – Trivia Track
Isolated Score Track (DTS MA)
Disc Nine:
Twelve Chairs – feature film
Check out some of the all-star cast member names below that you will find on the 9-disc Blu-ray collection.
Mel Brooks
Cleavon Little
Gene Wilder
Slim Pickens
Harvey Korman
Madeline Kahn
Cloris Leachman
Dom DeLuise
Gregory Hines
Sid Caesar
Cary Elwes
Roger Rees
Richard Lewis
Amy Yasbeck
Patrick Stewart
Tracey Ullman
Dave Chappelle
Isaac Hayes
Marty Feldman
Harold Gould
Bernadette Peters
Ron Carey
John Candy
Rick Moranis
Bill Pullman
Charles Durning
Frank Langella
Gene Wilder
Teri Garr
Kenneth Mars
Gene Hackman
Bring home the comedy of Mel Brooks this holiday season!
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