History of the World: Part I (1981) - Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

History of the World: Part I

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
( Comedy )

MPAA Rating:

US Runtime: 92 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 12, 1981 [USA]

Director:	Mel Brooks [Director]

Writer:	Mel Brooks [Screenplay]

Producers:	Mel Brooks [Producer] Joel Chernoff [Producer] Stuart Cornfeld [Producer] Alan Johnson [Producer]

Cinematography:	Woody Omens [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	John C. Howard [Editor]

Music Composed by	John Morris [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Harold Michelson [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Patricia Norris [Costume Design]

Casting by	Jane Feinberg [Casting] Mike Fenton [Casting]

Production Companys:	Brooksfilms (US) Brooksfilms Ltd.

Plot Summary:

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Mel Brooks Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI Dom DeLuise Emperor Nero Madeline Kahn Empress Nympho Harvey Korman Count de Monet Cloris Leachman Madame Defarge Ron Carey Swiftus Gregory Hines Josephus Pamela Stephenson Mademoiselle Rimbaud Shecky Greene Marcus Vindictus Sid Caesar Chief Caveman		Mary-Margaret Humes Miriam Orson Welles Narrator Rudy De Luca Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire Leigh French Prehistoric Woman Richard Karron Prehistoric Man Susette Carroll Prehistoric Man Sammy Shore Prehistoric Man J.J. Barry Prehistoric Man Earl Finn Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire Suzanne Kent Prehistoric Man

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Special Effects Department:

Magic Lantern Inc. Jews in Space sequence

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

Backlot, Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA [’Spartacus’ square]

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK [French Palace Outdoor Scenes]

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Tech Info:

Budget:: $11,000,000
Revenue:: $31,672,907
Color Info:: Color (DeLuxe)

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