NRPL Film Series: Mel Brooks Turns 100 – HIGH ANXIETY (1977)
A renowned Harvard psychiatrist (with a concealed fear of heights) takes over as director of the PsychoNeurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous after the last administrator dies under suspicious circumstances. Mel Brooks directed, co-wrote and plays the head shrink in this homage to Alfred Hitchcock films. Starring Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman; 94 minutes, rated PG
New Rochelle librarian and film historian Chris Poggiali will introduce and discuss two comedies written and directed by Mel Brooks, who turns 100 years old this summer.
