Nessa Hyams, a groundbreaking casting director of the New Hollywood whose work on such 1970s masterpieces as Peter Bogdanovich’s screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc?, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist and ...
I was 15 and probably looked about 11 when "Blazing Saddles" was released in 1974, but my buddies and I had no trouble buying movie tickets. The kid at the counter was no cop, and the sweet lady ...
When it comes to comedies in the 21st century, they don't come much funnier than Blazing Saddles. Mel Brooks' genius Western spoof that stands as the funniest of its kind to this day, Blazing Saddles ...
Excuse our film critic while he whips out an appreciation of Mel Brooks’s brilliant western parody starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. On Sept. 1, 2016, I attended a screening of the western ...
Nessa Hyams, the casting director who worked on several New Hollywood classics, such as William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” and Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles,” died on January 9 at her Manhattan home at ...