Robin Hood: Men in Tights & Mel Brooks Collection Coming

Spongebob Squarepants · Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:59 pm

Davis DVD says that Fox will be releasing a box set of Mel Brooks movies on April 8th including Robin Hood:Men In Tights,High Anxiety,and Silent Movie.Hopefully they will be soldseperate!

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

Robin Hood · Post by **Robin Hood** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:16 pm

Great news, thanks for posting!

JiminyCrick91 · Post by **JiminyCrick91** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:21 pm

I'm SO buying this set.

(But how did they convince WB to let 'em have Blazing Saddles in the set?

)

Robin Hood · Post by **Robin Hood** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:24 pm

Will they be selling Robin Hood: Men in Tights seperate from the collection? Because I already own Blazing Saddles.

DarthPrime · Post by **DarthPrime** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:25 pm

Great news! I had been planning to import the Region 2 version of Robin Hood Men In Tights this month, but I'm going to hold out and wait for this.

Looks like a great box set.

Spongebob Squarepants · Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:26 pm

Robin Hood wrote:Will they be selling Robin Hood: Men in Tights seperate from the collection? Because I already own Blazing Saddles.

I hope so becuase I already have Young Frankenstein.

Zoltack · Post by **Zoltack** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:46 pm

Yes! Alright! I love this movie and I'm glad that it's coming on DVD because I don't have a VCR anymore.

I wonder if it's a special edition or something?

Isidour · Post by **Isidour** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:06 pm

Yes!!!!

I have been looking for this movie since long, because I haven´t been able to find the VHS

littlefuzzy · Post by **littlefuzzy** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:50 pm

20th Century Fox has announced The Mel Brooks Collection for release on April 4th. The eight-disc set will include Blazing Saddles (on loan from Warner Bros), new editions of History of the World Part I, Robin Hood Men in Tights and Young Frankenstein, along with the debuts of High Anxiety, Silent Movie, To Be or Not to Be and Twelve Chairs. All will feature anamorphic transfers and trailers. "Robin Hood" also includes an HBO special, while "To Be or Not to Be" has a featurette. Retail is $99.98.

I have been waiting for this!

I have Blazing Saddles, but I can get rid of one of the copies. I was wanting to pick up Young Frankenstein for a while, I hope this new one has the same extras. Was there a DVD of Men in tights before??? The paragraph above seems to say there was...

I really enjoy to Be or Not to Be, and Silent Movie. I am glad to see those are finally being released.

Robin Hood · Post by **Robin Hood** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:13 pm

littlefuzzy wrote:Was there a DVD of Men in tights before?

No, only in region two.

cydney · Post by **cydney** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:09 pm

I'd like to get this movie but only if they release it by it's self. We've had 4 VHS copies on the shelf at my work for months now but I was hoping to hold out for a DVD release.

That1GuyPictures · Post by **That1GuyPictures** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:15 pm

I am so buying this set! Young Frankenstien is good on DVD, but it's not anamorphic, High Anxiety has never been released before on DVD, and Men in Tights has been a long time coming...
I only wish that if they were trying to include all of his films that they would have put the original version of the Producers in there as well...but then again, I guess that is a SONY title now, since Sony owns MGM's DVD rights...

azul017 · Post by **azul017** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:52 pm

This is good news. Problem is, I don't the movie itself will be separately available. It's probably the only Mel Brooks film I laughed non-stop at... I'm glad they're not including Dracula: Dead and Loving It in the collection.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights is just rife with memorable quotes and gags:

"If you don't pay your tolls then we don't eat no rolls!"
"'Cause unlike some Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
"Before you do it, you must go through it! Or else I blew it."
"I've always wanted to marry a cop!"

Blissey02 · Post by **Blissey02** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:13 am

azul017 wrote: Robin Hood: Men in Tights is just rife with memorable quotes and gags:

"If you don't pay your tolls then we don't eat no rolls!"
"'Cause unlike some Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
"Before you do it, you must go through it! Or else I blew it."
"I've always wanted to marry a cop!"

And how about the exchange after {SPOILER for those idiots who haven't seen it yet} Robin named Achoo the new Sheriff of Rottenham(sic?):

Audience: A black sheriff?
Achoo: And, why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles.
(audience agrees)

azul017 · Post by **azul017** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:00 pm

Oh, yeah. I forgot that. That part was funny, but it didn't make sense unless you actually saw Blazing Saddles. (Or if you've read the summary and knew that Mel Brooks directed both movies.)

dvdjunkie · Post by **dvdjunkie** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:52 pm

April 4th is the date for the following Box Set of Mel Brooks' movies:

What's in it, you ask?
1. Blazing Saddles -- Cream of the crop when it comes to western parody!!
2. High Anxiety -- Mel Brooks one-upped Hitchcock with this one. I laugh every time I watch it.
3. History of the World Part I -- Heheh...funny movie...an essential inclusion in a Mel Brooks collection
4. Robin Hood: Men in Tights -- Finally! I've been wanting this one on DVD for so long! Woot!
5. Silent Movie --Great premise for a pretty funny movie.
6. To Be or Not to Be -- Great remake and a very funny movie.
7. Twelve Chairs -- This movie tears me up....it is outrageously funny.
8. Young Frankenstein -- Hilarious movie! Also an essential part of a Brooks collection!

So what do you think. Is this the collection we have been waiting for? I hear that the titles will be released singly sometime this summer.

JiminyCrick91 · Post by **JiminyCrick91** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:04 pm

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/vie ... robin+hood

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:05 pm

I'm excited for the box set, if only to get a new anamorphic SE for History of the World. It's sad, but I haven't seen any of his movies except for History of the World, Spaceballs, and The Producers (original). So this will be one major blindbuy for me that I'm sure will be worth it.

Escapay

JiminyCrick91 · Post by **JiminyCrick91** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:38 pm

Well I read the IGN review and it said that Blazing Saddles is in fact the older disc and not the 30th Anniversary Special Edition. So since I do not yet own it at all should I keep the one in the set (once I get it) or buy the 30th separately? Are the extras and picture better enough for me to buy again?

Karushifa · Post by **Karushifa** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:58 pm

Gotta love Mel Brooks. I'd have to say Blazing Saddles is his magnum opus, with a generous nod to Richard Pryor who co-wrote it.

History of the World Part 1, while choppy and weak at times plotwise, gets major brownie points for The Inquisition ("let's face it, you can't Torquemada anything!") and, of course, Jews in Space

As for the box set...I agree that I'd like to see Robin Hood: MIT sold separately, as I already have access to the rest of the movies in the set. This is a massive set, though, so one would think that WB would see the light and release some of them on SE DVD sets that they haven't already.

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