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Louis Xvi | Inquisition
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Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | 1981
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or End Credits | 1981 | Mel
Budget 11,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 31,672,907 USD
According to Mel Brooks, the Moses scene was a last minute addition. "Sometimes, you will get very lucky, and the set will give you ideas for jokes", Brooks said in a 2012 interview with the Directors Guild of America. One day, he was gazing out at the scenery that had been built for the caveman segments, when the gears in his head started turning. "I immediately thought, 'Well, where do I go from here?'" Brooks recalled. Heading into the shoot, his plan was to "skip the Bible and go to Rome." But eventually, he realized that the Stone Age set might enable him to explore another chapter in world history. With a few minor alterations, Brooks converted his fake caves into a mountaintop, and the Moses bit was born.
Beforehand, it was agreed that Orson Welles would receive $5,000 per day in exchange for his services. Figuring that he'd have to spend five eight-hour days recording and re-recording these lines with Welles, Mel Brooks paid him $25,000 up front. But by noon on the first day, Welles had recorded his lines to perfection. "Oh, my god, I could've paid you $5,000", Brooks lamented. After kicking himself for a few minutes, the funnyman asked Welles how he planned to spend the bounty. "Cuban cigars and Sevruga caviar", Welles replied.
The vestal virgins (who took the oath of chastity) in Caeser's Palace in "The Roman Empire" segment were all Playboy playmates. The film's closing credits declare that the "Vestal Virgins were portrayed by Playboy playmates and models". Hugh Hefner (Playboy's patron) appears as the pipe-smoking entrepreneur talking about his invention, the "centerfold".
This movie is responsible for popularizing the catchphrase, "It's good to be the King". The expression is said by Mel Brooks during "The French Revolution" segment. Mel repeated this line in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).
During the "Jews in Space" sequence, the camera moves through the center of the Star of David-shaped spaceships and some Hebrew letters are visible on the interior wall, just under the guns. The word these letters spell is "Kosher".
"Moses: The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... [drops one of the tablets] Moses: Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!"
"Comicus: Have you heard of this new sect, the Christians? They are a laugh riot! First of all, they are so poor... Swiftus: How poor are they? Comicus: Thank you! They are so poor... that they only have *one* God! [drumbeat, everyone laughs] Comicus: But we Romans are rich. We've got a lot of gods. We've got a god for everything. The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that's coming quickly."
