When Brooks told Wilder he had secured financial backing for "The Producers," the late actor broke down in tears of joy. Mel Brooks and the late Gene Wilder — who collaborated in films such as ...

Mel Brooks is recalling the "sad" aftermath of good friend and late actor Gene Wilder's Alzheimer's diagnosis. In the new "Remembering Gene Wilder" documentary, Brooks opened up about his ...

1974 was a good year for one of the greatest comedy pairings in cinema history, with Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder ending the year with not one, but two films in the top five. Ten months after the ...

“A Mel Brooks Film” it said and beneath that ... For me, the answer is Gene Wilder. Wilder worked with Brooks on The Producers (1967) and again on Blazing Saddles (1974), during which he ...

As well as generating some of the biggest laughs in the history of the silver screen, Brooks has also courted his fair share of controversy. Blazing Saddles was nearly buried by Warner Bros because ...

Mel Brooks comedy i also often broad and often ... This was Brooks first collaboration with Gene Wilder, whom he met when Wilder appeared in a play with his wife, Anne Bancroft.

I'm happy here' History of the World Part II's Johnny Knoxville on why his gassy Rasputin is a dream come true History of the World Part II creators on their rules for honoring Mel Brooks' legacy ...

Over the course of his expansive career, Mel Brooks has become an undisputed ... The Broadway star opens up to ET about stepping into Gene Wilder's shoes -- and whether he'll recreate the late ...

Mel Brooks has turned a funny idea into a slapstick ... he teams with an emotionally retarded accountant portrayed by Gene Wilder in a scheme to produce a flop. By selling 25,000% of production ...

We’re talking about “Blazing Saddles,” the 1974 western satire by the incomparable Mel Brooks. It’s a film ... an alcoholic prisoner named Jim (Gene Wilder). They even use the N word ...