High Anxiety

High Anxiety
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMel Brooks
Written by
Produced byMel Brooks
Starring
CinematographyPaul Lohmann
Edited byJohn C. Howard
Music byJohn Morris
Production
company
Crossbow Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 25, 1977 (1977-12-25)
Running time
94 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[3]
Box office$31.1 million[4]

High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first speaking lead role (his first lead role was in Silent Movie). Veteran Brooks ensemble members Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn are also featured. It is a parody of psychoanalysis and Alfred Hitchcock films.

  1. ^ OCLC 7465388
  2. ^ "High Anxiety (A)". British Board of Film Classification. January 26, 1978. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (2002). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Scarecrow Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
  4. ^ "High Anxiety, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012.

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