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History of the World: Part I (1981) [R]

Release Date:
June 12, 1981

Original Title:
History of the World: Part I

Alternate Titles:
Historia Świata: Część I
History of the World Part I (1981)
History of the World Part I
La folle histoire du Monde
La pazza storia del mondo parte 1
Mel Brooks' verrückte Geschichte der Welt

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Brooksfilms

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: +18  AU: M  BR: 14  DE: 16  DK: 15  ES: 12  FI: K-12  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: 13  IE: 15  IT: T  NL: 16  NO: 15  PT: M/12  SE: 11  US: R 

Runtime: 92

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

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An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

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Production

Additional Editor:
Danford B. Greene

Art Direction:
Norman Newberry

Assistant Director:
Brian W. Cook
Michael Stevenson
Jerry Ziesmer

Assistant Editor:
George A. Martin
Carol Ann DiGiuseppe
Stephen Lovejoy

Boom Operator:
Raul A. Bruce

Casting:
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton

Costume Design:
Patricia Norris

Director:
Mel Brooks

Director of Photography:
Woody Omens

Editor:
John C. Howard

Foley Artist:
Gary A. Hecker

Hairdresser:
Vera Mitchell
Paula Gillespie

Hairstylist:
Vivian McAteer

Makeup Artist:
Eric Allwright
Jill Carpenter
Robert Norin
Gustaf Norin

Original Music Composer:
John Morris

Producer:
Mel Brooks
Stuart Cornfeld
Joel Chernoff
Alan Johnson

Production Design:
Harold Michelson

Production Manager:
Alexander De Grunwald
Ralph S. Singleton

Production Sound Mixer:
Gene S. Cantamessa

Screenplay:
Mel Brooks

Second Assistant Director:
Mitchell Bock
Ken Tuohy

Set Decoration:
Antony Mondello

Sound:
Steve Cantamessa

Sound Designer:
Sandy Berman

Sound Editor:
Scott A. Hecker

Sound Effects Editor:
Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Mixer:
Michael Sale

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Les Fresholtz
Arthur Piantadosi
Tex Rudloff

Special Effects:
Richard L. Hill
Phil Cory

Stunt Coordinator:
Gary Combs
William Hobbs

Stunts:
Desiree Ayres
James M. Halty
Phil Adams
Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon
Ray Bickel
Gilbert B. Combs
Jack Tyree
William Hobbs
Gary Combs
George Lane Cooper
Sandi Gross
Dick Durock
Philip Romano
Ted White

Supervising Sound Editor:
Robert R. Rutledge

Visual Effects:
Bill Hedge
Albert Whitlock
Edward Chiodo
Charles Chiodo
Stephen Chiodo

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