Watch Trailer for HBO Max's 2-Part Mel Brooks Documentary
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Key Points:
- A new two-part documentary titled "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!" directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio will premiere on HBO Max on January 22-23, featuring interviews with Brooks and numerous comedians, filmmakers, and actors he influenced.
- The film highlights Brooks' career, including his early work in the Borscht Belt and television, his creation of "The 2000 Year Old Man," and his groundbreaking contributions to modern sketch comedy.
- Brooks won two Oscars for The Critic (1964) and The Producers (1968), and created several hit comedies such as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
- He earned three
