History of the World - Part 1
History of the World, Part 1 is a parody of the historical spectacular film genre anthology, including the sword and sandal epic and the period costume drama subgenres. Often ridiculous but never serious, we learn the truth behind the Roman Emperor, we learn what really happened at the Last Supper, the circumstances that surrounded the French Revolution, how to test eunuchs, and what kind of shoes the Spanish Inquisitor wore.
1933, Montréal, Québec, Canada
3 May 1941, Pennsylvania, USA
8 April 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 March 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
9 June 1931, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
7 April 1930, Berlin, Germany
25 December 1939, Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA
6 April 1942, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
December 10, 1927 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
5 April 1929, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
21 March 1955, Vancouver, Washington, USA
16 March 1906, Whitechapel, London, England, UK
7 February 1958, La Jolla, California, USA
22 September 1936, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
1 August 1933, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
4 September 1919, New York City, New York, USA
11 December 1935, Newark, New Jersey, USA
June1947, Iran
25 November 1949, Fairmont, West Virginia, USA
8 September 1922, Yonkers, New York, USA
15 October 1900, Berlin, Germany
October 25, 2002
Disjointed Brooks effort that is only occasionally amusing
May 27, 2010
Hearing some of those old, beloved one-liners again made me smile, but they did not have the power to make me laugh anew.
October 19, 2004
Crude, rude Mel Brooks has low laughs
October 15, 2002
Fifteen minutes of funny material trying desperately to fill a feature film.
January 31, 2004
Mel Brooks' The History of the World: Part I contains plenty of belly-shaking laughs.
December 15, 2010
Dirty jokes, some sparkle in uneven Mel Brooks classic.
May 19, 2010
Brooks' fractured History is salvaged by the tuneful 'Inquisition.'
November 24, 2003
Occasional bright moments, but it's clear why there was no. part two.
June 21, 2005
The fact that there has been no Part 2 is ample proof that God hates us all.
April 11, 2006
Brooks proved that increasing the vulgarity level doesn't necessarily translate into more laughs. Gag after gag falls flat in this potty-mouthed dud.
