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High Anxiety is a 1977 comedy film directed by (and starring) Mel Brooks.It is an Affectionate Parody of the films of Alfred Hitchcock.While there are numerous allusions to almost every Hitchcock film, the main plot and setting are taken from Spellbound and Vertigo.
High Anxiety location: the Vertigo homage: Fort Point, San Francisco The homage to Vertigo was filmed, of course, at Fort Point , beneath the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge . There is no phone box there, of course, but the view is now disfigured by some ridiculously ugly chain-link fence.
In "High Anxiety," a neurotic psychiatrist with a crippling fear of heights finds himself ensnared in a chaotic mental institution. As he navigates bizarre staff antics and dark secrets, he must confront his own fears and uncover a deadly conspiracy.
Joyfully sending up the master of suspense, "High Anxiety" is Mel Brooks' uproarious spoof on all-things Alfred Hitchcock. Reverent, consistently amusing, and possessing a cinematic grace missing from many current comedies, the film is a memorable survey of Hitchcockian narrative tropes and Brooksian comic conventions.
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. Veteran Brooks ensemble members Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn are also featured. It is a parody of psychoanalysis and Alfred Hitchcock films.
Purchase High Anxiety on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman join writer-director-co-star comedy genius Mel Brooks in this hilarious homage to Hitchcock. After a Harvard psychiatrist (Brooks) takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, he realizes his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances. And ...
And High Anxiety, his 1977 tribute to the films of Alfred Hitchcock, is a masterpiece of characterization, design and execution. Full Review | Sep 10, 2021.
