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Is This a Joke? Brooks Leaving Movie Biz

Quietly closes movie production company

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted May 30, 2008 9:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – Are Mel Brooks' days in Hollywood over? The comic king is quietly closing his Brooksfilms, the New York Post reports. He founded the LA-based production company in 1980 to produce more serious films such as The Elephant Man but also put out classics such as...   Read full story »

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