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The Twelve Chairs Director: Mel Brooks Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise

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  • DVD Release Date: 09/05/2006
  • Original Release: 1970
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 28,985

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Disc #1 -- Twelve Chairs
1. Deathbed Secret [6:14]
2. Main Titles/Hope for the Best [:14]
3. Miracle Man [2:35]
4. The Revolution [2:55]
5. Better Times [3:06]
6. A Personal Matter [1:45]
7. Plan of Attack [2:25]
8. Finders Keepers [1:04]
9. Bureau of Chairs [3:57]
10. Museum Display [3:59]
11. The One That Got Away [1:09]
12. In Siberia [5:23]
13. Acting Noble [4:13]
14. Expect the Worst [:48]
15. Negotiations [2:11]
16. Beach Picnic [4:22]
17. The Luxury of Pride [2:40]
18. Frustation [3:34]
19. High Wire Act [2:09]
20. Answered Prayer [5:17]
21. 3,000 Miles [2:11]
22. Grand Opening [1:21]
23. The Twelfth Chair [2:50]
24. Give/End Titles [4:12]

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One of several film versions of the 1928 Russian novel The Twelve Chairs (one of the better-known adaptations was the 1945 Fred Allen vehicle It's in the Bag), Mel Brooks' movie is set in the years following the Bolshevik revolution. Onetime aristocrat Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody), now reduced to a humdrum clerical job, discovers that his family's fortune still exists. To keep their riches from falling into the hands of the revolutionaries, Vorobyaninov's family hid the loot in one of twelve chairs. Taking a crafty beggar (Frank Langella) into his confidence, Vorobyaninov returns to the ruins of his ancestral mansion to reclaim his fortune. Also chasing after the twelve chairs is an Orthodox priest (Dom DeLuise), who tells himself that he only wants the money to replenish his church. Alas, the chairs have been scattered to the four winds, sparking a film-length race to retrieve the furniture and claim the gold. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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one of the best Mel Brooks filmsby Anonymous

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September 14, 2006: We love this film. It has a tight, wonderfully crafted script that reads like a timeless short story. It has great comic acting and is full of very penetrating observations about history, human passions, and life.

Very Good!by Anonymous

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July 16, 2006: Twelve Chairs is not Mel Brooks funniest movies but it is still very good and has a great cast but especially Frank Langella (Dracula), Ron Moody (Oliver) and Dom Deluise (Numerous other Mel Brooks' movies) and of course Mel Brooks himself who makes a brief appearance as an indentured servent. The story is about three men and their search for twelve chairs one of which has very valuble expensive jewels hidden in it and the race to find the chairs is very funny and I enjoyed watching all of the antics and I aso couldn't keep my eyes of the gorgeous Frank Langella