Mel Brooks in Life Stinks
With an expansive filmography spanning more than 70 years, Mel Brooks has earned his legendary status. Though he has shown off many talents, Brooks has proven himself to be one of the greatest comedy writer-directors in film history. Some of his best films, chiefly The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles, are up there with the very best and funniest work put to film. He has created some of cinema's funniest scenes and greatest gags throughout his films.
✕ Remove Ads But that isn't the case. Brooks' work holds one example of how even the greats can make a misstep. Life Stinks, Brooks' 1991 comedy about a businessman and a bet he makes with a rival, was a flop. A complete and utter flop. It wasn't his only miss, but it holds the title of his worst film commercially, only grossing $4.1 million back on its $13 million budget.
✕ Remove Ads In Goddard Bolt's World, Everything Stinks! Close Life Stinks stars Brooks alongside Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, and Howard Morris. Frequent collaborator John Morris composed the score, too. The film tells the story of Goddard Bolt , the heartless CEO of Bolt Enterprises, who wants to tear down a slum in Los Angeles and build there instead. His rival, Vance Crasswell , also wants the property.
✕ Remove Ads Related The Mel Brooks Comedy Even He Thinks Is the "Funniest Movie Ever Made" Excuse me while I whip this — article — out. Life Stinks, But Not Anymore! Life Stinks was first screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991 before going to wider release in July of that year. Its box office return was miserly, grossing less than a third of its budget. Critics noted at the time that Brooks' attempts at social satire missed the mark, though Brooks wrote in his 2021 memoir All About Me! that he wanted the film to reflect the hard economic times in the U.S. in 1991.
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