What is History of the World, Part I?
{{Italic title}} '''''History of the World, Part I''''' is a 1981 American comedy movie written and directed by [[Mel Brooks]]. It was distributed by [[20th Century Fox]]. Mel Brooks also plays 5 roles: [[Moses]], Comicus the [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]] philosopher, [[Tomás de Torquemada]], [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]], and Jacques. The large group of actors includes: [[Madeline Kahn]], [[Dom DeLuise]], [[Harvey Korman]], [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Gregory Haines]], [[Sid Caesar]], [[Orson Welles]], [[Spike Milligan]]. The movie was nominated for Worst Picture at the 1981 [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1981/1981st.htm|title=Past Winners Database|access-date=2020-04-26|publisher=LA Times|archive-date=2007-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815004656/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1981/1981st.htm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the movie two stars out of four.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/history-of-the-world-part-1-1981 |title=History of the World Part 1 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |author-link=Roger Ebert}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{imdb title|0082517}} * {{Amg movie|22619}} * {{mojo title|historyoftheworldpart1|History of the World, Part I}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|history_of_the_world_part_i|History of the World, Part I}} [[Category:1981 comedy movies]] [[Category:American comedy movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Asia]] [[Category:Movies set in Spain]] [[Category:Movies set in France]] [[Category:Movies set in palaces]] [[Category:Movies directed by Mel Brooks]] {{movie-stub}}