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Focus on Film: The Twelve Chairs

For the month of July, Focus on Film presents a retrospective of films directed by Mel Brooks.  This week’s film is The Twelve Chairs.  Set in 1920s Russia, this comedy classic is the tale of a former aristocrat (Ron Moody) who learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of twelve dining room chairs.  He sets off across Russia to find it, with an opportunist (Frank Langella), a priest (Dom DeLuise), and his former servant (Mel Brooks) in equal pursuit.  1970; 94 minutes.

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