An earworm...

[Caius Marcius]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
wrote:
>and a firm of second 
> hand/antiquarian booksellers in London. 
> 
> The strange thing about this gentle, tasteful, *literary* film is 
> that it was produced by Mel Brooks (of totally tasteless comedy 
> fame). I suspect it was simply that his wife (Anne Bancroft ) 
wanted 
> to do it.

Well, Mel also produced the 1980 John Hurt vehicle The Elephant Man, 
but didn't allow his name in the credits - he correctly reasoned that 
people would expect a comedy from any movie that was closely 
associated with him.

   - CMC ("Hope for the best/Expect the worst/You could be Tolstoy/Or 
Fannie Hurst")