Overview
- Part 1 premieres Thursday, January 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with Part 2 on Friday, January 23, and both stream on HBO Max starting January 22.
- The documentary explores Brooks’s life, career, friendships, and personal history through new conversations and rare archival footage.
- HBO’s interview roster includes Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle, Conan O’Brien, Sarah Silverman, Rob Reiner, David Lynch, and Brooks’s children and granddaughter.
- Part 1 traces his Brooklyn upbringing, WWII service, Borscht Belt years, early television work with Sid Caesar’s team, and the creation of The 2000 Year Old Man.
- Part 2 covers his collaborations, his marriage to Anne Bancroft, films such as Young Frankenstein and History of the World, and the record 12 Tony Awards for The Producers on Broadway.