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On one hand, this is a nice comedy. The basic situation (winning the jackpot and just falling into some years of coma) is simple but good enough for starting the comedy. Waking up in a completely different world - you can imagine how strange it could be. But on the other hand, this is something like a political prophecy as well. Falling in coma in the Apartheid regime and waking up in the world of Nelson Mandela, you can believe it is much more than a simple Hollywood-like comedy. So the movie is wonderful, it has an atmosphere you really can't forget. When first I saw it, Mr. Frederik Willem De Klerk was the president of South Africa. Well, it was already in the air that Mr. Mandela would follow him in such position. We in Eastern Europe felt the same 'wind of change' at that time. I think I don't have to tell more about this movie - just try to borrow it or buy it if it is available on VHS/DVD (I saw it on TV) and you'll see what I was talking about.

One of my favorite comedies: Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks, two shining stars of the Parody unite to give us FUN!!!

The autopsy scene is unforgettable. And so is the spiking.

The characters are perfect: Leslie Nielsen as Count Dracula at his best, Mel Brooks as Professor Van Helsing who speaks the old Wallachian language (Vlad Tepes was really the High Prince of Wallachia but he is certainly believed to be "active" in Transsylvania). Renfield's character is CRAZY, but the stupidity of Jonathan is unbeatable!!!!

A movie you can't afford to miss. I think I'll watch it this weekend, it will be cca. the 30th time (4 or 5 times in movie theaters and then on VHS... again and again... and always something new can be discovered)