SAM WASSON is the author of A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards and the New York Times-bestseller Fifth Avenue, 5AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman. He is working on a biography of Bob Fosse. MEL BROOKS is a writer, director, actor, and composer. He won an Academy Award for The Producers for best original screenplay.