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Logo text The archival research process for Mel Brooks : The 99 Year Old Man! was somewhat more involved than past documentaries its co-director, Judd Apatow , has made. It wasn’t for lack of material — in fact, Apatow, co-director Michael Bonfiglio and their team had the opposite problem. “When someone is 99 years old , there’s a lot of footage,” Apatow told The Hollywood Reporter .

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