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Young Frankenstein: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn. An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
It is wonderfully loopy and an ingenious send-up of universal horror clichés. Young Frankenstein is wonderfully shot in a sumptuous black and white, while the costumes, sets and make-up are wonderfully kooky. The story is fun too, while the script is hilariously quotable and Mel Brooks' direction is great.
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Dec 15, 2014 · On December 15, 1974, Gene Wilder's 'Young Frankenstein,' now recognized as an essential part of the Mel Brooks canon, first hit theaters.
May 5, 2023 · By Meghan O'Keefe Oct. 28, 2022, 3:00 p.m. ET. Sean Bean plays a syphilitic police officer on the hunt for a killer turning poor kids into Frankensteins. Oh, and Young Charles Dickens is a character.
Sep 20, 2021 · Young Frankenstein from Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder is one of the funniest movies ever made while also being an incredible homage to the James Whale film that it spoofs. It is a blend of brilliant ...
Young Frankenstein (promoted as The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein) is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Gene Wilder and Brooks who also directed and has described it as his best film. [1]
