Search results
Oct 28, 2015 · Young Frankenstein - Damn Your Eyes! Scene. Reece Abbott. 472 subscribers. 904. 78K views 8 years ago. One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies. ...more.
People also ask
Why did Marty Feldman have misaligned eyes?
Why did Bruce Baum make 'Marty Feldman Eyes'?
What's on the Blu-ray of Young Frankenstein?
Who played Igor in Young Frankenstein?
On film, in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974), Feldman played Igor (pronounced "EYE-gore", a comic response to Gene Wilder's claim that 'it's pronounced FRONK-EN-STEEN'). Many lines in Young Frankenstein were improvised. Wilder says he had Feldman in mind when he wrote the part.
- The film was originally to be produced at Columbia, but the studio only greenlit a budget of $1.75m. Brooks said it was impossible to shoot the film with that budget, demanding at least $2m, maybe more.
- Brooks insisted that Gene Wilder get top billing as the writer because he came up with the idea to make the film during the production of Blazing Saddles.
- Brooks purposely shot the movie as James Whale did the original Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. He used many wide shots, almost never zoomed in, and chose only to move the camera with minimal effect.
- Liam Dunn, who plays the old man getting kicked in the balls during Frankenstein’s lecture, was originally a casting director who later took up acting.
The cast is beyond superb. The late, wonderful British comedian Marty Feldman (Igor), who turned his congenital wandering eyes into comedic foils, never misses a beat as second banana to Gene Wilder, who plays the distraught Dr. Frankenstein to the hilt and beyond.
- Grantss
- 3 min
- Mel Brooks
Oct 19, 2018 · “Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Damn your eyes. Igor: [to camera] Too late.” —
Aug 9, 2021 · Marty Feldman’s unique eyes were caused by a condition called Graves Disease, a type of hyperthyroidism which causes protrusion of the eyeball. According to rumor, a car accident at the age of 30 and subsequent corrective plastic surgery made Feldman’s eyes appear even more unusual.
