Young Frankenstein [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; produced by Gruskoff/Venture Films, Crossbow Productions, Inc. and Jouer Limited ; A Mel Brooks film ; screen story and screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, based on characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ; produced by Michael Gruskoff ; directed by Mel Brooks.
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FilmPublisher number: 2237157 | Twentieth Century Fox Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Subtitle language: English Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, ©2006.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): - Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein -- Film adaptations
- Frankenstein films -- Parodies, imitations, etc
- Frankenstein films
- Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Drama
- Human experimentation in medicine -- Drama
- Monsters -- Drama
- Parodies
- Scientists -- Drama
- Monsters -- Drama
- Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; film editor, John C. Howard ; music composed and conducted by John Morris.
- Named to the National Film Registry in 2003 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Dramatic Writing (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder), 1976 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards ; Winner, Best Dramatic Presentation, 1975 Hugo Awards ; Winner, Golden Scroll awards for : Best Director (Mel Brooks), Best Horror Film, Best Make-up (William Tuttle), Best Set Direction (Robert de Vestel, Dale Hennesy), Best Supporting Actor (Marty Feldman), 1976 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Lending his burlesque touch to 1970s genre revision, Mel Brooks followed his hit "western" Blazing Saddles with this parody of 1930s Universal horror movies. Determined to live down his family's reputation, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (co-screenwriter Gene Wilder) insists on pronouncing his name "Fronckensteen" and denies interest in replicating his grandfather's experiments. But when he is lured by Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) to discover the tantalizingly titled journal "How I Did It" in his grandfather's castle, he cannot resist. With the help of voluptuous Inga (Teri Garr), wall-eyed assistant Igor (Marty Feldman), and a purloined brain, Frankenstein creates his monster (Peter Boyle). Igor, however, stole the wrong brain, and the monster tears off into the countryside, encountering a little girl and a blind hermit (Gene Hackman). Frankenstein finds the monster and trains him to do a little "Puttin' On the Ritz" soft-shoe, but the monster escapes again, this time seducing Frankenstein's uptight fiancée Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn) with his, ahem, sweet mystery. His love life and experiment in shambles, Frankenstein finally finds a way to create the being he had planned. Shooting in gleaming black-and-white, with sets and props from the 1930s and appropriate fright music by John Morris, Brooks' cheeky attitude towards the Hollywood past attracted a large audience, turning it into one of the most popular 1974 releases after (what else?) Blazing Saddles. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Special features include: Optional audio feature commentary with director Mel Brooks ; Making FrankenSense of Young Frankenstein (36 min. ; making-of documentary) ; original trailers ; TV spots ; outtakes (ca. 5 min.) ; production stills ; deleted scenes (ca. 16 min.) ; Mexican interviews : Marty Feldman (ca. 4 min.) -- Gene Wilder and Cloris Leachman (ca. 3 min.).
Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; film editor, John C. Howard ; music composed and conducted by John Morris.
Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn.
A finely tuned parody of the old Frankenstein movies, in which Wilder returns to the old country to clear his family name. He finds his late grandfather's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. With Igor, his hunchbacked assistant, and the curvaceous Inga, Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; dual-layer disc ; Dolby digital mono.
English, French, or Spanish language soundtracks ; optional English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
Named to the National Film Registry in 2003 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Dramatic Writing (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder), 1976 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards ; Winner, Best Dramatic Presentation, 1975 Hugo Awards ; Winner, Golden Scroll awards for : Best Director (Mel Brooks), Best Horror Film, Best Make-up (William Tuttle), Best Set Direction (Robert de Vestel, Dale Hennesy), Best Supporting Actor (Marty Feldman), 1976 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA).