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Summary: "Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks' Best Work"
Review: The widescreen edition, although set at only 1.85, is a big improvement over the laserdisc or tape. The chemistry of Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and newcomer Terri Garr is quite magical. In addition, the supplementary features on the disc, such as the many deleted scenes, bloopers, and interview with Gene Wilder, make this DVD a real keeper for lovers of the movie.
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Summary: A Creepy Comedy Classic
Review: An excellent and spooky movie! Altough the comic genius behind the movie (Mel Brooks) does not appear, his mark has been left on the zany punchlines, hilarious characterzations, and really crazy ideas! END
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Summary: This film trancends generations - Mel Brooks' best!
Review: I loved this film when Dad took us kids to see it in the 70's when first released and watching it still gives me endless chuckles today! "Young Frankenstein" is not only Mel Brooks' best film, but the entire cast's best performances are captured in this pic as well. Totally over the top! And a great FAMILY FILM to boot (although I'm sure that was not Mr. Brooks' intention). I wish Mel and Gene Wilder could see my little four year old nephew watching this movie -- it's the perfect combination of a 'scary movie' and a 'funny movie' combined. He loves pretending to be the Monster singing "Puttin' On the Ritz!" Really a close call with "Blazing Saddles" as Brooks' best but I'll have to give this one the edge since it is so endlessly enjoyable. And who could forget Marty Feldman as Igor, or Madeline Kahn as the high-class fiancee? Hilarious! If you haven't seen this one you are definitely in for a treat!
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Summary: Even In 2004, This Movie Still Makes For A Great Movie...
Review: This is an all time favorite, I remember watching this on the VCR when I was very young. Now at age 30, I finally bought it on DVD and like the other person said in his review, there are things you pick up on that you never saw when you watched it in the early years, that is if your one of those who have seen this movie before.This is a must have movie to add to your collection. If you have never seen it, well then you'll be glad you bought it.
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Summary: "Roll, roll, roll in ze hay."
Review: Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" is not only a loving tribute to James Whale's original Frankenstein films, but a wildly entertaining spoof that still generates laughs years after its original release. This is Brooks in his prime and that is indeed a wonderful sight to behold. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is the grandson of the notorious Victor Frankenstein. After reviewing his grandfather's work, Frederick tries to recreate the famous reanimation experiment at his ancestral castle. Frederick succeeds in bringing his own creation to life but as luck would have it, there is a problem with the brain implanted in the monster (Peter Boyle). Soon, the monster is roaming the countryside and finding itself in one hilarious situation after another until Frederick catches up with him and promptly puts his tap-dancing talents to good use. "Young Frankenstein" is blessed with top quality comedic performances from start to finish. Wilder and Boyle are pitch perfect as the doctor and his creation and the supporting cast of Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Terri Garr, Cloris Leachman, and Gene Hackman all shine. The production design also is top notch as the Frankenstein Castle's interiors and exteriors are faithfully recreated - with the help of some of the original props - in glorious black and white and literally look like holdover sets from Universal's "Frankenstein" (1931) and "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935). You would never think that source material like Mary Shelley's original work could inspire such a funny film, but leave it to Brooks to prove it could be done.
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Summary: Do Not Use This Brain
Review: Young Frankenstein is a cult classic that deserves a wider following. Director Mel Brooks co-wrote the screenplay with star Gene Wilder. Mel Brooks is known for satirical comedies such as Men In Tights (1993), Spaceballs (1987), and the Twelve Chairs (1970) among many others. In YF, Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) wants to carry on a quiet life as a college lecturer, but is dogged by the infamous achievement of his late father, Victor Frankenstein, of making a creature out of a corpse.
Frederick travels to Transylvania, leaving his less-than-devoted fiancee (Madeline Kahn), and seeks to visit his father's estate. He meets the lovely Inga, who is to be his lab assistant (Teri Garr), and the outrageous Igor (Marty Feldman) who gives many of the laughs in the film. Despite his best self-conditioning, Frederick seeks to recreate his father's work. The result is a creature or monster (Peter Boyle). Yes, that is Ray Romano's Dad! The townspeople revolt, with disastrous and funny consequences.
The movie starts out a little slow, but you will soon be in stitches. I asked my husband just to give YF a chance, and he laughed so hard, and is still quoting lines from the movie today.
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Summary: Genius
Review: Young Frankenstein is the most consistently funny and inspired of Mel Brooks's comedies. A parody of the Universal Frankenstein series of the 1930s and '40s, it features a brilliant performance by Gene Wilder in the title role, supported by British comedian Marty Feldman as a humpbacked assistant (a cross between Dwight Frye's Fritz and Bela Lugosi's Ygor), Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp (an homage to Lionel Atwill's Inspector Krogh), Peter Boyle as the Monster, Cloris Leachman as Frau Blucher, the housekeeper, and Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn as a naive laboratory assistant and Frankenstein's fiancee, respectively, both looking utterly sumptuous. The cast have a riot with a great script. Look out for Gene Hackman's irresistibly funny cameo, too.
The expressionistic shades and eerie tones of Gerald Hirschfield's lighting and photography capture perfectly the mood of the Universal series, and Wilder and Brooks's screenplay draws wittily from every aspect of the original films. While hilarious, it pays respectful homage to the Frankenstein films rather than getting cheap shots at their expense.
This edition comes with a documentary and Mel Brooks commentary that will only enhance your appreciation of the film. There are some amusing outtakes/bloopers, although admittedly the rather longwinded deleted scenes reveal just how wisely the finished product was edited!
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Summary: good comedy
Review: The makers of this film did a good job trying to make lots-of-good-fun-that-is-funny. Gene Wilder plays Fredrick Frankenstein, who's grandfather was a scientist as he is. Fredrick then soon decides to go to Transylvania to check out the castle. While he is there, he claims there WAS a "secret library" that his grandfather once kept. After he gets settled in for the night, he goes....searching. In one of the rooms, there is a library behind a bookcase{go figure} which is just what he was looking for. In there, Fredrick finds a book called "How I Did It". Later, he keeps on searching around the castle and one of the rooms was WHERE he did it. The room where it all happened. After that, he tries the same experiments.
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Summary: a title for your reveiw
Review: Y.F was not one of my favorite Mel Brooks films. I am a hude fan of Mel's, but this one suprisingly did not take my fancy much. Even tho it is regarded as one of the best Mel movies.
It has it's moments and it did look very well done with stage, props, sets ect. and did look like a classic comedy basedon a classic thriller. But it didnt have the comedy I hoped for.
Still, Mels worst movies are still better then anyone elses best movies.
The bonus features arnt much. There is a featurette made recently about the film and some commentary.
Overall, the humour was ok in some parts for me, but failed in other. But still, rent it if youve never seen it, I dont expect anyone to agree with me or have the same taste in movies, so check it out for yourself.
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Summary: "MY NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN!!"
Review: I get a mental block about 10 seconds, so these reviews can be very hard to write, sometimes. Here is Mel Brooks' silly remake of just about every Frankenstein movie that's like....ever been made. Gene Wilder is a scientist named Fredrick Frankenstein who experients a corpse to try and reanimate dead tissue that he read from a book in the castle he lives in with Igor. Soon, he is successful......and I don't know what else to say. This HAS to be a classic. I think it is.
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