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Young Frankenstein
with Gene Wilder, Gene Hackman, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman,
Cloris Leachman |
If you were to argue Mel Brooks' Young
Frankenstein ranks among the top-10 funniest movies of all time,
nobody could reasonably dispute the claim.
Spoofing classic horror in the way that
Brooks' previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns,
the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent
parody of Universal's classic horror films Frankenstein
(1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in
glorious black and white, Brooks recreated the Frankenstein
laboratory using the equipment from the original Frankenstein
(courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving
attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid
foundation for non-stop comedy. The story, of course, involves
Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) and his effort to resume
experiments in re-animation pioneered by his late father. (He's
got some help, since dad left behind a book titled How I Did
It.) Assisting him is the hapless hunchback Igor (Marty
Feldman) and the buxom but none-too-bright maiden Inga (Teri
Garr), and when Frankenstein succeeds in creating his monster
(Peter Boyle), the stage is set for an outrageous revision of
the Frankenstein legend. With comedy highlights too numerous to
mention, Brooks guides his brilliant cast (also including Cloris
Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars and Gene Hackman in a
classic cameo role) through scene after scene of inspired
hilarity. Indeed, Young Frankenstein is a charmed film,
nothing less than a comedy classic, representing the finest work
from everyone involved.
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