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Young Frankenstein
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7.9A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Cast
- Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein
- Peter Boyle as Monster
- Marty Feldman as Igor
- Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth
- Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher
- Teri Garr as Inga
Themes
- monster
- experiment
- assistant
- castle
- bride
- parody
- mad scientist
- laboratory
- spoof
- horror spoof
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mel Brooks
- Written by
- Gene Wilder Mel Brooks
- Based on
- Frankenstein , (1818 novel), by Mary Shelley
- Produced by
- Michael Gruskoff
- Starring
- Gene Wilder Peter Boyle Marty Feldman Cloris Leachman Teri Garr Kenneth Mars Madeline Kahn
- Cinematography
- Gerald Hirschfeld
- Edited by
- John C. Howard
- Music by
- John Morris
- Production companies
- Gruskoff/Venture Films Crossbow Productions, Inc. Jouer Limited
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- December 15, 1974 ( 1974-12-15 )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2.78 million
- Box office
- $86.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman.
The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. Much of the lab equipment used as props was created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film Frankenstein. To help evoke the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black and white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris.
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