Young Frankenstein (1974)
Yes, I know it was made by 20th Century Fox, but I figured this was the best place to discuss the film because it of how connected it is to the Universal Frankenstein films. So what are people's...
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I may be the only person besides Brooks himself who thinks The Twelve Chairs is his best film.
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Rick wrote: I think it's certainly arguable that THE PRODUCERS, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and BLAZING SADDLES are the best movies of both Wilder and Brooks. I dunno--I think BONNIE & CLYDE is better...
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I'm completely biased about Bonnie and Clyde, but still, it's wonderful to see all those Gene Wilder trademarks in his first movie. In spite of being so attached to it, I don't know all that much...
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I really hadn't forgotten BONNIE AND CLYDE (one of my favorite trivia questions for not-really-movie-buffs is 'what was Gene Wilder's first movie?'), but that really is just a tiny supporting role...
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jplibby wrote: IGOR (to the camera): "Quiet, dignity, and grace." (rolls eyes) That reminds me! [RANT]Despite the fact that I don't like horror comedies in general, I consider Young Frankenstein a...
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And by contrast, those dialogue exchanges that drove you to rant I find pitch perfect and beautifully timed. Different strokes, I guess. :-)
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Yeah, can't agree with you here, Don. There is some unnecessary hitting-over-the-head comedy in the film, but the instances you mention are not among them, imho. Each of them is comedy in itself,...
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I might also mention that the stage musical of Young Frankenstein (I had a blast when I saw it!) has even more of those sorts of dialogue exchanges, particularly between Dr. Frankenstein and Igor. I...
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I wasn't objecting to dialogue per se, only to using it to restate a joke for the slower learners, hoping that it will sink in this time.
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Oddly enough, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was actually shot on color stock, because Brooks felt the b&w stock available at that time didn't give him what he wanted for this film, though it was intended to...
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TServo4 wrote:Oddly enough, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was actually shot on color stock, because Brooks felt the b&w stock available at that time didn't give him what he wanted for this film, though it...
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What should have been a great capper to one of the funniest scenes in movie history is, let's face it, a dud. "I was going to make espresso." I have never heard so much as a chuckle elicited by Gene...
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Well, I guess that Brooks could have gotten Hackman to repeat five or six variations on the line, one after another, until somebody thought it was funny . . . .
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msotis wrote:Deleted Scenes (SD, 16 minutes) -- The seven deletions in this collection can't compete with everything else that made the final cut of the film, but they're fun to watch all the same. I...
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FXRH wrote: What should have been a great capper to one of the funniest scenes in movie history is, let's face it, a dud. "I was going to make espresso." I have never heard so much as a chuckle...
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Imagine just what sort of disaster the making of espresso would have been.
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Really love this. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeleine Kahn are the best. My favourite Frankenstein parody, well tied with Rocky Horror Picture Show and Flesh For Frankenstein.
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