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Plot Summary:
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An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. |
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Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $2,800,000
- Revenue:
- $86,273,333
- Camera:
- Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Color Info:
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B&W
- Laboratory:
- DeLuxe
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- Aspect Ratio:
- 1.85 : 1
- Cinematographic Process:
- Spherical
- Film Negative Format:
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format:
- 35 mm
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Quotes:
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Dr. Frankenstein: That music...
Frau Blucher: Yes! It's in your blood - it's in the blood of ALL Frankensteins! It reaches the soul when words are useless. Your grandfather used to play it to the creature HE vas making!
Dr. Frankenstein: Then it was you all the time!
Frau Blucher: Yes!
Dr. Frankenstein: You played that music in the middle of the night...
Frau Blucher: Yes!
Dr. Frankenstein: ...to get us to the laboratory!
Frau Blucher: Yes!
Dr. Frankenstein: That was YOUR cigar smoldering in the ashtray!
Frau Blucher: Yes!
Dr. Frankenstein: And it was you... who left my grandfather's book out for me to find!
Frau Blucher: Yes!
Dr. Frankenstein: So that I would...
Frau Blucher: Yes!
Dr. Frankenstein: Then you and Victor were...
Frau Blucher: YES! YES! Say it! He vas my... BOYFRIEND!
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[Frankenstein, Igor and Inga in front of HUGE castle doors.]
Dr. Frankenstein: What knockers!
Inga: Oh, thank you doctor!
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Igor: My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.
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Frau Blucher: Would the doctor care for a brandy before retiring?
Dr. Frankenstein: No. Thank you.
Frau Blucher: Some varm milk... perhaps?
Dr. Frankenstein: No, thank you very much.
Frau Blucher: Ovaltine?
Dr. Frankenstein: Nothing! Thank you. I'm a little tired.
Frau Blucher: Then I vill say... goodnight.
Dr. Frankenstein: Goodnight!
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[Froederick and Igor are exhuming a dead criminal.]
Dr. Frankenstein: What a filthy job.
Igor: Could be worse.
Dr. Frankenstein: How?
Igor: Could be raining.
[It starts to pour.]
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Trivia:
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- The assistant property master's name, Charles Sertin, is on the third brain on the shelf.
- The cast and especially Mel Brooks had so much fun and were so upset when principal photography was almost completed, that Mel added scenes to continue shooting.
- The sound of the off-screen cat screaming when hit by a dart was director Mel Brooks.
- When Victor finds his grandfather's private library, he finds a book titled "How I Did It." This is actually a joke for those people who have read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In the book, Frankenstein, Shelley never reveals how Victor reanimated dead flesh. The screenwriter obviously knew this and inserts the "How I Did It" book as a joke.
- Teri Garr, who plays Inga, was called in when Madeline Kahn, whom Mel Brooks had originally wanted for the role, turned it down and asked if she could play Elizabeth instead. Garr auditioned for the part of Inga, and added the German accent which won her the role.
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