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Young Frankenstein
The scariest comedy of all time!
( Comedy )


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US Runtime: 106 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 15, 1974   [USA]
 
Director: Mel Brooks
 
Writers: Mel Brooks   [Screenplay]
Mel Brooks   [Screenstory]
Mary Shelley   [Characters]
Gene Wilder   [Screenplay]
Gene Wilder   [Screenstory]
 
Producer: Michael Gruskoff   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Gerald Hirschfeld
 
Edited by: John C. Howard
 
Music Composed by John Morris
 
Production Design: Dale Hennesy
 
Costume Design: Dorothy Jeakins
 
Casting by Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox   (US)
Crossbow Productions
Gruskoff/Venture Films
Jouer Limited
 


Plot Summary:

    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.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Gene Wilder
Frederick Frankenstein
Peter Boyle
Frankenstein's Monster
Marty Feldman
Igor
Madeline Kahn
Elizabeth
Cloris Leachman
Frau Blücher
Teri Garr
Inga
Kenneth Mars
Inspector Kemp
Richard Haydn
Gerhard Falkstein
Liam Dunn
Mr. Hilltop
Danny Goldman
Medical Student
 
Oscar Beregi Jr.
Sadistic Jailor
Arthur Malet
Village Elder
Richard A. Roth
Inspector Kemp's Aide
Monte Landis
Gravedigger
Rusty Blitz
Gravedigger
Anne Beesley
Little Girl
Gene Hackman
Blindman
John Madison
Villager
John Dennis
Orderly in Frankenstein's Class
Rick Norman
Villager
 
 

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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$2,800,000
Revenue:
$86,273,333
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
B&W
Laboratory:
DeLuxe
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Quotes:

  • Dr. Frankenstein: Igor, would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?
    Igor: And you won't be angry?
    Dr. Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
    Igor: Abby someone.
    Dr. Frankenstein: Abby someone. Abby who?
    Igor: Abby Normal.
    Dr. Frankenstein: Abby Normal?
    Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name.
    Dr. Frankenstein: Do you mean to tell me that I put an abnormal brain into an, 8 foot tall, 300 pound, GORILLA?!!!
     
  • 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!
     
  • Dr. Frankenstein: Hearts and kidneys are tinkertoys! I'm talking about the central nervous system!
     
  • Igor: My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.
     
  • Dr. Frankenstein: For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius!
     

Trivia:

  • The shot of the monster carrying Elizabeth in the woods is a subtle reference to a similar shot in Creature from the Black Lagoon.
     
  • 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 scene in which the creature contemplates throwing the little girl into the lake ("No more flowers. What shall we throw in now?"), is a homage to a scene in the 1931 film version of Frankenstein. In the 1931 version, this was cut from the film until its video release 50 years later.
     
  • 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.
     
  • When Dr. Frankenstein descends the stairs into the basement of the castle there is a gargoyle on the wall made to look like director Mel Brooks.
     


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