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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   [Director]
 
Writers: Mel Brooks   [Screenplay]
Mel Brooks   [Screenstory]
Mary Shelley   [Characters]
Gene Wilder   [Screenplay]
Gene Wilder   [Screenstory]
 
Producer: Michael Gruskoff   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Gerald Hirschfeld   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: John C. Howard   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Morris   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Dale Hennesy   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Dorothy Jeakins   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Jane Feinberg   [Casting]
Mike Fenton   [Casting]
 
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: 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!
     
  • Dr. Frankenstein: For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius!
     
  • Igor: My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.
     
  • [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.]
     
  • Dr. Frankenstein: Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags?
    Igor: [doing a Groucho Marx] Certainly, you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban.
     

Trivia:

  • 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.
     
  • The film was shot in the same castle and with the same props and lab equipment as the original Frankenstein.
     
  • The howling wolf sound on the ride to the castle was made by director Mel Brooks.
     
  • 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 clock rings 13 times at the beginning of the film.
     


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