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Young Frankenstein (1974) 8.1
Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments. Director:Mel BrooksWriters:Gene Wilder (screen story and screenplay), Mel Brooks (screen story and screenplay), 1 more credit » |
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A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind... Written by Flavio Rizzardi <spillo@maya.dei.unpid.it>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
15 December 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Frankenstein junior See more »Filming Locations:
Mayfair Theatre - 214 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,800,000 (estimated)Gross:
$86,300,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Sung by Madeline Kahn
Also sung by Teri Garr
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Trivia
According to Mel Brooks (in the commentary for Spaceballs (1987)) when Gene Wilder came on the cast for Blazing Saddles (1974), he requested that Mel Brooks do "his" movie idea next; that movie turned out to be this film. See more »Goofs
When Frederick discovers the private library, one shot is a close-up of the cigar in the ashtray. In the next shot, the cigar is in Inga's hand. See more »Quotes
Igor: I heard the strangest music from the upstairs kitchen and I just... followed it down. Call it... a hunch. Ba-dum chi.See more »
Crazy Credits
The zero in the 20th century fox logo at the beginning is slightly tilted. See more »Soundtracks
Ah, Sweet Mystery of LifeMusic by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Sung by Madeline Kahn
Also sung by Teri Garr
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Dialog from Young Frankenstein became part of cultural banter in a good many corners of the country immediately after this movie showed up in theaters. We loved every minute of it, "Give me a hand with the bags, Igor", hitting high singing notes while relating how your last date went, "Put the candle back!" "Nothing, dear, just a rat....filthy, slimy RAT!" "Roll Roll Roll In The Hay!" plus the immortal "..an ENORMOUS schwanstucker!". And what testosterone-filled 19-year-old buck didn't give serious thought to surprising his buddies with the hilarious trick of jamming a scalpel into this thigh? A very successful movie, and a slap in the face to those stuffy, elite- types who say Mel Brooks is not "a humorist". Well, dammit, he makes UNPRETENTIOUS people laugh, so perhaps the man knows funny when he sees it. Of course, as Blazing Saddles ruined most 1950's and 60's westerns for me for awhile, Young Frankenstein makes it very hard to take Karloff and all that bunch from the 1930's seriously any longer. Oddly, Mel can even make us laugh at resurrected, REALLY OLD gags; such as "Walk this way!" (The 3 Stooges). I'll never stop laughing at Young Frankenstein.