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DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 15, 1998
• R2: 30 Oct 2000
Budget USD 2,800,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox, Crossbow Productions, Gruskoff/Venture Films
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Other Titles
• Young Frankenstein
• Frankenstein Junior (1975)
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Spoof, Monsters, Cult Classic, Doctor, Mad Scientists, Kidnapping, Police, Satire, Racy
Tagline: The scariest comedy of all time!
Plot: An affectionate parody that pays homage to the FRANKENSTEIN films (from the novel FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley) directed by James Whale in the 1930s, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is both a zany comedy and cinematic tour de force. Written by director Mel Brooks and the star of the film, Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN has all the usual--and in this case slightly unusual--suspects: the reluctant scientist Frederick Frankenstein, who is actually the grandson of the infamous creature-creator (pronounced Fronken-steen and played by Wilder), his spoiled fiancée (Madeline Kahn), Igor the pop-eyed hunchback (Marty Feldman), his dizzy assistant (Teri Garr), the castle's hideous head housekeeper (Cloris Leachman), and, of course, the Monster (Peter Boyle). And then there are the sets--the original ones used in the Whale films--the beautiful black-and-white cinematography, and the fine screenplay. Combining noirish elegance with uproarious sight gags and double entendres is a feat Brooks pulls off fabulously, directing the wonderful ensemble to act with sensitivity and humanistic feelings as well as with lunatic abandon. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a treat from beginning to
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 Hit-or-miss parody looks good and is well made only it can't come up with enough laughs and isn't really that entertaining. Still okay and 'the' movie synonomus with horror take-offs.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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| Directed by |
Mel Brooks
The Producers, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles |
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| Written by |
Gene Wilder
Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Bonnie and Clyde |
 | Mary Shelley
Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein |
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| Cast |
Gene Wilder
Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Bonnie and Clyde |
| Peter Boyle
Taxi Driver, Monster's Ball, While You Were Sleeping |
 | Marty Feldman
Silent Movie, Yellowbeard, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother |
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 | Cloris Leachman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Iron Giant, Spanglish |
 | Teri Garr
Dumb & Dumber, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tootsie |
 | Gene Hackman
The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven, Enemy of the State |
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| Music By |
John Morris
Spaceballs, The Elephant Man, Blazing Saddles |
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