Young Frankenstein
Young frederick frankenstein grandson of the count who started it all returns by rail to his ancestral home.
Young frankenstein. A young neurosurgeon gene wilder inherits the castle of his grandfather the famous dr. Young frankenstein is a musical with a book by mel brooks and thomas meehan and music and lyrics by brooks. By some accounts young frankenstein is the magnum opus of gene wilder s diverse and broad assembly of performances. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called igor a pretty lab assistant named inga and the old housekeeper frau blucher iiiiihhh.
Is this the transylvania station. I would agree with this and under the masterful direction of mel brooks we find the cast carefully executes flawless humor and captivates us with a wild and uncanny take on the frankenstein legend. Mel brooks was a filmmaker who had delivered three critically successful films back to back with young frankenstein blazing saddles and the producers. Victor frankenstein and peter boyle as the monster.
Indeed young frankenstein is a charmed film nothing less than a comedy classic representing the finest work from everyone involved. Not one joke has lost its payoff and none of the countless gags have lost their zany appeal. As the train pulls into the station he spots a kid on the platform lowers the window and asks pardon me boy. Young frankenstein promoted as the new mel brooks musical.
Add to watchlist. From the very first day when filthy bits of slime crawled out of the sea and called to the stars i am man our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our. Young frankenstein doesn t attempt too much. The supporting cast includes teri garr cloris leachman marty feldman madeline kahn kenneth mars richard haydn and gene hackman.
It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by brooks and gene wilder and directed by brooks who has described it as his best film. Musical tv movie 2020 add a plot director.