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Young Frankenstein received acclaim from critics and currently holds a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 8.60/10. The consensus reads, "Made with obvious affection for the original, Young Frankenstein is a riotously silly spoof featuring a fantastic performance by Gene Wilder." [24]
On film, in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974), Feldman played Igor (pronounced "EYE-gore", a comic response to Gene Wilder's claim that 'it's pronounced FRONK-en-steen'). Many lines in Young Frankenstein were improvised. Wilder said he had Feldman in mind when he wrote the part. [8]
Young Frankenstein (promoted as The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein) is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks.It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Gene Wilder and Brooks who also directed and has described it as his best film. [1]
ADRIAN — Opening Friday, Oct. 18, at the Croswell Opera House is a musical based on a premise that could be considered abnormal. "Young Frankenstein" tells the story of Frederick Frankenstein ...
Actors Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr in a scene from the movie ‘Young Frankenstein’, 1974. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images)
According to Gene Wilder, who co-wrote the script of Young Frankenstein and played the title character, Brooks added the joke while shooting the scene, inspired by the old "talcum powder" routine. [6] Marty Feldman, who played the hunchback Igor in Young Frankenstein, later said: It's a terribly old music hall joke.
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In Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn) is a tightly wound socialite who is engaged to Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder). When Frederick inherits his great-grandfather's estate in Transylvania, Elizabeth sees him off at the train station. Although Frederick tries to be affectionate, Elizabeth recoils from ...