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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]
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]
Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-316-31546-3. Brooks, Mel. All About Me: My Remarkable Life in Show Business. New York: Ballantine, 2021. Crick, Robert A. The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7864-1033-0. OCLC 49991416. Holtzman ...
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 ...
Brooks receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974).
Morris continued to work with Brooks on twenty of his films, including Blazing Saddles (for which he received a co-writing credit Oscar nomination with Brooks for the film's theme song), Young Frankenstein (for which he scored its famous "Transylvanian Lullaby"), and The Elephant Man (for which he was nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar for its ...
Death Knocks Twice (1969) Hammersmith Is Out (1972) The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) Going Ape! (1981) Frightmare (1983). In 1982, he had a brief appearance as a Moscow Anchorman in the film Airplane II: The Sequel. Askin had a role in the classic Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankenstein (1974), but his scenes were cut from the film.
English worked on Young Frankenstein, another Mel Brooks musical, playing the part of Igor in the Broadway production of Young Frankenstein in 2008, replacing Christopher Fitzgerald. [2] He reprised that appearance for a United States national tour, which also featured former Broadway co-stars Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley. [3]