Hollywoods king of farce and parody, mel brooks, reunited with the creative team behind the producers. Mel brooks simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The legendary mel brooks will speak to cbs sunday morning on december 8 about the firstever collection of anne bancrofts most iconic performances. Mel brooks own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great. June 28, 1926 is an american director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. Young frankenstein mel brooks own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. Young frankenstein is a musical with a book by mel brooks and thomas meehan, and music and lyrics by brooks. Mel brooks is an american film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter.
Young frankenstein vs mary shelleys frankenstein by kevin. The story of the making of the film puts a piece of cinema history in your hands. The book, by brooks himself and the late thomas meehan, sticks closely to the format of the movie. It was later adapted into a movie version directed by james whales.
Mel brooks born june 28, 1926 1 is a jewish american actor, comedian, writer, movie director, and producer. It is a parody of the horror film genre, especially the 1931 universal. Frederick frankenstein is an american professor of neurology lured back to transylvania to sell. Frederick welcomes the monster back to his castle such that he can teach it. Anyway, i feel good in bluray, exclaims mel brooks as he introduces the first. A mel brooks book the story of the making of the film by mel brooks available from rakuten kobo. Mel brooks own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. These young frankenstein quotes tell us about director mel brooks. Mel brooks has 33 books on goodreads with 2756 ratings. We present about 145 books, dolls, posters, masks, and other items that tell the story of. More differences differences monster in young frankenstein does not accidentally drown the little girl in the countryside. Packed with behindthescenes photos and new and archival interviews with the films key players, young frankenstein. Mel brooks, kenneth branagh and tim burton all have their own takes. There are more differences than similarities between the book and the movie.
Mel brooksis an american film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter. Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies includingthe producers,the twelve chairs,blazing saddles,young frankenstein,silent movie,high anxiety,history of the world, part i,spaceballsandrobin hood. Frankenstein builds up his character and tells him of. How mel brooks and gene wilder turned young frankenstein into a monster hit by john walters on 121416 at 12. Like all of mel brooks movies, there is plenty of sexual innuendo here references to a roll in the hay, knockers, and the use of a german word that clearly means penis. Frankenstein young frankenstein was a immense film in 1974 produced by mel brooks. The iconic mel brooks speaking about his new book, young frankenstein. Grandson of the infamous victor frankenstein, frederick frankenstein pronounced. Young frankenstein promoted as the new mel brooks musical. There are so many young frankenstein quotes that can help you when you are tired of being in the same old rut, and all you need is a little push, a little inspiration, a smile on the face, change of mood, bring you out of the banality of life, make you laugh a little, or may even make you cry a bit, and these.
The book is alive and teeming with original interviews and hilarious. Mel brooks madcap comedy collides with mary shelleys classic monster tale in young frankenstein. It was a comedy motion picture that was a parody of the original film frankenstein, adapted from mary shelleys novel. Written by mel brooks with rebecca keegan and featuring a foreword by judd apatow, young frankenstein. The story of the making of the film by mel brooks book condition. The editors of encyclopaedia britannica this article was most recently revised and updated by adam augustyn, managing editor, reference content. Parents need to know that young frankenstein is a 1974 mel brooks movie that parodies the timeless monster story. The story is one of the commodification of horror, the infiltration into our societal consciousness of issues associated with technology, and the ways we as a society have taken the nightmare of a young women and grown it into.
Most famously, it spawned a film series by universal pictures, whose first film was frankenstein. Comparison between the film and the book frankenstein. Abc sets mel brooks young frankenstein live as the next musical event special. Mel brookss most popular book is young frankenstein. Mel brooks and gene wilders loving parody of the classic universal horror films of the 1930s. The characters or themes appear in or have inspired comic books. My boyfriend and puttin on the ritz, the new mel brooks musical young frankenstein is scientificallyproven, monstrously good entertainmentand the only place youll witness a singing and dancing laboratory experiment in the largest tuxedo ever made. Mel brooks is an iconic filmmaker known for comedies like the producers, blazing saddles and young frankenstein, among other works.
The lid is opened to reveal a corpse clutching an ornate metal box. Young frankenstein is a 1974 american comedy horror film directed by mel brooks and starring gene wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous dr. 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. Teeming with imagesmany of them raremel brooks reveals what happened offscreen and on, sharing personal notes about. Mel brooks author mel brooks is an american film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter. The character of the monster has also been used as a vehicle for easy humouras in abbott and costello meet frankenstein 1948 and mel brooks s young frankenstein 1974. Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies including the producers, the twelve chairs, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, silent movie, high anxiety, history of the world, part i, spaceballs and. Victor frankenstein, and peter boyle as the monster. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary.
It is, and mel brooks is home with young frankenstein, his most disciplined and visually inventive film it also happens to be very funny. The name frankenstein has become attached to the creature itself, who has become one of the bestknown monsters in the history of film. Someone takes the box, but the skeletal corpse doesnt let it go without a fight. Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies including the producers, the twelve chairs, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, silent movie, high anxiety, history of the world, part i, spaceballs and robin hood. Victor frankenstein, the mad scientist of legend, has died and left everything to his grandson, frederick, who wants nothing to do with the familys notorious legacy. Frankenstein is a fictional story written by mary shelly. An american grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. Gene wilder on willy wonka remake, young frankenstein, mel brooks, and more duration. This is our first hint that we might be in a mel brooks movie. Young frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinemaand for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke.
This exhibition traces the evolution of the myth of the monster from shelleys 1818 publication through to mel brooks young frankenstein. Mel brooks, seeks to undermine the cultivated image of the lovable, goofy uberjew who has worked in film, television, audio recordings and. Culture why frankenstein is the story that defines our fears bbc. This is the exact frankenstein you remember from british literature. Both films purpose was to entertain viewers for at least an hour and a half. Mel brooks s most popular book is young frankenstein. The supporting cast includes teri garr, cloris leachman, marty feldman, madeline kahn, kenneth mars, richard haydn, and gene hackman. How mel brooks and gene wilder turned young frankenstein. Despite its fidelity to the films script, the new mel brooks musical young frankenstein to use its sprawling official title feels less like. Brooks, mel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. With gene wilder, madeline kahn, marty feldman, peter boyle.
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