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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Mel Brooks' monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley's classic pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Trasylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life.
    Assited by the hunchback Igot (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Inga (Teri Garr), he creates a monster (Peter Boyle) who only wants to be loved. Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars and Gene Hackman co-star in this inspired vision of lunacy.

STARRING:

Gene Wilder: Dr. Frankenstein
Peter Boyle: The Monster
Marty Feldman: Igor
Cloris Leachman: Frau Blücher
Teri Garr: Inga
Kenneth Mars: Inspector Kemp
Madeline Kahn: Elizabeth

SCREENWRITER: Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks

DIRECTOR: Mel Brooks

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: C +

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Adapted Screenplay - Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks
(nominated)

Best Sound - Richard Portman and Gene S. Cantamessa
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) - Cloris Leachman
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actress - Madeline Kahn
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This film is loosely based on the book Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly, as well as the 1931 movie of the same.
• Many of the props from the laboratory were actual set pieces from the the original 1931 film.
• The cast and crew were having such a good time on set, that Mel Brooks wrote additional scenes for the movie just so that they could continue shooting. The original cut of the movie wound up being over three hours long and Brooks himself thought the film was a disaster because only one out of every three jokes was funny. So they simply cut out all of the jokes they didn't like and the movie was cut down to 104 minutes.
• The Aerosmith song Walk This Way was written the day after the band saw a screening of Young Frankenstein. It was inspired by Marty Feldman's line as Igor telling Dr. Frankenstein to "walk this way" when the pair first meets.
• Madeline Kahn was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, while Cloris Leachman was nominated for Best Actress, this is unusual because Kahn actually has more screen time that Leachman does, although the nominations would suggest otherwise.

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