Young Frankenstein 1974 NTSC DVD-R WS

Title.............................: Young Frankenstein

Director.........................: Mel Brooks

Release year..................: Dec 15, 1974 (U.S.A.)

Genre...........................: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Language......................: English 2.0, English 2.0 Director's Commentary

Subtitles........................: English

Runtime........................: 1:45:32

IMDb rating...................: 8.0 / 10

Source..........................: DVD-9 R1

Output Format...............: DVD-5 ISO



Video Attribute

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TV system........................: NTSC 720x480

Aspect ratio.......................: 4:3 Full (Wide picture)

Picture..............................: Progressive



RIP Information

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Recoder............................: Original source Unknown

Movie...............................: Original Black & White

Audio Removed..................: French, Spanish

Menus..............................: Untouched

Extras..............................: Trailers, TV Spots, Deleted Scenes, Making of ...

Subtitles............................: UnTouched



Tagline

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The scariest comedy of all time!



PLOT

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A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous

Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor,

a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-.

Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when

he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he

suddenly changes his mind.



Actors

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Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars,

Richard Haydn, more...



Trivia

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The film was shot with many of the same props and lab equipment as the original Frankenstein (1931).



When Dr. Frankenstein descends the stairs into the basement of the castle there is a gargoyle on

the wall made to look like director 'Mel Brooks



Teri Garr, who plays Inga, was called in when Madeline Kahn, whom 'Mel Brooks' had originally

wanted for the role, turned it down and asked if she could play Elizabeth instead. Mel Brooks told

Garr that if she could come back the next day with a German accent, he'd like her for Inga.

She looked at Mel and said, "Vell, yes, I could do zee German ackzent tomorrow - I could come back

zis afternoon" and the part was hers.



Gene Wilder conceived the "Puttin' on the Ritz" scene, while 'Mel Brooks (I)' was resistant to it,

feeling it detracted from the fidelity to Universal horror films in the rest of the film.

It was only when he saw it with a howling audience that Brooks was confident about the sequence.



Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.



Movie was adapted as a Broadway musical at the Hilton Theater (New York City) November 8, 2007.

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/