Young Frankenstein - Special Edition | Anne Beesley, Oscar Beregi Jr.

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	Young Frankenstein - Special Edition Anne Beesley, Oscar Beregi Jr. 20th Century Fox, 1999 average customer review:based on 324 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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 Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Ings (Teri Garr), he creates a monster (Peter Boyle) who only wants to be loved.

Hilarious Classic

I can't resist this movie. This is a classic comedy that I've watched over and over through the years. We're huge fans of Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle and Madeline Kahn. They're characterizations are so hilarious. If you're looking for a first rate comedy, this one is worth your time.

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This is very very funny movie. Saw it years ago found it in a store but when I went back to get it was gone. A must see movie

Zany

What a classic! You will laugh all thru this movie. I can't stop laughing when I see Marty Feldman and that wicked eye.

Comparison of Anamorphic Release and "Special Edition"

Lest readers' noses find themselves getting out of joint, please understand that Young Frankenstein itself is five stars all the way. However, the release, not the film, is under review here, so bear with me and read on.
First, the content of the newer, anamorphic release--including the menus, extras, and commentaries--is identical to that of the older Special Edition which it replaces. This is a good thing because Fox has apparently decided to go just as cheapo as the other studios by not including a hard-copy chapter index. One was included with the Special Edition and since the chapters are exactly the same (unlike, say, Some Like It Hot, in which the two releases are divided differently), I retained it for my upgrade copy. While in the process of making the switch, I also noticed that the Special Edition's DVD case was made of heavier, sturdier plastic, so I swapped out the cover art as well (although I actually prefer the old cover art to the new, and the copy is also identical; in fact, I prefer everything about the Special Edition except the fact that it's not anamorphic).
I compared both prints by watching half of the film on each disk and frankly, I can't see or hear a difference in quality or aspect ratio. I don't have a widescreen TV (yet...hope springs eternal), so the fact that the new release is anamorphic doesn't mean anything to me at present.
Bottom line: unless you have a widescreen set, you probably shouldn't bother upgrading your copy. Given the ins and outs of DVD production, it's not unlikely that yet ANOTHER release will turn up by the time you purchase a new TV, so might as well get as much mileage as you can until then.

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A lot funnier than I expected it to be.

Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)

I watched two movies over the weekend I'd only ever seen pieces of before and figured, from the pieces I'd seen, that I'd hate. One was Dr. Strangelove, and it fulfilled my expectations. Young Frankenstein was the other, and this time, I have to say, I was quite wrong. Young Frankenstein is superb all the way around. (It probably helps that I had a recent re-watch of James Whale's Frankenstein under my belt, for those of you who haven't seen it yet.)

The plot concerns Dr. Frederick Frankenstein ("that's FRONK-en-shteen") (Gene Wilder), the grandson of Victor, the doctor in the original. He's spent years trying to get rid of the family taint, which all comes spiralling down around him when he inherits the old castle and the accompanying lab. Leaving behind his cloying, uptight fiancée Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn), he travels to the castle and meets the staff-- Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr), and Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman). Surreptitiously encouraged by Inga, Frederick becomes obsessed with the idea of repeating the experiments of his grandfather, and soon, the new monster (Peter Boyle) comes to life. The rest of the movie is half homage to James Whale's original and half screwball comedy.

The real strength of this movie is the cast; Mel Brooks could've sat back and pointed a camera, and they could make this work. Wilder, Boyle, Feldman, Leachman, Garr, Kahn, Gene Hackman, and Richard Haydn (in his final film) are all either in career-best form of darned close to it here. All are actors with impeccable comic timing (yes, even Gene Hackman), and it often seems as if Brooks just said "okay, do whatever it is you were planning to do, then put it way over the top." The result is in no way a sophisticated comedy; this is just a straightforward gut-buster with dozens, if not hundreds of quotable one-liners and great sight gags. One for the books. ****

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