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Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn.

To appreciate your download, appreciate the lineage. Gene Wilder initially wrote a draft titled Young Frankenstein based on his own idea. He gave it to Mel Brooks, who had just finished Blazing Saddles.

The Studio Fight: 20th Century Fox hated the idea. They wanted a color film. Brooks insisted on black and white. They gave in only when Brooks and Wilder agreed to take zero salary in exchange for a percentage of the box office gross.

The Result: Young Frankenstein cost $2.8 million to make. It grossed over $86 million. Brooks and Wilder became very, very rich.

The Prop Story: The laboratory equipment was so heavy that it was rented from the same company that supplied the original 1931 film. The control panels were real. Peter Boyle accidentally electrocuted himself (mildly) during the creation scene because the props were live.


Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronkensteen") is a respected medical lecturer trying to distance himself from his grandfather's infamous legacy. When he is summoned to Transylvania to settle his grandfather's affairs, he inevitably succumbs to the temptation to reanimate the dead.

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