Why to Watch - Young Frankenstein

This is the best Mel Brooks + Gene Wilder movie ever made and they’re responsible for some of the most classic comedies of all time. This might even be the best comedy ever and I’m being dead serious. Aerosmith even titled a song “Walk This Way” based off a particular scene.

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Young Frankenstein (1974) Comedy | 106min | December 15, 1974 (United States) 8.0
Director: Mel BrooksWriter: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Mary ShelleyStars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty FeldmanSummary: 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... —Flavio Rizzardi <spillo@maya.dei.unpid.it>

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