Mel brooks young frankenstein book

Frankenstein thats fronkensteen as he attempts to complete his grandfathers masterwork and bring a corpse to life. Mel brooks young frankenstein lovingly torches monster movies. A mel brooks book, cowritten with rebecca keegan, will give the definitive behindthescenes story of the production of one brooks. Mel brooks has 22 books on goodreads with 2708 ratings. The book is alive and teeming with original interviews and hilarious commentary. Despite its fidelity to the films script, the new mel brooks musical young frankenstein to use its sprawling official title feels less like a sustained book musical than an overblown. And with halloween nearly upon us, the film celebrates its 40th birthday with a new bluray release. Mel brooks simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A musical romp with mel brooks best musical show album 2002 the producers. Mel brooks hilarious secrets behind the making of young. Mel brookss most popular book is young frankenstein. Young frankenstein was the brainchild of gene wilder. The story of the making of the film puts a piece of cinema history in your hands.

With such memorable tunes as the transylvania mania, he vas my boyfriend, and puttin on the ritz, young frankenstein is scientifically proven, monstrously good entertainment. New mel brooks book will tell the story of the making of young. Written by mel brooks with rebecca keegan and featuring a foreword by judd apatow, young frankenstein. Youngfrankenstein written by mel brooks with rebecca keegan and featuring a foreword by judd apatow, young. Frederick welcomes the monster back to his castle such that he can teach it. Oct 08, 2009 mel brooks classic comedy young frankenstein in five minutes. Ebert hails the comic genius of mel brooks young frankenstein. It is, and mel brooks is home with young frankenstein, his most disciplined and visually inventive film it also happens to be very funny. Mel brooks own words telling all about the players, the filmin. Robert deniro, grace bumbry, bruce springsteen, dave brubeck and mel brooks. Jul, 2016 this october, film legend mel brooks will publish young frankenstein an inside look into the making of the classic film, featuring behindthescenes photos and original interviews with the.

Determined to live down his familys reputation, dr. When i heard that he had written a behind the scenes book about young frankenstein i had to purchase it. It is, quite possibly, the funniest movie i have ever seen. The iconic mel brooks speaking about his new book, young frankenstein. Someone takes the box, but the skeletal corpse doesnt let it go without a fight. Emotional mel brooks remembers gene wilder in young. The story of the making of the film audible audio edition.

The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of mary shelleys novel frankenstein produced by universal. Mar 15, 2019 new biography shows mel brooks beloved comedy comes from a dark place. Frederick is a professor in a new york medical school, trying to live down the family name and giving hilarious demonstrations of the difference between voluntary and involuntary reflexes. Young frankenstein promoted as the new mel brooks musical. Victor frankenstein, and peter boyle as the monster. Lending his burlesque touch to 1970s genre revision, mel brooks followed his hit western blazing saddles with this parody of 1930s universal horror movies. Teeming with imagesmany of them raremel brooks reveals what happened offscreen and on, sharing personal notes about. This is our first hint that we might be in a mel brooks movie. Michele wojciechowski is the awardwinning author of the humor book next time i. Mel brooks, mel brooks, michael gruskoff, robert petkoff, ellen archer, judd apatow foreword, hachette audio. There are so many young frankenstein quotes that can help you when you are tired of being in the same old rut, and all you need is a little push, a little inspiration, a smile on the face, change of mood, bring you out of. Vinnie jones reveals he is writing a book to help others through grief after the death of his late wife.

In 2010, mel brooks confirmed this, saying that the musical could be finished within a year. Young frankenstein is a 1974 american comedy horror film directed by mel brooks and starring gene wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous dr. The oldest gag in the book young frankenstein was the first hollywood movie for actor marty feldman who. Young frankenstein mel brooks own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. Brooks is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies including the producers, the twelve chairs, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, silent movie, high anxiety, history of the world, part i, spaceballs and robin hood. Mel brooks s most popular book is young frankenstein.

Oct 30, 2016 mel brooks hilarious secrets behind the making of young frankenstein. Young frankenstein has all the panache of the screen sensation with a little extra theatrical flair added. We knew we had to salute mary shelley as well as james whale the director of the 1932 frankenstein, brooks said. Jul 04, 2019 these young frankenstein quotes tell us about director mel brooks. Unable to escape the family business, the young professor leaves his wildly promiscuous fiance in new york to embark on a hayride adventure to transylvania where he discovers the horrors of his zany familys. Young frankenstein vs mary shelleys frankenstein by kevin.

As i have stated before i am a huge fan of the work of gene wilder and mel brooks, however they worked together. The most quotable moments from young frankenstein. Oct 28, 2014 few films are as quotable as mel brooks 1974 horror parody classic, young frankenstein. Oct 11, 2016 the iconic mel brooks speaking about his new book, young frankenstein. Frankenstein legend based on mel brooks classic comedy masterpiece, the story follows bright young dr. Mar 21, 2020 its alive a brilliant, sexstarved neurosurgeon receives news that hes just inherited his grandfathers estate. Young frankenstein is a musical with a book by mel brooks and thomas meehan, and music and lyrics by brooks. But a new biography shows that not everybody thinks mel brooks is a good guy to work. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by brooks and gene wilder and directed by brooks, who has described it as his best film. Based on the 1974 gene wilder film, which brooks directed and cowrote, young frankenstein was overshadowed on broadway by the huge success of the producers, a recordbreaking smash that ran six. Gene wilder screen story and screenplay, mel brooks screen story and.

The idea came to him one winter in westhampton, new york. Hadley fraser as frankenstein and ross noble as igor in young frankenstein. Saturn award for best direction 1975 young frankenstein mel brooks has won an oscar, three emmys, three grammys, three tonys, and has received four golden globe nominations. Abc sets mel brooks young frankenstein live as the next musical event special. If youre a good amazon shopper like me, i waited until the book dropped in price and then i purchased it. This picturedriven book, written by one of the greatest comedy geniuses of all time. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary.

Young frankenstein is a 1974 american comedy horror film directed by mel brooks and. Brooks joked about the concept of a musical adaptation of blazing saddles in the final number in young frankenstein, in which the full company sings, next year, blazing saddles. Frederick frankenstein coscreenwriter gene wilder insists on pronouncing his. Brooks, mel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Mel brooks is an american film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter. This october, film legend mel brooks will publish young frankenstein an inside look into the making of the classic film, featuring behindthescenes photos and original interviews with the. Young frankenstein by mel brooks gene wilder, peter boyle. Young frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinemaand for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke. Loud and lively at 90, mel brooks talks about gene wilder.

Packed with behindthescenes photos and new and archival interviews with the films key players, young 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. Mel brooks classic comedy young frankenstein in five minutes. Oct 10, 2019 mel brooks is an iconic filmmaker known for comedies like the producers, blazing saddles and young frankenstein, among other works.