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Title Young Frankenstein / 20th Century Fox ; produced by Gruskoff/Venture Films, Crossbow Productions, Inc. and Jouer Limited ; A Mel Brooks film ; screen story and screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, based on characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ; produced by Michael Gruskoff ; directed by Mel Brooks.

Publication Info. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.
1974.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (PG)    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN c.2  Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  DVD FF F YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD YOU    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD  DVD YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD  DVD YOUNG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  YA DVD YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN    Check Shelf

Edition Widescreen edition.
Description 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; dual-layer disc ; Dolby digital mono.
Cast Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn.
Credits Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; film editor, John C. Howard ; music composed and conducted by John Morris.
Summary A finely tuned parody of the old Frankenstein movies, in which Wilder returns to the old country to clear his family name. He finds his late grandfather's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. With Igor, his hunchbacked assistant, and the curvaceous Inga, Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
Audience MPAA rating: PG.
Contents Special features include: Optional audio feature commentary with director Mel Brooks ; Making FrankenSense of Young Frankenstein (36 min. ; making-of documentary) ; original trailers ; TV spots ; outtakes (ca. 5 min.) ; production stills ; deleted scenes (ca. 16 min.) ; Mexican interviews : Marty Feldman (ca. 4 min.) -- Gene Wilder and Cloris Leachman (ca. 3 min.).
Awards Named to the National Film Registry in 2003 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Dramatic Writing (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder), 1976 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards ; Winner, Best Dramatic Presentation, 1975 Hugo Awards ; Winner, Golden Scroll awards for : Best Director (Mel Brooks), Best Horror Film, Best Make-up (William Tuttle), Best Set Direction (Robert de Vestel, Dale Hennesy), Best Supporting Actor (Marty Feldman), 1976 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA).
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Also issued as part of the set The Mel Brooks Collection.
Language English, French, or Spanish language soundtracks ; optional English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein -- Film adaptations.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Drama.
Monsters -- Drama.
Scientists -- Drama.
Frankenstein films -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Added Author Brooks, Mel, 1926-
Gruskoff, Michael.
Wilder, Gene, 1935-
Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006.
Feldman, Marty, 1933-1982.
Leachman, Cloris.
Garr, Teri, 1944-
Mars, Kenneth.
Kahn, Madeline.
Morris, John, 1926-2018. Young Frankenstein.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Venture Films.
Crossbow Productions.
Jouer Films.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Standard No. 024543371571
024543371588
Music No. 2237157 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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