| | |  | Foreign Film | Home » » Young Frankenstein | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | A finely tuned parody of the old Frankenstein movies, in which Wilder returns to the old country to clear his family name. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman | | Format:
| Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled | | Language:
| English, German | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| 20th Century Fox | | Run Time:
| 106 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 05, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 398 reviews |
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 Great product!Aug 20, 2010
Great Product!! Shipped fast, description of item was perfect, everything wrapped & new. And its a great movie too :) Thank you!
MEL!!!!!Jul 23, 2010
Another classic by Mel!!!!
Frankenstein will never be the same again!
Peter Boyle plays Frank here and in "Raymond" years later!
 Clasic spoofJul 05, 2010
I hadn't seen this in years, but it was funny how much of it I remembered (I can't rememeber what I watched last week usually). Great cast, funny plot. It would have been better if they'd had more outtakes and bloobers, but I realize that in the older movies they weren't saved so much as they are now.
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 Undisputed king of overrated.Jul 02, 2010
Maybe I can't appreciate this in its historical context. Maybe it just hasn't aged well. Here's an example of a "gag" from this film "Were wolf? There wolf!" If you think that's funny, you'll love this. It wasn't painfully bad, but I sat through the entire movie and didn't feel the slightest urge to smile let alone laugh. Nope. Just watched it and dutifully noted the lame attempts at word play. I know I'm in the minority here, but hey- that's my opinion.
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Blu-ray: Sharp, but grainy. Even more bonus material than the loaded DVD!Jun 28, 2010
The new Hi-Def transfer used for the Blu-ray disc has more detail, but also suffers form increased film grain. All of Mel Brook's FOX features suffer from grainy film stock, in this case it is more acceptable as it is a spoof of old horror movies.
One issue I have is the distributor's insistance on rpesenting this in wide-screen. After producing Blazing Saddles in Color & Anamorphic Widescreen, Mel Brooks wanted to duplicate the style of the 1930's horror films by shooting Young Frankenstein in B&W FULL FRAME. Mel understood that most theaters could not handle the old Full Frame aspect ratio, so he kept the action within the letterboxed matte but kept the matte open in the cameras so that future showings on TV would include the full square picture. The original Laserdisc retained this full frame & it feels like watching an old 1930's Frankenstein movie, just like Mel intended. To add to this frustration, the original deleted scenes from the Laserdisc (& later DVD) are ported over to this Blu-ray in their original un-cropped full frame image. So you get an idea how this film was intended to be seen.
That said, on to the new to Blu-ray Bonus Material. After having an abundance of bonus material on the old Laserdsic & DVD, I was surprised to find even more material found for this Blu-ray presentation. First up is a new set of interviews with Mel & the crew giving more tidbits about the making of the movie. Intermixed in this are clips from the various original Frankenstein movies that inspired Young Frankenstein. You get to see what Mel kept & what he changed (I forgot Igor was not the original assistant's name).
Even more out-takes have been found (this time masked for widescreen). This time we get raw, unedited camera footage of alternate takes or alternate storylines. This will be the only chance you get driector Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein as he can be heard giving verbal cues to the actors. He even pops into frame a few times. The previous out-takes had already gone through final edit before they were removed from the movie. These never made it past the raw daily screenings.
So if you are wondering about upgrading your older DVD to this Blu-ray disc, the additional bonus material may be the final push to the Blu-ray disc. The increase in picture detail & lack of digital artifacting is hindered a bit by the increase in grain, so that may not be enough reason to ungrade.
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