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		List Price: $34.99		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 2064 Released: October 7, 2008
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		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/07/2008 Run time: 246 minutes Rating: R

Description of Young Frankenstein [Blu-ray]:
If you were to argue that Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein ranks among the top-ten funniest movies of all time, nobody could reasonably dispute the claim. Spoofing classic horror in the way that Brooks's previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns, the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent parody of Universal's classic horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in glorious black and white, Brooks re-created the Frankenstein laboratory using the same equipment from the original Frankenstein (courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid foundation for nonstop comedy. The story, of course, involves Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) and his effort to resume experiments in re-animation pioneered by his late father. (He's got some help, since dad left behind a book titled How I Did It.) Assisting him is the hapless hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the buxom but none-too-bright maiden Inga (Teri Garr), and when Frankenstein succeeds in creating his monster (Peter Boyle), the stage is set for an outrageous revision of the Frankenstein legend. With comedy highlights too numerous to mention, Brooks guides his brilliant cast (also including Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman in a classic cameo role) through scene after scene of inspired hilarity. Indeed, Young Frankenstein is a charmed film, nothing less than a comedy classic, representing the finest work from everyone involved. Not one joke has lost its payoff, and none of the countless gags have lost their zany appeal. From a career that includes some of the best comedies ever made, this is the film for which Mel Brooks will be most fondly remembered. Befitting a classic, the Special Edition DVD includes audio commentary by Mel Brooks, a "making of" documentary, interviews with the cast, hilarious bloopers and outtakes, and the original theatrical trailers. No video library should be without a copy of Young Frankenstein. And just remember--that's Fronkensteen. --Jeff Shannon

Beyond Young Frankenstein

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Blazing Saddles

Stills from Young Frankenstein (Click for larger image)

Young Frankenstein [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Does't work
2009-12-03 - The first 50 mins. of this DVD worked fine, then it gets stuck and won't play any further. Great if you like watching 3/4 of a movie.

An old-time comedy - with all the goods and bads that come with it; a pretty good DVD edition
2009-11-24 - Young Frankenstein is certainly a classic film, and I feel somewhat bad about giving it only 3 stars. The film shows its age, not in the jokes themselves, but in the way they are delivered. I've never liked films that wink too much at the audience, and Young Frankenstein winks constantly - especially Igor, but also the monster and others. I found that every time this happened, I was taken out of the movie and reminded that I was watching something, which was distracting and ultimately causes me to remove one star. The other star is removed because, well, it's not The Producers, which is, for my money, a better (and funnier!) film.

A plot synopsis is probably not required, as the film is a spoof-homage (almost equal parts each) of the various Golden-Age Frankenstein films. Young Dr. Frankenstein ("It's pronounced Fronk-en-steen") is ashamed of his famous anscestor until he learns he is the sole heir to the family's estates. He arrives in Transylvania and finds Igor ("It's pronounced Eye-gore") and the original doctor's book "How I Did It". He resolves to build his own monster to prove that with a good brain it would give a good monster. Unfortunately, Igor screws up and we're left with the standard grunting and homocidal monster. This does lead to the two greatest set-pieces in the film, however: Frankenstein and the monster performing "Putting on the Ritz" and the monster's visit to a blind and clumsy hermit monk. These scenes are laugh-out-loud funny even on repeated viewings, and it all depends on the performance of Peter Boyle as the monster. In fact, Boyle's and Teri Garr's (as the ditzy lab assistant) performances are the best in the film.

This is a fine DVD edition - Mel Brook's audio commentary is surprisingly interesting and informative. It's especially good to hear him admit his mistakes (he wanted to cut the 'Putting on the Ritz' scene) and other inside information. Less interesting are the deleted scenes (most are not that funny, although I liked the "Reading of the will" cut scene). The outtakes are mostly people laughing and ruining the shot, so get boring quickly. The audio and video are very crisp and clean, probably better than the original run film prints!

Young Frankenstein
2009-11-20 - This is an incredibly funny movie! I recommend this to anyone with a love of funny horror! Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder are hilarious!

Buy the Blu-ray NOW! Greatly improved over the DVD.
2009-11-19 - Not sure what some were looking at, but there is no comparison between the DVD
and this Blu-ray. I looked at my DVD, and there was very heavy compression.
I'd go so far as to say it looked like crap.

This Blu-ray looks great. If you love this movie,
you'll enjoy this Blu-ray.

There are people complaining about the grain.
It's on the DVD too. With HD, it'll be more noticeable,
as the higher detail allows more of the natural film grain
to be visible. But it looks normal to me.

Glad to see this classic on Blu-ray.

Young Frakenstein Condition of DVD
2009-11-18 - I thought the product was exactly what I was looking for and there weren't any problems with the condition of the DVD and all specifications for the DVD's condition were mentioned in the write-up about the product.