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Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book
Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film | Mel Brooks
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Mel Brooks' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary. Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinema-and for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke. This picture-driven book, written by one of the greatest comedy geniuses of all time, takes readers inside the classic film's marvelous creation story via never-before-seen black and white and color photography from the set and contemporary interviews with the cast and crew, most notably, legendary writer-director Mel Brooks. With access to more than 225 behind-the-scenes photos and production stills, and with captions written by Brooks, this book will also rely on interviews with gifted director of photography Gerald Hirschfeld, Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman and veteran producer Michael Gruskoff. Mel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer and songwriter. 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: Men in Tights. More recently, he had a smash hit on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers. An EGOT winner, he received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, and a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015. He was married to Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005. Three of Brooks' classics have appeared on AFI's 100 best comedies of all-time. Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13. Judd Apatow is one of the most important comic minds of his generation. He wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40, and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. Apatow is the executive producer of HBO's Girls.
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vonnie862
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Watching Young Frankenstein the Musical.
#halloweenbucketlist #scarathlon #teams laughter
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Clwojick 🖤🖤🖤 2y
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peanutnine Great movie! 3y
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Eggs
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤😱📚🙌🏻 3y
kamoorephoto One of my most favorite movies EVER. Don‘t think I could love this movie more than I do. Still makes me laugh out loud after a 1000 viewings 😉 3y
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Lizpixie Oh I LOVE this movie!! 3y
Lizpixie “Damn your eyes!” “Abby who?” “Abby normal” “Frau Booker” 3y
Awk_Word_Smith It‘s Frahn-ken-shteen! 😂 3y
TiredLibrarian Gene Wilder ❤ 3y
Soubhiville Such a classic! And it‘s pronounced Eye-gore in my house forever! 3y
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aperfectmjk
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Had to relocate to my bedroom for better comfort. Who knew a popping a rib out of place could be so painful.

Finished with Pet Sematary, now I'm watching Young Frankenstein. Love this one! 😀

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

slategreyskies Ouch! That sounds really painful. Hope it eases up for you soon! 💕 3y
Susanita Eep! I hope you feel better soon. 3y
AmyG Hahahaha. I am watching what you are watching, too. Feel better. I did this a few years ago ….popped two out of place because of moving. Not fun. (edited) 3y
Gissy I hope you feel better soon! ! I love that old movie too! 3y
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belacat
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Werewolf? There wolf.

Darthdad Great costumes 4y
Reggie This reminds me of that short story by Joe Hill where that guy gets on the train and everyone on there is a werewolf. Cool pic! 4y
belacat When they went trick-or-treating last night, most people thought they were a wolf pack. People kept asking for little red riding hood & grandma. They didn't start howling until the full moon was above. 4y
tokorowilliamwallace That tie for the person in the suit is awesome! Definitely one I'd pick thrifting! I love silly vintage and retro ties (70s and 90s designs and styles). 2y
tokorowilliamwallace @Reggie Wowsers, that definitely an opener selling point for the manuscript! I hope Joe Hill presented it in that manner to get his manuscript accepted and bought. 2y
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Lizpixie
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I don‘t think I‘ll finish the bingo card by Halloween, but I have had two bingos & thoroughly enjoyed rewatching some of my all time favourite movies, like Clue, Practical Magic & tonight, Young Frankenstein. Thank you @GypsyKat #HalloweenMovieBingo #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-1,560

GypsyKat 🎃🎃🎃 5y
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Lizpixie
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Taking a reading break to watch one of my #TopTenMoviesOfAllTime I could quote this movie all day, it‘s Mel Brooks at his finest. “Where Wolf?” “There Wolf. There castle” “PUT. The Candle. BACK!” #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 4points #PointsTotal-1,559

Booksnchill Would you like to roll in the hay?? Roll, roll, roll in the hay!!!😂this was my first R rated movie (friend had a cool mom who took is) and is still such a favorite! 5y
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BillBlume
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Got a text from one of my local candidate‘s campaigns, and the volunteer‘s name is Igor. 😳 I so badly want to respond and ask, “Is that pronounced ‘eye-gor‘?”

vivastory I recently had an appointment with someone named Clarice & I was seriously distracted the whole time thinking of a way to make a subtle, & original Silence of the Lambs joke, alas it didn't pan out 😂😄 5y
BillBlume @vivastory 😹😹😹 5y
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PathfinderNicole
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Movie night with the husband! #teamstoker #scarathon @TheReadingMermaid

Liatrek Love love this movie! Abby, Abby normal 🤣 5y
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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Family movie night, movie #2 is #youngfrankenstein #scarathlon 1pt for #teamslaughter

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Readergrrl
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One of my all time favorite movies! I can watch this ANY time of year, but it‘s especially fun at Halloween!! Making lasagna and watching Gene and Teri and Marty and Madeline and Peter and Cloris!!! “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life! At Last, I‘ve Found Youuuuuuu!!!” #TeamStoker #Scarathlon

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
DrexEdit It's FRAHNKinsteen! Love it! 😊 💜 👍 5y
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Eggs Love this film 💖 6y
Cinfhen Hilarious 😂😂👍🏻❤️ 6y
Robothugs Good pick! 😆 6y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 3! Sorry for the light reflection on the cover. This is a big, heavy, extensively illustrated book that is perfect for any YF fans (like me 😁!), Mel Brooks fans, film enthusiasts, and the like. The ups, the downs, the difficulties, the hilarity, the legendary figures, everything that went into making this classic is all-in-one resource! I need this 😎👌🏻! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Rachbb3 I love it! 7y
Teafiend One of my family‘s favorite movies. Cracks me up 7y
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winemom
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Today was a very, very long day, but I got to come home to the most beautiful surprise. 😍😍😍 (My husband opened it. I‘m calling the police.) You are an incredible, lovely human @Booksnchill ! Young Frankenstein is one of my favorite movies in the entire world. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Yours will be in the mail by Saturday!
#WHATHUMP? #it‘sPronouncedI-gore #bookmarkswap

Booksnchill @winemom so glad you like Igor!!! That husband...🤣 7y
Booksnchill @Soubhiville has posted a pic of her cats Igor and Froedrick- so cute! 7y
winemom @Booksnchill OMG. Hairless babies! ❤️ 7y
Soubhiville This is my husband‘s favorite movie. He named the boys. They have hashtags if you want to stalk them 🐱😜 7y
Booksnchill @winemom @Soubhiville I love the Young Frankenstein community of litsy!!! 7y
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I couldn't #readathon today because I had some pretty important plans...I've wanted to host an outdoor movie in this park (right across the street from my bookstore) for years and tonight I'm finally doing it with one of my all time favorite movies!

DivineDiana Great idea! Looks like a success! 7y
everlocalwest @DivineDiana It was so fun! We had trivia, popcorn, cocoa, and moody weather without rain. Perfect night! 7y
DivineDiana 👏🏻 🎥 👏🏻 7y
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Joshsandaker
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Read this on the Kindle. A quick, fun read about the making of Mel Brooks best film. It was a quick little interlude between books.

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beckygracelea
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A belated Christmas present arrived today. So excited to read and savour this.

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KrisConstantReader
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This ebook is on sale for $1.99 today, I'm definitely getting it 😁

LauraBrook I got this too! The movie is so great, this book should be good! 8y
KrisConstantReader @LauraBrook I agree! And Mel Brooks is awesome, I'm looking forward to reading this one. 8y
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KrisConstantReader
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This ebook is on sale for $1.99 today, I'm definitely getting it 😁

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FountainBookstore
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The perfect #coffeetablebook for the Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, movie loving friend (or you can buy it for yourself like I did)! Shop with us on #SmallBizSaturday and we'll hook you up with some free audiobooks from Libro.fm! #indiebookstore

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KStew1622
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He would have an enormous schwanzstucker!

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Waynegjr
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Really feeling this one guys.

abbiereadsbooks Same here. 💔💔💔 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi So sad! 😢 8y
IndyHannaJones I was in love with him in that movie... 8y
LauraBrook Me too, it's just terrible. 8y
katcanwrite 💔 8y
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