{"id":11063,"date":"2014-09-08T22:55:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T02:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11063"},"modified":"2014-09-08T22:55:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T02:55:32","slug":"vids-mel-brooks-favorite-creation-young-frankenstein-40th-anniversary-arrives-on-blu-ray-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11063","title":{"rendered":"Vids: Mel Brooks’ Favorite Creation – Young Frankenstein: 40th Anniversary – Arrives on Blu-ray Tomorrow!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The scariest comedy of all time gets resurrected as Young Frankenstei<\/em><\/strong>\"YoungFrankensteinBDBoxArt\"<\/a>n: 40th Anniversary <\/em><\/strong>arrives on Blu-ray September 9 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Comedy icons Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn star in Mel Brooks\u2019 brilliantly outrageous riff on Mary Shelley\u2019s classic story of Frankenstein. After inheriting his grandfather\u2019s castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Wilder) follows in his ancestor\u2019s freaky footsteps as he sets out to reanimate a dead body in Brooks\u2019 \u201cfunniest, most cohesive comedy to date.\u201d (The New York Times<\/span>) <\/p>\n

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Young Frankenstein was nominated for two Academy Awards*<\/span><\/sup> and two Golden Globe Awards**<\/span><\/sup>. More than 40 years later, the film has stood the test of time, ranking at lucky number 13 on the American Film Institute\u2019s list of the top 100 funniest films.<\/p>\n

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In celebration of the 40th anniversary, fans of Young Frankenstein <\/b><\/i>can also enter themselves for a chance to win an autographed set photo from the man himself, Mel Brooks! Beginning on September 1, fans can go to www.YoungFrankSweeps.com<\/a> for all the rules and a chance to win.<\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/sup> Best Sound, Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa, 1975; Best Writing\/Adapted Screenplay, Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, 1975.<\/div>\n

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**<\/span><\/sup>Best Actress \u2013 Motion Picture Musical Comedy, Cloris Leachman, 1975; Best Supporting Actress \u2013 Motion Picture, Madeline Kahn, 1975.<\/div>\n

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Blu-ray and DVD Special Features<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\nCommentary by Mel Brooks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\nInterviews with Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder and Cloris Leachman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cInside the Lab: Secret Formulas to the Making of Young Frankenstein<\/span><\/i>\u201d featurette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\nBlucher Button<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cIt\u2019s Alive: Creating a Monster Classic\u201d featurette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMaking FrankenSense of Young Frankenstein<\/span><\/i>\u201d featurette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cTransylvanian Lullaby: The Music of John Norris\u201d featurette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\nDeleted Scenes and Outtakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u25cf<\/span><\/td>\nProduction Photo Galleries and More!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Young Frankenstein 40th Anniversary <\/span><\/i>Blu-ray<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Street Date:<\/td>\nSeptember 9, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prebook Date:<\/td>\nAugust 6, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Screen Format:<\/td>\nWidescreen 2.35:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio:<\/td>\nEnglish, Spanish, French DTS-HD-MA 5.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subtitles:<\/td>\nEnglish \/ Spanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Run Time:<\/td>\n106 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
U.S. Rating<\/td>\nPG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Closed Captioned:<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The scariest comedy of all time gets resurrected as Young Frankenstein: 40th Anniversary arrives on Blu-ray September 9 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Comedy icons Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn star … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[451,3721,31,1045,1491,3724,3722,3719,3720,3723,3725],"class_list":["post-11063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vids","tag-20th-century-fox","tag-cloris-leachman","tag-comedy","tag-gene-hackman","tag-gene-wilder","tag-madeline-kahn","tag-marty-feldman","tag-mel-brook","tag-peter-boyle","tag-teri-garr","tag-young-frankenstein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11065,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063\/revisions\/11065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}