The Producers, 1968. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Lee Meredith, Christopher Hewett, Andréas Voutsinas, and Renée Taylor. SYNOPSIS: Mel Brooks’ debut madcap satire The Producers has been restored in 4K by Kino Lorber for this new Special Edition Blu-ray. They’ve also ported over most of […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 28 – Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein, 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn. SYNOPSIS: Fredrick Frankenstein, upon hearing of his grandfather’s experiments, decides to embark upon his own quest to create new life out of the body parts of the dead, with decidedly strange and […]
Movie Review – The Producers 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration (1967)
The Producers, 1967. Directed and written by Mel Brooks. Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars and Lee Meredith. SYNOPSIS: A down on his luck Broadway producer and a permanently nervous accountant join forces to pull a desperate money-making scam that involves putting on the worst play ever written – ‘Springtime For Hitler’. […]
Rumour: Steven Spielberg looking to coax Gene Wilder out of retirement for The BFG
According to Aint It Cool News, director Steven Spielberg is looking to coax Gene Wilder out of retirement for a role in one of his upcoming films. According to the site, their source claims that Wilder is wanted to lend his voice to The BFG, which would be his second Roald Dahl project after the […]