FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT IS PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ IN HIGH-DEF WITH THE BLU-RAY DEBUT OF YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Mel Brooks’ Classic Comedy Masterpiece Starring Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn Premieres on Blu-ray Disc October 7th As One of the Studio’s Most Advanced BD Releases To Date
**This Must-Have Disc is Packed with Hours Of Brand New Bonus Materials in HD Including Picture-In-Picture Interviews With Mel Brooks Plus Other Cast Members, Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes, 17 Never-Before-Seen Deleted/Extended Scenes, Trivia Track, Set-Top Game and More**
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Prepare to scream with laughter as YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN dances, spooks and “rolls in ze hay” on its way to Blu-ray Disc October 7th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE). One of the greatest comic filmmakers of all time, Academy Award winner* Mel Brooks conceived this 1974 hilarious spoof on Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel, Frankenstein, and captured viewers with his cheeky attitude on the “Old Hollywood” horror genre. Voted #13 on the American Film Institute’s list of America’s 100 Funniest Movies, the monstrously funny fan-favorite that will be celebrating it’s 35th Anniversary next year features an all-star cast of comedy icons including Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory), Terri Garr (Tootsie), Marty Feldman (Silent Movie), Academy Award winner** Cloris Leachman (History of the World: Part I), Madeline Kahn (Clue) and Peter Boyle (“Everybody Loves Raymond”).
Loaded with hours of brand new BD-exclusive bonus materials all presented in HD format, the YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Blu-ray Disc features picture-in-picture BonusView mode with all-new on-camera interviews with Brooks, Garr, Leachman and others, two new behind-the-scenes featurettes, over 25 minutes of never-before-seen deleted/extended scenes, on-screen trivia track, “The Brain Game” set-top game, interactive “Blucher Button” feature and an isolated score track. The YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Blu-ray Disc will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada.
* 1968: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (The Producers)
** 1971: Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role (Last Picture Show)
Synopsis:
Mel Brooks’ crazy tribute to Mary Shelley’s classic novel pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather’s castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Wilder) soon discovers the scientist’s step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Feldman) and the curvaceous Inga (Garr), he creates a monster (Boyle) who only wants to be loved.
Blu-ray Disc Specs:
The YOUNG FRANKENSTEN BD release will be authored in BD-J on a dual-layer 50GB disc presented in widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio plus English, Spanish and French Mono and includes English, French, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin and Korean subtitles.
Bonus features include:
- BD Exclusive – Inside The Lab: Secret Formulas in the Making Of Young Frankenstein BonusView – picture-in-picture mode featuring all-new on-camera interviews with Mel Brooks, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman and others
- BD Exclusive – It’s Alive! Creating A Monster Classic featurette
- BD Exclusive – Transylvanian Lullaby: The Music of John Morris featurette
- BD Exclusive – The Franken-Track: A Monstrous Conglomeration of Trivia
- BD Exclusive – 17 Deleted/Extended Scenes in HD
- BD Exclusive – “The Brain Game” set-top game
- BD Exclusive – “Blucher Button” interactive feature
- BD Exclusive – Isolated Score Track
- Commentary by Director Mel Brooks*
- Making FrankenSense of Young Frankenstein featurette*
- Outtakes/Bloopers*
- Deleted Scenes*
- Interviews with Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder & Cloris Leachman*
- Still Galleries – 19 individual production photograph galleries*
- Theatrical trailers*
- TV spots*
FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT IS PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ IN HIGH-DEF WITH THE BLU-RAY DEBUT OF YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
