TCFHE Press Release: Young Frankenstein (Blu-ray)

Ronald Epstein · 07-24-2008, 04:01 PM

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 AwardÒ 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 AwardÒ 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*

*Previously released materials

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Blu-ray Disc
Street Date: October 7, 2008
Pre-book Date: September 10, 2008
BD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada
Catalog #: 2253319
Total Running Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Closed Captioned: Yes

Dave Mack · 07-24-2008, 04:16 PM

Awesome news, Ron!

Glad I held off on the anamorphic re-release awhile back.
Isolated score track. Wow!

PattyFraser · 07-24-2008, 04:33 PM

Woo-hooo! This is really one of the best.

Sam Posten · 07-24-2008, 04:36 PM

PUT ZE CANDLE BACK!

In for this day 1

MattH. · 07-24-2008, 04:50 PM

Very excited about this. I thought BLAZING SADDLES was a very good looking Blu-ray release, and this has potential to be even better.

Here's hoping (fingers crossed).

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Jesse Blacklow · 07-24-2008, 06:08 PM

Glad to see Fox is loading it with enough extras to make $28 online more palatable. Not that this wouldn't be in my cart regardless, since it's in my top 10.

Paul_Scott · 07-24-2008, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

In for this day 1

I'm in for day 2.
Supplement package sounds sensational, but two years in, Blu-ray now has me conditioned to never pre-order another release again. I'll let others be the guinea pigs on these.

Jim_K · 07-24-2008, 08:00 PM

Weeeeee! Weeeeeee! Squeelin like a pig here!

This and Dr Strangelove are my two all-time favorite comedies. Bring it on!

Larry Sutliff · 07-24-2008, 08:18 PM

For a little while there, my enthusiasm for HDM was lagging because of the lack of decent titles. But there is a lot of great stuff being announced, and this is at the top of the list. Great news!

Tim Glover · 07-24-2008, 08:33 PM

Give him a SEDAGIVE! This is a Glover Family favorite. We've quoted Young Frankenstein for years!

"abby something...abby normal...I'm quite sure that was the name"

Fantastic news!!!!!