YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Oct 6, 2018 11:00 PM
Series Info
Series:Bijou After Hours
Iowa City Book Festival
Film Info
Rating:PG
Runtime:108 minutes
Director:Mel Brooks
Year Released:1974

Description

Presented as part of Bijou's After Hours program.
FREE for UI students (present student ID at box office) and $6.50 for the general public!

"Mel Brooks at his most daft and puerile: sophisticated and silly, a black-and-white art film with schlong jokes." - The Big Issue

"The Brooks of Young Frankenstein isn't really skewering the conventions  of the horror movie - he's paying tribute to them, and using them as scaffolding for his particular brand of goofy, Borscht Belt burlesque." - Flavorwire

"One of Mel Brook's most brilliant and immortal cinematic works to date." - Cinema Crazed

In this spoof of Mary Shelley's gothic tale, the grandson of Victor Frankenstein, a neurosurgeon, has spent his life living down the legend of his grandfather, even changing the pronunciation of his name. When he discovers his grandfather's diary, he begins to feel differently, and returns to the family castle to satisfy his curiosity by replicating his ancestor's experiments. In the process, he creates one very unique monster.