Mel Brooks is recalling his reaction to learning his longtime friend and collaborator Gene Wilder was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Brooks, the legendary comedian and filmmaker, appears ...

Actor Gene Wilder and Writer/Composer Mel Brooks at the curtain call for Mel Brooks' New Musical "Young Frankenstein" on Opening Night November 8, 2007, at the Hilton Theater in New York City.

It did not take long for a certain writer-director to figure out what made Gene Wilder so interesting on-screen. “When I first met Mel Brooks, he told me that, in his eyes, I was like a sheep ...

Home Film Documentary Gene Wilder Doc To Get U.S. Release After Kino Lorber Worldwide Pickup; Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, Carol Kane Among Contributors By Andreas Wiseman ... January 11, 2024 6:00am 4 ...

Gene Wilder (1933-2016) had an unusual career. “He’s naïve,” Mel Brooks says in the documentary “Remembering Gene Wilder” of Wilder’s screen persona. “He’s innocent.

Wilder started his acting career on the stage, but millions knew him from his work in the movies, especially his collaborations with Mel Brooks on "The Producers," ''Blazing Saddles" and "Young ...

- March 25, 2024 0 Gene Wilder. Public domin Stephen Silver When Mel Brooks was filming “The Producers,” he recalled an executive approaching him and saying, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking.

Wilder, who died in 2016, is best known for his collaborations with Mel Brooks in The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles, his partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver ...

A 1974 photo from the set of Young Frankenstein. From left: Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Mel Brooks and Peter Boyle as Young Frankenstein. (Los Angeles Times) ...

Mel Brooks, Wilder’s director, collaborator and undying devotee, usually speaks in his rat-a-tat-tat fast-paced, joke-a-second delivery; but among a steady stream of wonderful anecdotes in the ...