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Remembering Gene Wilder

2024 · 93 min

A gentle, affectionate stroll through a beloved comedian's life, funny clips mixed with tender reminiscence and a quiet ache.

Directed by
Ron Frank
Genres
Documentary
Overview
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in 'The Producers', to the enigmatic title role in the original 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like 'Silver Streak'.

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Directed by
Ron Frank
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • art
  • celebrity
  • love
  • death
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism9
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ron Frank
Written by
Glenn Kirschbaum
Starring
Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Harry Connick Jr., Ben Mankiewicz, Peter Ostrum, Carol Kane, Rain Pryor, Burton Gilliam
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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