Remembering Gene Wilder Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: 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. It is illustrated by a bevy of touching and hilarious clips and outtakes, never-before-seen home movies, narration from Wilder's audiobook memoir, and interviews with a roster of brilliant friends and collaborators like Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane. Remembering Gene Wilder shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and all-around mensch.
directed by Ron Frank
release date March 15, 2024 (in theaters)
directed by Ron Frank
release date March 15, 2024 (in theaters)
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00:00 Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination.
00:09 I used to be Jerry Silberman.
00:10 When I was eight years old, my mother had her first heart attack.
00:14 Her heart specialist whispered in my ear, "Try to make her laugh."
00:18 My blank and my blue blank, give me my blue blank.
00:21 The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life.
00:25 And I did make my mother laugh.
00:27 He was a combination of innocence and danger.
00:30 Champagne?
00:31 You didn't know what Gene Wilder was going to do.
00:33 [MACHINE WHIRRING]
00:34 He was an actor who had an ability to be funny.
00:40 Hello.
00:41 [YELLING]
00:43 He's naive.
00:44 He's innocent.
00:45 Books?
00:46 He's sweet, simple, and honest.
00:48 But when he got excited, he was a volcano.
00:51 [SCREAMING]
00:53 He had a unique ability to find humor.
00:57 I never thought it could be like this.
00:59 In anything.
01:00 [GROANING]
01:01 I love Gene's choice of acting roles.
01:04 It's totally eclectic.
01:06 Oi, give out!
01:08 Gene and Mel, they go beyond.
01:10 Don't put the candle back.
01:13 And we couldn't not laugh.
01:15 May I go in?
01:16 [LAUGHTER]
01:17 We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
01:22 You could tell that this was going to be somebody
01:24 who was going to be fun to work with.
01:26 He wasn't treating me like a kid.
01:29 Gene was able to do things in comedy
01:32 that are dangerous to do.
01:34 Darling.
01:35 Would you get down?
01:36 Richard Pryor was my teacher.
01:38 What are you doing?
01:39 I'm good, bad.
01:40 My dad knew undeniably there was a magic between them.
01:43 It's all right.
01:44 They fueled each other, and their improvs
01:47 made them both better.
01:49 He embodied these characters, and we felt their humanity.
01:53 You'll never find another Gene Wilder.
01:56 He was amazing.
01:57 I didn't think Jerry Silberman had the right ring to it.
02:00 I wanted to be Wilder.
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02:13 [Music]