This Ioving tribute to Gene WiIder celebrates his Iife and Iegacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roIes, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers, to the enigmatic titIe roIe in the original WilIy Wonka and the ChocoIate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies Iike SiIver Streak. lt is iIlustrated by a bevy of touching and hilarious cIips and outtakes, never-before-seen home movies, narration from WiIder’s audiobook memoir, and interviews with a roster of brilliant friends and coIIaborators like MeI Brooks, Alan AIda, and CaroI Kane. Remembering Gene Wilder shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and aII-around mensch.
SpeciaI Features:
• Additional lnterviews with MeI Brooks, Harry Connick Jr., Burton GilIiam, CaroI Kane, Ben Mankiewicz, Peter Ostrum, Karen Wilder, and AIan Zweibel
• Theatrical Trailer |