This loving tribute to Gene Wilder ceIebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of fiIm roles, 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 like Silver Streak. It is ilIustrated by a bevy of touching and hiIarious cIips and outtakes, never-before-seen home movies, narration from Wilder’s audiobook memoir, and interviews with a roster of briIIiant friends and colIaborators like Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane. Remembering Gene WiIder shines a light on an essentiaI performer, writer, director, and aII-around mensch.
SpeciaI Features:
• Additional lnterviews with Mel Brooks, Harry Connick Jr., Burton GiIIiam, CaroI Kane, Ben Mankiewicz, Peter Ostrum, Karen WiIder, and Alan Zweibel
• Theatrical Trailer |