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  • Blazing Saddles
  • Blazing Saddles review by A customer from England
    Rated - 5 stars Classic 13 September 2006
    ...An apsolute classic. Funny, witty and Gene Wilder with Jazz hands. The irreplacable moment when the slaves start to sing and the eyes role will make you laugh until you he...  
  • Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
  • Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory review by from Chocolate Factory
    Rated - 5 stars Xcellent 4 March 2005
    ...This is one of my all time favourite films. Gene Wilder is excellent as Willy Wonka far better than Johnny Depp is gonna be. Your kids & you will love this movie so rent ...  
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Young Frankenstein review by from the Midlands
    Rated - 4 stars A Comedy Classic 24 January 2004
    ...y moments with some great acting from the likes of Peter Boyle (Dream Team) and Gene Wilder (Blazing Saddles) this DVD brings back life into the old classic that wont fail...  

Gene Wilder - filmography


  • Alice In Wonderland on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Whoopi Goldberg,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Nick Willing
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A acclaimed British production which originally aired on NBC, Lewis Carroll's classic story comes to life once again in this updated version- with an all-star cast including Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, and Gene Wilder.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 518 members
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  • Another You on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Richard Pryor,  Gene Wilder,  Mercedes Ruehl
    Director: Maurice Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In their fourth outing as a team, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder star as a chronic liar and a con man whose deceptive ways get them into a very sticky situation involving a missing millionaire, his beautiful wife, a fearsome estate executive, and a serious case of mistaken identity. As the lies and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 54% from 927 members
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  • Funny About Love on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Christine Lahti,  Mary Stuart Masterson
    Director: Leonard Nimoy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Deciding to have a baby provides a big enough challenge, but when you feel the pressure of a biological clock and are involved with two women at once, it becomes an even more intense decision. Middle-aged cartoonist Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) explores his own indecision and panic about the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 97 members
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  • Hanky Panky on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Gilda Radner,  Richard Widmark
    Director: Sidney Poitier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A woman looking for her brother's murderers and an innocent bystander, turned hero, are caught in a world of intrigue, suspense and murder on a wild ride from the Grand Canyon to New York city.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 238 members
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  • Stir Crazy on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Richard Pryor,  JoBeth Williams
    Director: Sidney Poitier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, have no jobs and no prospects. They decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, and land jobs as woodpeckers to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,659 members
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  • Young Frankenstein on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Peter Boyle,  Marty Feldman
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An affectionate parody that pays homage to the FRANKENSTEIN films (from the novel FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley) directed by James Whale in the 1930s, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is both a zany comedy and cinematic tour de force. Written by director Mel Brooks and the star of the film, Gene Wilder, YOUNG ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 6,000 members
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  • Rhinoceros on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Zero Mostel,  Gene Wilder,  Karen Black
    Director: Tom O'Horgan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This adaptation of Ionesco's absurdist classic was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Gene Wilder stars as Stanley, a depressive young man who abhors virtually all ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 196 members
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  • The Little Prince on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Bob Fosse,  Joss Ackland
    Director: Stanley Donen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Based on the children's fantasy by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and embraced by the soaring music of Lerner and Loewe, the musical story of a pilot's crash in the Sahara Desert and his encounter with a strange little boy receives the glowing attention to detail, colour, and charm that a film adaptation ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 131 members
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  • Blazing Saddles on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Cleavon Little,  Gene Wilder,  Slim Pickens
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A hilarious, madcap spoof of nearly every Hollywood Western convention, BLAZING SADDLES turns racism on its head at every turn. When the sheriff of a small frontier town is killed, convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is appointed the first black sheriff of the all-white Rock Ridge by the evil Hedley ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 12,802 members
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  • Blazing Saddles - HD DVD Version (1974)
    Starring: Alex Karras,  Madeline Kahn,  Gene Wilder
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A hilarious, madcap spoof of nearly every Hollywood Western convention, BLAZING SADDLES turns racism on its head at every turn. When the sheriff of a small frontier town is killed, convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is appointed the first black sheriff of the all-white Rock Ridge by the evil Hedley ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 229 members
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  • Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory - ... (1971)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Jack Albertson,  Roy Kinnear
    Director: Mel Stuart
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A wry and amusing musical about a world famous candymaker who hides five golden tickets in candy bars for five lucky children. Young, good-natured Charlie (Peter Ostrum) wins one of the tickets hidden amongst thousands of Wonka chocolate bars. What have Charlie and the other four kids won
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 114 members
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  • The Producers on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Zero Mostel,  Gene Wilder,  Dick Shawn
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An early Mel Brooks classic and regarded by many as one of his best. Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), one-time King of Broadway, now living upon the crazy whims and cash of amorous old ladies meets Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), a neurotic accountant. Together they plan to produce the biggest theatrical ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,489 members
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  • Bonnie And Clyde on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Faye Dunaway,  Gene Hackman
    Director: Arthur Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on the true-life exploits of the notorious depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, BONNIE AND CLYDE has become a part of popular American culture and is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood. Bonnie is bored with life and wants a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 8,171 members
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Gene Wilder - watch online


  • Funny About Love to Watch Now (1990)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Christine Lahti,  Mary Stuart Masterson
    Director: Leonard Nimoy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 101 minutes
    Deciding to have a baby provides a big enough challenge, but when you feel the pressure of a biological clock and are involved with two women at once, it becomes an even more intense decision. Middle-aged cartoonist Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) explores his own indecision and panic about the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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  • The Little Prince to Watch Now (1974)
    Starring: Richard Kiley,  Steven Warner,  Bob Fosse
    Director: Stanley Donen
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 88 minutes
    From Asteroid B-612... into our hearts. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's slender, beloved classic of innocence and discovery comes to the screen with its feet firmly on the Saharan sand, its eyes tilted to the stars and its spirit brightly soaring to the songs of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe (My ..read more »
    Rate this: 5 stars out of 5 100% from 2 members
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Gene Wilder facts

5 most recent films

Alice In Wonderland - 3.0 stars
Another You - 3.0 stars
Funny About Love - 2.5 stars
See No Evil, Hear No Evil - 3.5 stars
Haunted Honeymoon - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Will And Grace - Season 5 - Episodes 17-20 - 4.0 stars
See No Evil, Hear No Evil - 3.5 stars
Blazing Saddles - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Quackser Fortune Has A Cousin - 2.5 stars
Start the Revolution Without Me - 3.0 stars
The World's Greatest Lover - 3.0 stars
Funny About Love - 2.5 stars
Rhinoceros - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Madeline Kahn - 6 times - show films
Gilda Radner - 5 times - show films
Dom DeLuise - 4 times - show films
Kenneth Mars - 4 times - show films
Dom Deluise - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mel Brooks - 5 times - show films
Mel Stuart - 2 times - show films
Arthur Penn - 2 times - show films
Sidney Poitier - 2 times - show films
Arthur Hiller - 2 times - show films