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SOLD OUT! NJJFF Closing Film: Remembering Gene Wilder
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SOLD OUT! NJJFF Closing Film: Remembering Gene Wilder
April 14 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Post-screening Zoom Q&A with the director, Ron Frank, and screenwriter, Glenn Kirschbaum
Closing Reception following the Q&A
Director: Ron Frank
2023; 92 minutes
English (subtitles are not available for this film)
Documentary
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 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor. Wilder’s personal story is told, and his art is analyzed through 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, including Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane.
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