Remembering Gene Wilder

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
• Mel Brooks as Self – Director, Writer, Actor
• Rochelle Pierce as Self-Gene’s Cousin
• Ben Mankiewicz as Self-Host, Turner Classic Movies
• Harry Connick Jr. as Self-Singer, Gene’s Friend
• Peter Ostrum as Self – ‘Charlie Bucket’
• Alan Alda as Self-director, Actor
• Carol Kane as Self – Actress
• Burton Gilliam as Self – ‘Lyle’
• Mike Medavoy as Self-Film Producer
• Michael Gruskoff as Self-Producer, Young Frankenstein
• Mace Neufeld as Self-Producer, The Frisco Kid
• Nancy Neufeld Callaway as Self – Daughter of Mace Neufeld
• Rain Pryor as Self-Daughter of Richard Pryor
• Alan Zweibel as Self – Writer, Producer
• Robin Blankman as Self-friend of Gilda (credited as Robin Zweibel)
• Karen Boyer as Self-Gene’s Wife
• Eric McCormack as Self – ‘Will’
• Michael Rafii as Self – Gene’s Neurologist (credited as Dr. Michael Rafii)

Storyline:

With rare home videos and scenes from Wilder’s films, the documentary looks at the life and career of actor, writer, and director, Gene Wilder. It includes interviews with former cast and crew members as well as personal memories from family and friends, who share their love for his comedic genius. Among them are Mel Brooks, Wilder’s wife, Karen Wilder, Alan Alda, Carol Kane, Harry Connick Jr., Mike Medavoy, Rain Pryor, Dick Cavett, Eric McCormack, Ben Mankiewicz, and Peter Ostrum.