Remembering Gene Wilder

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 the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver Streak.

Illustrated by a bevy of 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 like Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane, Remembering Gene Wilder shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and all-around mensch.

Free admission. Sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program.

The screening will feature a post-screening discussion with writer Glenn Kirschbaum and Elliot Shapiro, Senior Lecturer in the Knight Institute and the Knight Foundation Director of the Writing in the Majors program.

Part of our "Doc Spots" and "Campus Collaborations" series. Courtesy of Kino Lorber.

 

"An upbeat tribute to a singular movie star, and a worthy reminder of how much he’s missed." – Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

“This adoring documentary offers a welcome reminder that those emotionally unpredictable but essentially decent souls Wilder often played got their authenticity from being, at heart, a lot like him." – Bill Newcott, The Saturday Night Evening Post