Remembering Gene Wilder (2023) on Netflix
Home videos, film scenes and memories from family, friends and colleagues trace Gene Wilder's life and career as an actor, writer and director. Cast and crew recall his comic talent.
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Plot summary
Gene Wilder's life and career as an actor, writer and director are traced through rare home videos, scenes from his films and interviews with people who knew him. Former cast and crew members, family and friends share memories of his comic talent. Wilder's narration is drawn from the audiobook of his 2005 memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art. The project grew out of his friendship with Leonard Nimoy; producers Julie Nimoy and David Knight, who had made a documentary about Nimoy, proposed a similar film honoring Wilder. Karen Wilder backed the project and opened the estate's personal photographs and home movies to the filmmakers.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Remembering Gene Wilder (2023)
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- The documentary came about because of Gene Wilder's friendship with Leonard Nimoy, which began when Nimoy directed Wilder in the 1990 film Funny About Love.
- Producers Julie Nimoy and David Knight, who had made the 2017 documentary Remembering Leonard Nimoy, proposed a similar film to honor Gene Wilder; Karen Wilder, his widow, supported the project and gave the filmmakers access to personal photos and home movies from his estate.
- Gene Wilder's narration in the documentary is taken from the audiobook version of his 2005 memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art.
- Production was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the filmmakers eventually interviewed Mel Brooks, whose participation producer David Knight said 'made the difference' in the final film.
