RIP Gene Wilder

[Henry88]

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene- ... 201846745/

if i could shoot the grim reaper i would do it, good bye mister wonka.

[lhb412]

I know Wonka gets the lion's share of the press - but jeez: Young Frankenstein! Wilder's performance in that movie? Maybe the greatest comic performance of all time! Then you have his other fantastic work for Brooks in The Producers and Blazing Saddles. I mean, I know he had a big career and did lots of films, but I think even if he'd only done those four his legend would be secure.

So long, Waco Kid.

[dagarah]

Loved Gene in any film I saw him in, but perhaps his most underrated role was the lead in ''THE FRISCO KID''(he& Harrison Ford played off one another rather well in that flick.)Rest In Peace,Gene;thanks for all the happy memories...

[sentaison]

RIP Gene Wilder. So many great memories.

I'm so tired of 2016.

[klen7]

Willy Wonka was one of the staples of my childhood that i always come back to as "happy place" films. It's sad that my childhood heroes are passing away.

[Gwangi]

The day I was born, "The Producers" with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel was the number one movie. Anyone can check out the top movie on the day they were born -

Hearing about Wilder's death was like being punched in the gut. Any time I eat chocolate, I cannot help to think about Wonka.

[mr.negativity]

[lhb412]

^And Fox and Fathom Events will be brining Young Frankenstein into theaters (hosted by Mel Brooks himself) on October 5! That's unmissable right there.

[mr.negativity]

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[The Shadow]

[mbozzo]

He was good as the first Willy Wonka. It was the first movie that I saw him in. I later saw some of his other movies. He will be missed by his fans.

[mr.negativity]

The encore showing — presented along with a taped segment of Brooks' Oct. 5 appearance — has been scheduled for Oct. 18.