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’.
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