Gene Wilder copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult following and an Oscar nomination for Best Score, as well as a Golden Globe award nomination for Wilder. When Woody Allen offered him a role in one segment of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", Wilder accepted, hoping this would be the hit to put an end to his series of flops. "Everything ... " was a hit, grossing over $18 million in the United States alone against a $2-million
Lynn Redgrave a television production of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" again with her sister. Highlights of her early film career also include "The National Health", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", "The Happy Hooker" and "Getting It Right". In the United States, she was seen on such television series as "Teachers Only", "House Calls", "Centennial" and "Chicken Soup". She also starred in BBC productions such as "The Faint-Hearted Feminist", "A Woman Alone", "Death of a Son", "Calling the Shots," and "Fighting Back". She played Broadway again in "Moon Over Buffalo" (1996) with co-star Robert