The Producers (Special Edition) (DVD)

...can do to not transcribe the entire script as my op, as this really does speak for itself. Well, not completely, hence me writing this. ANYWAY. For those secluded from classic comedy, this is one of the all time greats (up there with A Day At The Races and Withnail & I), but under recognised due to Mel Brooks’ career, which is patchier than a balding man’s scalp. This was Brooks’ first gig outside television show scripting, and ...
...with octogenarian women for cash. The self-prostitution seems to be taking its toll on his sanity, however, and the last thing he needs is a visit from timid accountant Leo Bloom (the not-so-great any more Gene Wilder). Especially as Leo catches him in the act with a granny (‘Just say “oops!” and get out!’). Leo is there to do the books, during which he discovers a discrepancy on one of Max’s old shows. He brings up ...

peppersinclaire 23.11.2001 · Read full review
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...to write anything more because the other two guys have wonderful taste and are more than capable of telling you just how good this film is. But according to IMBD there’s going to be another film in 2005 called The Producers starring some of today’s rising young stars. This is sacrilege. Can you imagine anyone better than Gene Wilder? Can you imagine a young hunky muscled Adonis playing opposite Richard Prior? They’re playing with history. But why ...
...remake it? Just re-release the original on DVD with deleted scenes, a nice feature documentary of the making and interview with Mel Brooks and sell it at an inflated cost as a special edition and you can scrape a few extra dollars out of this wonderful flick. So anyway I’ve had my rant and I want you to see this film. So I will conform to the normal confines of a review and try not to bully you all the way to the Video shop. Perfect performances ...

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...works, this has to be the most popular, or probably ought to be. The film tells the story of a failing Broadway producer, Max Bialystock, and his accountant Leo Bloom, who set about producing the biggest theatrical flop in history, so that they can raise an excessive amount of cash for the production, and keep the remainder when it closes (on opening night, they hope). Bialystock raises the money from "little old ladies" in exchange for sexual favours ...
...To ensure that the production is a complete disaster, they look for the worst play ever written, which they find in "Springtime for Hitler : A gay romp with Adolph and Eva". They secure performance rights from the author, a Nazi bird-keeper who still wears his tin helmet, and must then seek a director who could turn this disaster of a play into a disaster of a show. The wonderfully camp Roger de Bris (who appears in a ball gown) is chosen and all ...

tbreeze 15.05.2002 · Read full review
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...say funny? perhaps hilarious is the word. The story is of a corrupt theatre impressario (Zero Mostel) and his bent accountant (Gene Wilder) who plan to make a killing on Broadway. Not by putting on a hit, but by overselling shares in a lousy production - a sure-fire-flop, and, when the show folds after the first night, pocketing the loot and making for "Rio-by-the-Sea-o". But where to get a flop? They find the worst (cross-dressing) director they ...
...so "Springtime for Hilter" - the musical - is born. Of course, our hapless duo don't realise that the show is bound to be a hit with the American audience, and to they end up in prison doing the same at the prison concert. The film is full of memorable one-liners. The classic must be Mostel's offering... "I picked the wrong theatre, the wrong director, the wrong musical.... where the hell did I go right???" I wholeheartedly recommend the film. ...

JohnG 01.09.2000 · Read full review
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Simply the best Mel brooks film ever the rest of his moves pale into insignificance compared to this one. Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) is a broadway producer, who was once at the top of his trade. Now he makes second rate musicals funded by rich and amoros old ladies. His accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) discovers certain irregularities in Max's accounts, Max instructs him to hide them. From this Leo forms the idea that you can make more money ...
...the backers will never be paid if it flops. The only problem being that if they have a success then they will go straight to Jail as it would be impossible to pay off the backers. Leo is reluctantley persuaided to go along with Max's plan and the search is on for a sure fire flop, which the find in a play entiled "Springtime for Hitler" which was written by and Ex-German Soldier. In order to ensure that it is a flop they enlist the assistance of ...

Champ666 21.03.2004 · Read full review
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