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 The Producers (1968) 

What grade would you give this film?
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 The Producers (1968) 
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College Boy Z

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The Producers (1968) is an American satirical dark comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. The film is set in the late 1960s and it tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who want to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop. They take more money from investors than they need and plan to abscond to Brazil after opening night, only to see the plan improbably go awry when the show turns out to be a hit.

The film stars Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock, the producer and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom, the accountant and features Dick Shawn as L.S.D., the actor who ends up playing the lead in the musical within the movie and Kenneth Mars as the WWII Nazi soldier/playwright Franz Liebkind.

The Producers was the first film directed by Mel Brooks. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Decades later, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry and placed 11th on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list. The film was later remade successfully by Brooks as an acclaimed Broadway stage musical which itself was adapted as a film.


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Much better than the unnecessary musical remake...


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Gene Wilder, when he was younger, was much funnier than Nathan Lane or Matthew Broderick.


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I haven't seen the remake, but caught the original on TV recently. It is easily the funniest movie I have seen in a while. It starts off pretty tame and towards the end it is a bit "calmer" too, but in the middle, practically during the entire "Springtime for Hitler" show, I couldn't stop laughing for almost 20 minutes straight. Mel Brooks is a great comedy director. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder have great chemistry and both deliver hilarious performances. The Best Original Screenplay was SO well-deserved. The right decision was to make the movie relatively short with a running time of just under 90 minutes. The pace is good and the jokes come at the right time.

"Don't be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the Nazi Party!"

Seriously, my stomach hurt during this song.

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