The Producers (Full Screen) PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 16, 2006
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Uma Thurman, Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick | |
Performer: | Will Ferrell, Andrea Martin, Gary Beach & Roger Bart | |
Directed by | Susan Stroman | |
Music by | Mel Brooks | |
Screenplay by | Mel Brooks | |
Director of Photography: | Charles Minsky & John Bailey |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
Confirmed my original opinion that the musical version of The Producers was a flash-in-the-pan success that won't be remembered ten years from now.
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NYC Film Critic
Rating: 3/4 --
... an unabashedly old-fashioned musical filled with song, dance, and shtick so shticky you could hang wallpaper with it.
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Seattle Times
Barely adequate.
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Producers is a wonderful elegy for a certain kind of comic sensibility.
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The Spectator
Rating: 3/4 --
Not so much a film as an awkwardly framed souvenir of the Broadway hit musical, The Producers needs a live audience like a candle needs oxygen.
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Boston Globe
Rating: B --
The Producers has some great comic writing by Brooks to help offset the movie's many problems.
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Bowling Green Daily News
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The jokes are in its tackiness, and gauchery, and raspberry-inducing send-up of Broadway traditions. On that level, the movie works fine -- and is a whole lot cheaper for the ticket buyer.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Product Description:
This remake of Mel Brooks' 1968 film features Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the roles that they originated in the smash Broadway adaptation of the original film. Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Lane) is famous for his spectacular opening night flops. Leopold Bloom (Broderick) is an uptight accountant who virtually discovers gold while reviewing Max's books. When Leo realizes that you can actually make more money with a flop than with a hit, the two team up and begin a search for both the worst script and the worst director they can find to ensure failure. The script selection seems easy when the duo stumble upon SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER, an homage to the Fuhrer penned by Franz Liebkind (Will Ferrell), a German sympathetic to the Nazi cause. Convinced that the script will incite outrage, the duo needs a bad director to seal the deal. Campy director Roger DeBris (Gary Beach) and his assistant (Roger Bart) fit the bill perfectly.
But when their scheme fails, Max and Leo find themselves with the worst possible outcome: a hit. To make matters worse, Franz is just a little peeved that Hitler was depicted disrespectfully--and he has a gun. Will Max and Leo survive the playwright's wrath' Will they go to jail for cooking the books' And will Leo ever submit to the advances of sexy Swedish receptionist/actress Ulla (Uma Thurman)' Directed by stage director Susan Stroman, making her feature film directorial debut, this riotous romp features lots of laughs from the major players, as well as brief appearances by Jon Lovitz, Michael McKean, and Richard Kind. Lane and Broderick make it easy to understand why the show was an unprecedented hit on Broadway, and Ferrell is a scene-stealer as Liebkind.
But when their scheme fails, Max and Leo find themselves with the worst possible outcome: a hit. To make matters worse, Franz is just a little peeved that Hitler was depicted disrespectfully--and he has a gun. Will Max and Leo survive the playwright's wrath' Will they go to jail for cooking the books' And will Leo ever submit to the advances of sexy Swedish receptionist/actress Ulla (Uma Thurman)' Directed by stage director Susan Stroman, making her feature film directorial debut, this riotous romp features lots of laughs from the major players, as well as brief appearances by Jon Lovitz, Michael McKean, and Richard Kind. Lane and Broderick make it easy to understand why the show was an unprecedented hit on Broadway, and Ferrell is a scene-stealer as Liebkind.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 126,912
- UPC: 025192843822
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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