The Producers (Widescreen Edition)
by Susan Stroman
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Actor: Gary Beach, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Uma Thurman, Will FerrellDirector: Susan Stroman
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Charles Minsky
Producer: Amy Herman
Producer: Jonathan Sanger
Producer: Leah Zappy
Producer: Mel Brooks
Writer: Mel Brooks
Writer: Thomas Meehan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of The Producers (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: Lustig!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is absolutely hilarious. To those who have no sense of humour, you may find this offensive, but to the rest of the world, this provides 2 hours of laughs!DVD Review: Love this Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a huge fan of the theater, especially musicals but for some reason I never saw THE PRODUCERS. I acknowledged all the kudos and Tonys but I just thought I would not like it even though I am a huge Matthew Broderick fan. Boy do I regret not seeing it now. Thank God this film is so well made, has Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane and allows me to settle for second best next to seeing it live.
The story flows effortlessly here and plays like a Broadway musical. When the characters burst into song or especially with the big numbers the screen comes to life and you feel as if you are seeing it live. The story is simple yet ingenious. Nathan Lane is a former famous producer who hasn't had a hit in years. Matthew Broderick, a nerdy accountant, enters to review his books but lo and behold he has always had a secret desire to be a Broadway producer. He realizes that more money could be made with a flop than a hit. They become partners and look for the worst musical, the worst director and the worst actors. The entire film is laugh out loud hilarious and both Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick bring the high energy and musicality that most certainly thrilled live.
Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell were not on Broadway but here they fit their parts perfectly. Both show exceptional talent at musicality and comedic timing.
All the musical numbers shine and when song and dance are combined the movie gives you such a feel good feeling. I love the whole cast but Matthew Broderick shines for me with both his acting and singing/dancing. The standout number is the huge production number I WANNA BE A PRODUCER and THAT FACE which he does with Uma Thurman is glorious. Other standouts are WE CAN DO IT, KEEP IT GAY, WHEN YOU GOT IT FLAUNT IT and SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER. Nathan Lane shines in the solo BETRAYED and he and Matthew Broderick have perfect chemistry in the touching TIL HIM. Mathew Broderick and Nathan Lane were made for these roles and their full exceptional talent is in full display. They make a perfect team and the chemistry provides laughs galore. Thank God they agreed to make the film version. Without them the movie would not have succeeded.
Watch this movie to feel good, laugh hysterically and be prepared to sing and dance for days. The music stays with you. Since watching the movie 3 times I have purchased the soundtrack and play it endlessly.
Highly recommend this film. Enjoy.
DVD Review: New Interpretation of a Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
OK. No, this is not as great as the original with Mostel and Wilder. It is a musical interpretation of that original, which was an often brilliant classic of silly slapstick, over the top acting, and poor taste (read Ebert's review of each film). I thought the musical numbers were well staged and directed, and the songs were deliciously vulgar and witty. The stars reprise performances honed on Broadway, and Uma Thurman was a nice surprise as a musical performer. If you like musicals, and if you laughed at the original, you will enjoy this film. If you haven't seen the original be aware that it is not for everyone (Brooks's humor is not to everyone's taste), but it made me laugh loud and often. Either enjoy this for what it is, or don't watch it. Enough with the complaining, already.DVD Review: Funny Musical
Summary: 5 Stars
Max Bialistock is a Broadway Producer who is down on his luck. One day he meets acountant Leopold Bloom and they come up with an idea to make alot of money. Find the worst play eveer written, get the worst director, and take off with the money to Rio.
Their plan seems to go according to plan when they find "Springtime for Hitler" by Franz "I was never a member of the Nazi Party" Liebkind, and got Roger DuBris to Produce.
Things go wrong for them on opening night though. Franz was supposed to play Hitler, but broke his leg causing Roger DuBris to play him. This change makes the musical more of a hit than Max and Leo expected.
Max is soon on trial for bilking little old ladies out of their money and is mad that Leo left him to go to Rio with Ula ( receptionist/singer). Leo does come back and they are sent to jail, but are freed and soon put other numbers on Broadway.
With an amazing cast (Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, and Will Ferrell and great songs this movie is a treat.
DVD Review: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film. I grew up, although I am a child of the 90's, on the old movie. I think that Nathan Lane is extremely similar to Zero Mostel. Uma Therman also does a good job as Ula. Now, and again I LOVE this film, I think Matthew Broderick is trying too hard to be like Gene Wilder. He goes in and out from being the absolutely perfect insane man that is Wilder, to be the more clean cut man that is himself.
The music in this film is amazing!! I want to keep replaying the musical scenes!
I love this film! and I love Mel Brooks. I love his Young Frankenstein, on Broadway, which stars Robert Bart (who I love) who plays Roger's partner in this film.
Watch this movie!!!
Description of The Producers (Widescreen Edition)
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick return to their award-winning roles in the hilariously funny film of the record-breaking Broadway smash-hit. Scheming producer Max Bialystock (Lane) and his mousy accountant, Leo Bloom (Broderick), discover that under the right circumstances they could make more money by producing a Broadway flop than they can with a hit. But what will they do when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise sensation? Co-starring sexy Uma Thurman and comedy genius Will Ferrell, The Producers is a fun-filled, side-splitting comedy.The trend is to convert movies into stage musicals, but The Producers goes a step further: making a feature film of the smash-hit stage musical that was adapted from the 1968 film. The chief drawing card, of course, is Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprising their roles from the stage. Lane plays Max Bialystock, a legendary Broadway producer who hasn't had a hit show in a long time. Enter nebbish accountant Leo Bloom (Broderick), who tells Bialystock he could actually make more money with a flop than a hit. So the two set out to produce the worst Broadway musical of all time, one guaranteed to close on opening night, with the collaboration of an outrageous cast of characters: Will Ferrell as sieg heil-ing author Franz Liebkind, Uma Thurman as Swedish bombshell Ulla, Gary Beach as director Roger De Bris, and Roger Bart as his assistant, Carmen Ghia, among others.
As directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman (who did the same honors on Broadway) and co-written by Mel Brooks, The Producers is laugh-out-loud funny. It's also a relentlessly over-the-top, shamelessly bawdy, stereotype-ridden comedy that may turn off its audience just as much as its centerpiece, Springtime for Hitler, was intended to. But Broadway fans who are used to larger-than-life figures who play to the back row while showering the first row with spit, are likely to forgive and just enjoy the famous granny-walker dance, a supporting cast dotted with Broadway performers (playing a taxi driver is Brad Oscar, who originated the role of Liebkind on Broadway then later played Bialystock), or the mere spectacle of seeing Lane and Broderick memorializing the performances that millions never got a ticket to see. (For maximum laughs, stick around through the closing credits.) --David Horiuchi
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