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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192843822
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 15
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D28438D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 16, 2006
Running Time: 134 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2005
Editorial Review:
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.System Requirements:Running Time 135 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 025192843822 Manufacturer No: 28438
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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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An absolute riot! I laughed the whole way through. Will Ferrell is at his comedic best in this. The music numbers are well choreographed and sung, overall a really fun film. This movie always brings a smile to my face.
Rating:  -
There is an obvious urge when reviewing this movie to compare it to the earlier version, but this is unfair. This movie is not a "remake" as such, but a different presentation of the basic story. It needs to be reviewed on its own lack of merit.
I simply cannot believe that this treatment was a hit on Broadway and received numerous awards, but people have told me that the theatre version was much better.
Don't mistake though, this movie is awful, and for a multitude of ... Read More
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The answer is, not many places. The film of the musical of the original movie brings back a bunch of the stage's stars, notably Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, to try and recapture what brought Broadway ticket holders out in droves. However, this looks like the old fashioned musical-to-film style where the movie often looks like the stage play simply acted out for the cameras. Mel Brooks even inserts a joke about it at one point, when Uma Thurman coos to Broderick, "Why did you move away from me ... Read More
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This movie is not only funny, but great fun. It can be enjoyed on the surface as a comedy or musical. Or, one can delve deeper and look at Max Bialystock as a metaphor of desire and frustration. One HAS to watch the unfortunately-deleted King of Broadway in the deleted scenes. This shows Max as a deposed king trying to gain back former glory, rather than a simple wannabe. This scene is a reprise/sendup of Fiddler, complete with Jewish lament and incredibly energetic street dancing. Only then do ... Read More
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Have used Amazon manny times and been delighted. Ordered this dvd not realising that different regions in the world have different 'settings' for playback on dvds and once received I was unable to play this dvd at all.... BUT - returned item and system worked brilliantly. I received total refund inc cost to return item. Bottom line is that I have total confidence in Amazon and would use them for any purchase without any reservation. Thank you Amazon.
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