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The Producers
$9.99
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.

The Producers (Special Edition)
$24.98
Mel Brooks made a typically noisy directorial debut with this joyously insane comedy which dares to affront its audiences with crookedness & crassness. I imagine by the way this film comes across, it made quite an impact with 1968 audiences, and its loony storyline continues to entertain audiences today (i.e., the smash Broadway musical & its film adaptation). Brooks originally intended it as a novel, but then it just didn't work out, and the piece morphed from stage play to screenplay. Lucky for us!
The pairing of the late Zero Mostel & screen newcomer Gene Wilder was a casting match made in heaven. No one goes into hysterics quite like Wilder, and Mostel is a wondrous force of nature who blows through the picture. The two played off each other beautifully. The great comic actors Kenneth Mars & the late Dick Shawn were nothing less than perfection in their roles of the nutty German playwright & the hippie-ish actor L.S.D., miscast (on purpose) as Hitler, respectively (the latter's audition selection of the song "Love Power" is really something else). And the shots of stunned, shocked faces of the audience during the "Springtime for Hitler" opener is an unforgettable comedy moment.
I saw the recent Nathan Lane-Matthew Broderick starring remake of "The Producers" movie, so it was interesting to compare the two films. My opinion? The latter is a more fully realized production from the original. But few films can match the sheer comic energy of the original. It remains an offbeat classic, an indication that Brooks was just beginning to unleash his comic talents on us...fortunately!

The Producers (Deluxe Edition)
$19.98
Mel Brooks made a typically noisy directorial debut with this joyously insane comedy which dares to affront its audiences with crookedness & crassness. I imagine by the way this film comes across, it made quite an impact with 1968 audiences, and its loony storyline continues to entertain audiences today (i.e., the smash Broadway musical & its film adaptation). Brooks originally intended it as a novel, but then it just didn't work out, and the piece morphed from stage play to screenplay. Lucky for us!
The pairing of the late Zero Mostel & screen newcomer Gene Wilder was a casting match made in heaven. No one goes into hysterics quite like Wilder, and Mostel is a wondrous force of nature who blows through the picture. The two played off each other beautifully. The great comic actors Kenneth Mars & the late Dick Shawn were nothing less than perfection in their roles of the nutty German playwright & the hippie-ish actor L.S.D., miscast (on purpose) as Hitler, respectively (the latter's audition selection of the song "Love Power" is really something else). And the shots of stunned, shocked faces of the audience during the "Springtime for Hitler" opener is an unforgettable comedy moment.
I saw the recent Nathan Lane-Matthew Broderick starring remake of "The Producers" movie, so it was interesting to compare the two films. My opinion? The latter is a more fully realized production from the original. But few films can match the sheer comic energy of the original. It remains an offbeat classic, an indication that Brooks was just beginning to unleash his comic talents on us...fortunately!

The Producers (2005 Movie Soundtrack)
$9.99
This CD replayed the entire show for us - and what a wonderful show it was! The sound, sequencing, everything was so accurate that we felt we were experiencing the whole Broadway show again. Our family enjoyed this cd, and have listened to it many times over again and again. The older ones have learned the words to their favorites!