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The Producers (Widescreen Edition)
starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach
directed by: Susan Stroman

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
A down-on-his-luck theatrical producer is forced to produce a sure-fire flop play in a money-making scheme, only to have it succeed and the backers demand their money.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 16-MAY-2006
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com:
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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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BRODERICK,MATTHEW
EAN: 0025192843723
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D28437D
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

Customer Reviews

very fun movie 5 out of 5 stars
I've known this movie for a long time, watched it many times at friends' places. It's very entertaining. :) I decided to buy this DVD on Amazon coz the price was right!


 







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