The Producers
7.5
1968
1 hr 28 min
Comedy
Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
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- Cast:
- Zero Mostel , Gene Wilder , Estelle Winwood , Christopher Hewett , Kenneth Mars , Lee Meredith , Renée Taylor
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Reviews
Good concept, poorly executed.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
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Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
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The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
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