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The Producers (2005)
Max Bialystock is a theatrical producer who sweet-talks rich old women to get them to invest in his Broadway plays. Then he meets Leo Bloom, who innocently realizes that if Max were to get a lot of money to invest in play which was a guaranteed flop, that they would be rich. The two then proceed to find the worst play ever written, obtain a large number of investors, hire a lead actor and director with absolutely no talent, and then sit back to wait for the bad reviews. The plan is faultless, at least they think so... (read more)
| Release Date: | December 16th, 2005 |
| Directed By: |  | Susan Stroman |
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The Producers Movie Review by Tony  (6/3/2006) |
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Musicals that are turned into films are on the same level of books turned into films. Also, with comic books turned into films. You must accomplish two things in order for it to be successful. One is to remain loyal to the original source material in order to please the fans of the original book, film, or musical. More...
(complete The Producers review by Tony)
| The Producers Movie Review by Max (4/15/2006) |
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Broadway to film, another adaptation technique also used by 2002's best picture at The Academy Awards, Chicago, brings Mel Brooks' The Producers to the silver screen. The original motion picture, released in 1968 was a humorous hit starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, and then was made into a hit musical on Broadway in...
(complete The Producers review by Max)
| The Producers Movie Review by Matthew (1/9/2006) |
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Max Bialystock's (Nathan Lane) latest Broadway flop, "Happy Guy", a musical based on "Hamlet", has just opened and closed on the same night. His accountant, Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick) reviews the books and realizes Max raised $2,000 more than he spent on the show. Because the show flopped, this isn't a huge problem,...
(complete The Producers review by Matthew)
Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick): So what time can you get here?
Ulla (Uma Thurman): Well, Ulla wake up every morning at five AM. From five to seven, Ulla excercise. From seven to eight Ulla take long shower. From eight to nine Ulla eat big Swedish breakfast. Many different herrings. From nine to eleven, Ulla practice her...
(complete The Producers review by Movie Addict)
Often time when Broadway shows are adapted for the screen they lose the magic and believability that captured your imagination on stage. They tend to fall flat because they are too over the top or too lengthy. 'The Producers' reaches high above the standard, however does not escape falling weak to those two issues.
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(complete The Producers review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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