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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.)

*PLEASE NOTE THIS MOVIE IS PREVIOUSLY VIEWED. IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION-SEALED WITH A SECURITY STICKER. LOOKS BRAND NEW

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