The Producers

3.7

(828)

Comedy

1968

88 min

Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual 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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Comedy

Dark Comedy

7.5/10

85%

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"Gene Wilder is everything. "

TheGingerGirl455

"An absolutely bonkers film in the best possible way. Absolutely hilarious from start to finish. Fantastic writing, direction and acting (both Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder were an incredible comedic pair and both of them are the MVP (I absolutely loved Gene in WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and he was the the soul of that film), and I find it an absolutely hilarious coincidence that Gene lost the Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for this film to his WILLY WONKA co-star Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe)). A very well-deserved Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay (beating 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY among others) that effectively parodies a seemingly offensive subject matter (I can totally see where JOJO RABBIT got its inspiration). This film wouldn’t work as well as does without the combined efforts of Mel Brooks, Zero Mostel, and Gene Wilder, and its status as a comedy classic is very well deserved. Highly recommended. P.S.: Technically this is either my first or second Mel Brooks film (while I vaguely recall seeing BLAZING SADDLES almost 30 years ago, I don’t have much memory of it). Eagerly looking forward to rewatching it along with other films."

Aditya

"You have to see the original for the incredible performances of Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel! This movie started it all!"

Anita Skop

"One of the funniest movies made and, for my money, Mel Brooks’ masterpiece. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein”, but this is his greatest achievement. Kenneth Mars gives an unparalleled comic performance as the crazed author and “ex”-Nazi. "

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Scott McElhaney

"Undoubtedly one of the funniest movies I've ever watched."