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Average Rating: Rating: - Hilariously zany! This film has been a personal favorite since its release in 1968. Scripted and directed by Mel Brooks (whose routine as the 2000-year-old-man remains one of the funniest creations of all times), it has an exceptional pair of lead actors in the frazzled Zero Mostel and the bewildered Gene Wilder--the eponymous producers. The very notion of creating a terrible Broadway show is hilarious; to focus on Hitler and Germany and actually make it funny is a singular accomplishment. "Springtime for Hitler" is, incredibly, a madly catchy title tune for the supposedly ill-fated production--splendidly performed by the feckless Dick Shawn (as Hitler). The sexual antics of Mostel and a bevy of elderly women (most notably the aged Estelle Winwood) to generate funds for the production are madly funny, yet never cruel. Mostel and Wilder play off each other with impeccable timing, to great effect. The Producers holds up perfectly, not in the least dated, and remains as funny today as it was back in 1968. If you've never seen it, you're missing a rare, truly hilarious, gem. My highest recommendation. Rating: - Positively the funniest movie EVER! Mel Brooks won an Academy Award for his screenplay of THE PRODUCERS, and with due cause. This hilarious romp through the world of Broadway producers stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in an Oscar-nominated performance and is non-stop funny! Max Bialystock is a has-been Broadway producer who has been reduced to swooning little old ladies for cash. Leo Bloom, an honest accountant(Wilder) comes in to help Mr. Bialystock with his producing bills, and makes the comment that under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he would with a hit. So begins the unbelievably hysterical journey of Bialystock and Bloom in search of the worst play in the world. They discover a play called "Springtime for Hitler" and proceed to get the worst director, the worst playwright, and the worst actor to play Hitler, and produce the play on Broadway. There is only one small problem, the play is a HIT! People think that it is a hilarious comedy, and they clamour to see it. This great film is chock-full of laughs, and great performances. Zero Mostel plays a fantastically unscrupulous producer and astounds as Max Bialystock. Gene Wilder is a comic genius as Leo Bloom, and he is wonderful. Kenneth Mars pulls off quite possibly one of the funniest characters ever as the ex-Nazi, Hitler-loving playwright, and Dick Shawn gives a finely-tuned performance as a psychedelic hippie actor playing Hitler. I have not laughed more at any other movie. This is definitely the funniest movie ever. Go out and see it right now! Rating: - Springtime for Broadway What a great idea that Brooks finally took this movie and adapted it into a stage musical where it belongs! Mel Brooks' true home is the theater, where his gags, madcap humor, and rapid-fire exchanges are what audiences are hungry for. His comedy needs an audience and feeds off of it. This movie, his directoral debut, hinted at that audience-need in it's play-within-a-play: "Springtime For Hitler". I saw this movie just because it was about guys making a musical comedy about Hitler. What isn't funny about that?! I can laugh just thinking about chorus girls dressed in storm-trooper uniforms kick-lining to gunfire. This movie cannot disappoint. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder are masters and were both perfect. The plot is necessarily zany and weird. It has all the traditional Brooksian elements as well as revealing a talent for staging musical productions-- this is a hint he picked up on in 2000 with his smash Broadway success. Thank you, Mr. Brooks for continuing to make us laugh. "We're HYSTERICAL! WE'RE HYSTERICAL!!!"

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