http://www.viewpoints.com/The-Producers-1967-reviews Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:10:43 GMT Latest reviews about The Producers 1967 http://www.viewpoints.com/The-Producers-1967-review-dfa62 After seeing the Producers on Broadway, I was anxious to see the original Mel Brooks movie. Now that I've watched it a couple of times, I can say that I like it in the way that it is a "classic" and not necessarily as funny today as it probably was back in the 1960s. <br/><br/><strong>Plot</strong> <br/>Just like the musical and the recent movie, the plot revolves around Max, a Broadway producer whose plays are starting to go down the toilet. He hires Leo, an accountant, to do his papers for his latest flop and Leo inadvertently finds that under the right circumstances Max could make more money with a flop than with a hit! <br/><br/>Leo says this is just an observation, but Max takes it very seriously and wants Leo to help him create the worst play in history so they can make a killing! Leo runs out scared - did I mention he's always a nervous wreck? So... will Leo come around? Will they make money on this scam? Rent it! <br/><br/><strong>Actors</strong> <br/>Max is played by Zero Mostel who is a chubby and pretty unattractive guy. This is important because he's...... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:10:43 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/The-Producers-1967-review-dfa62 vivasuzi 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/The-Producers-1967-review-879b <p>Wilder, Mostel, Funny  Greatest Films #50</p><p>Mel Brooks' first feature length film was outrageous, loud, in your face and very funny.  It's on my top 50 of all time list not because it's a great work of art, (comedy is tough, not pretty and perhaps not purely ART  but I don't care).  It's on my list because it's a film I've watched over and over and over again and STILL find it clever, rude, funny and no one can top Mostel and Wilder who  were zapped by some comic genie to give some of their funniest moments on film EVER -I'll credit Mel Brooks for making it happen.</p><p><br/><strong>The Producers</strong>  still remains as politically incorrect as ever. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder's first scenes together are beyond funny and ridiculous and brilliant.  They get away with the mugging because of perfect comic timing... . It's the story of a Broadway producer and an accountant who realize they can make more money with a Broadway flop then with a hit, and set up about to find the worst play ever written. They think...</p>... Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:26:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/The-Producers-1967-review-879b ChrisJarmick 5