The Producers, Mel Brooks (U.S., 1967
- When
- Fri Mar 7, 2014
- Where
- Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
- Time
- 7:00 PM
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies, Classic
Description
Academy Award for Best ScreenplayWe couldn’t wait for official spring, but it’s “Springtime for Hitler” nonetheless. A has-been Broadway producer, Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel at his seediest best) has a great scheme—he’ll bilk his investors out of dough by producing a surefire failure. Bialystock and his CPA Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) take on a goose-stepping tribute to Hitler, a musical no less, with spaced-out hippie Lorenzo St. DuBois, a.k.a. L.S.D. (Dick Shawn), as the Führer “with a song in his heart.” For his first film, Mel Brooks had the good sense to lead with bad taste. This highly vulgar satire definitely stirred up a furor of its own.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Brooks. Photographed by Joseph Coffey. With Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars. (88 mins, Color, 35mm, From Rialto Pictures)
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