1967 · comedy
The Producers (1967)
Directed by Mel Brooks1h 29m1967
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
Our read: The Producers (1967) (1967) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- inventive
- signature
- funny
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