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The Producers is even funnier on the big screen, a true laugh-out-loud comedy |
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| The Producers is even funnier on the big screen, a true laugh-out-loud comedy | ||
| by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid
- SGN A&E Writer
The Producers Directed by Susan Stroman Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Jon Lovitz Now playing To me, when a show leaves you with a happy feeling, or terrified for weeks (if it's a thriller), or humming happily (if it's a musical), then, I'd say it works. Mel Brooks' hilarious story of two bumbling misfits who try to produce the 'worst show ever made' succeeds on all levels. And yes, the show-stopping number "Springtime for Hitler" is just as daffy and tacky as the one in the 1968 version of The Producers, which made me love the show in the first place. Matthew Broderick (Torch Song Trilogy), and Nathan Lane (The Birdcage) recreate their stage characters from the Broadway show of The Producers and the effect is gloriously overblown. Just think of all of those Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers or Gene Kelly technicolor musicals from the early days of Hollywood and you get the idea. There is lots of splash, color and costumes, which are to die for - particularly Uma Thurman (she plays the lithe and sexy 'Ulla') in her opening night couture and in the dance number with Broderick as 'Leo Bloom'. Mostly, however, it's the funny, funny, funny wit of Nathan Lane, who plays the womanizing producer 'Max Bialystock', who won the audience over when I saw it a few weeks ago. The man is a natural at making double entendres, and at being the 'comic genius' to Broderick's more laid back 'straight man'. And, then there's Jon Lovitz, who is as wickedly delightful to watch as always in his role of 'bossman' in a room full of nerdy accountants, where Bloom also works, until he joins Bialystock in the producing business. In short, I think this film is a shoe-in for some sort of Oscar, if only for those delicious costumes worn by the actresses. Me, I could see this film again and again, to laugh as heartily as I did when I saw the Mel Brooks version on the little screen several years ago. |
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