Fri March 7, 2014
The Producers, Mel Brooks (U.S., 1967
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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Academy Award for Best Screenplay
We 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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We 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)
Academy Award for Best Screenplay
We 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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We 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)
show less
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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