The Producers (1968) (Collector's Edition) - July 2, 2013

[Akijama]

The Producers Blu-ray

The Producers is a 1968 American satirical dark comedy cult classic film written and directed by Mel Brooks. The film is set in the late 1960s and it tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who want to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop. They take more money from investors than they need and plan to abscond to Brazil as soon as the play closes, only to see the plan improbably go awry when the show turns out to be a hit.

The film stars Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock, the producer, and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom, the accountant, and features Dick Shawn as L.S.D., the actor who ends up playing the lead in the musical within the movie, and Kenneth Mars as the former Nazi soldier and playwright, Franz Liebkind.

The Producers was the first film directed by Mel Brooks. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Decades later, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry and placed 11th on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list. The film was later remade successfully by Brooks as an acclaimed Broadway stage musical which itself was adapted as a film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNjOBzg8tc

[octagon]

Shout Factory? Really?

I'm not complaining, mind you. I just would have thought MGM or the like.

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by octagon

Shout Factory? Really?

Color me surprised as well. Brilliant news, nevertheless!!

[BohemianGraham]

WANT, but I really need to cut back on buying/upgrading. However, nothing's shown up on Amazon Canada yet. I can hold off on it, since I still have my faithful DVD copy.

[Arkadin]

finally for this one too.
I was really beginning to wonder.

[Crimson King]

why isnt Fox releasing this, as its a MGM title

should have been part of the Mel Brooks blu-ray set in the 1st place IMO

[Hubunkey]

MGM licensed a bunch of films to Shout, they pretty much created the Scream Factory line with MGM titles. I am just glad it's getting released and having a respectful studio like Shout releasing it is great news to me

[madmojo]

I've so been waiting for this one! Now all I need is Dracula: Dead and Loving it, and I'll be set.

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by octagon

Shout Factory? Really?

I'm not complaining, mind you. I just would have thought MGM or the like.

I thought it would come from MGM too considering it is a big title. But still great news nonetheless!

[Oblivion138]

Originally Posted by Hubunkey

MGM licensed a bunch of films to Shout, they pretty much created the Scream Factory line with MGM titles.

And Universal titles.

Count me in for The Producers, so long as the transfer is solid.

[Abdrewes]

The funniest movie I've ever seen...on blu ray. I'm all in!

[goldie1970]

Day one Blind buy for me!

[kamphausd1]

Yes, finally. One of the most original comedies of all time, and much better than that lousy adaptation of the musical.

[benricci]

Sweet!

[Atreyu]

Finally the last Mel Brooks movie that I truely want on blu.

[jrsl76]

Been waiting on this one. Shout is bringing it right now.

[bookcase]

I wish they'd release the movie musical version to coincide with this.

[silverlakephil]

Looking forward to this one. The remake with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick was disappointing, IMO.

[DMRI2006]

If MGM was all that interested in releasing it themselves, they would have before, or back when that Brooks anthology box-set was released. For whatever reason, they passed (and gave us two different releases of SPACEBALLS in this format instead! Thanks Shout for jumping in and releasing it

On the musical -- I didn't like the film version of it and found it poorly directed. Worked much better on stage than on film (but if anyone is looking for it, there's a region free Japanese release you can import).

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

Looking forward to this one. The remake with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick was disappointing, IMO.

It was definitely disappointing for a musical that was quite spectacular on stage, but I still found it entertaining. In the hands of a better movie director, I think it would've had better results.