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It certainly does. The more I think about it, the better it gets. It's a marvelous piece of filmmaking.
Reviews of the day:
The Producers (1968)
This movie is outrageously funny! It has a hilarious script and the acting was superb! Gene Wilder stole the show with his odd excesses of hysteria and Zero Mostel was very convincing. I also liked the extremely sexy appearance of Lee Meredith.
The movie starts with the introduction of a theater producer, named Max Bialystock. He has no money, so he tries to earn it by 'prostituting' himself to older women.
When an accountant visits him, they get the idea to collect way too much money for a cheap play that will certainly flop, so they can run away with the rest of the money that they didn't invest.
Problems arise when their play, Springtime for Hitler, seems to become the biggest hit on Broadway and when they have to pay back all the so called owners of the play.
Another notable character was Franz Liebkind, the writer of the play, who is still a nazi at heart and wants to kill the two producers when he sees his original Hitler praising script is ruined by funny sketches.
I enjoyed the film a lot, but I don't really know if it is the big masterpiece some people say it is. The dialogue is undeniably well written, of course, but I don't know if this film offers enough to be called 'one of the best ever'. So for now, I'll give it:
Reviews of the day:
The Producers (1968)
This movie is outrageously funny! It has a hilarious script and the acting was superb! Gene Wilder stole the show with his odd excesses of hysteria and Zero Mostel was very convincing. I also liked the extremely sexy appearance of Lee Meredith.
The movie starts with the introduction of a theater producer, named Max Bialystock. He has no money, so he tries to earn it by 'prostituting' himself to older women.
When an accountant visits him, they get the idea to collect way too much money for a cheap play that will certainly flop, so they can run away with the rest of the money that they didn't invest.
Problems arise when their play, Springtime for Hitler, seems to become the biggest hit on Broadway and when they have to pay back all the so called owners of the play.
Another notable character was Franz Liebkind, the writer of the play, who is still a nazi at heart and wants to kill the two producers when he sees his original Hitler praising script is ruined by funny sketches.
I enjoyed the film a lot, but I don't really know if it is the big masterpiece some people say it is. The dialogue is undeniably well written, of course, but I don't know if this film offers enough to be called 'one of the best ever'. So for now, I'll give it: