Available on DCP
April 8 Oak Park, IL CLASSIC CINEMAS LAKE THEATRE
April 14 Denver, CO DENVER FILM SIE FILMCENTER
April 24 Viroqua, WI HISTORIC TEMPLE THEATRE
April 26 Brookline, MA COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
May 23 Rochester, NY GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM
June 5 – 11 Kansas City, MO SCREENLAND ARMOUR
June 16 Princeton, NJ PRINCETON GARDEN THEATER
June 23 Doylestown, PA COUNTY THEATER
June 26 Washington, DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
June 28 Santa Barbara, CA SBIFF FILM CENTER
June 28 San Rafael, CA SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER
June 30 Ambler, PA AMBLER THEATER
USA, 1968
Director: Mel Brooks
Producer: Sidney Glazier
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars
Screenwriter: Mel Brooks
Cinematography: Joseph Coffey
Music: John Morris
"Springtime for Hitler" and "We're Prisoners of Love" by Mel Brooks
"Love Power" by Norman Blagman, Herb Hartic
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Language: English
Running Time: 90 minutes
Synopsis:
In a final bid at financial success, has-been Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) produces a purposefully abhorrent musical on the advice of accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), who thinks that one can make more money from a flop than a hit.
Awards and Recognition:
Best Original Screenplay (Academy Awards, 1969)
Best Supporting Actor nomination - Gene Wilder (Academy Awards, 1969)
Best Actor and Best Screenplay nominations (Golden Globes, 1969)
Best Original Screenplay (Writers' Guild of America Awards, 1969)
Named to the National Film Registry, 1996
Rated #11 on the AFI List of America's Funniest Movies
