
May 11 & 14 New Orleans, LA PRYTANIA THEATRE
May 18 Eugene, OR ART HOUSE
May 18 Moscow, ID KENWORTHY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
May 22 Winterset, IA IOWA THEATER
May 24 Toronto, ON PARADISE THEATRE
May 30 Viroqua, WI HISTORIC TEMPLE THEATRE
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