Available on DCP
CELEBRATE MEL BROOKS' CENTENNIAL YEAR
August 14 – 20 Richmond, VA BTM MOVIELAND
August 14 – 20 Albany, NY BTM SPECTRUM
August 14 – 20 Aspen, CO BTM ISIS
August 14 – 20 Buffalo, NY BTM MARKET ARCADE
August 20 Three Oaks, MI VICKERS THEATRE
August 28 (35mm) Franklin, IN HISTORIC ARTCRAFT THEATRE
September 3 Cedar Falls, IA UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
September 6 & 10 Ithaca, NY CORNELL CINEMA
September 14 Ogunquit, ME LEAVITT THEATRE
September 19 Madison, WI UW CINEMATHEQUE
September 23 Winnipeg, MB WINNIPEG FILM GROUP
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
