Rating of
3/4
Mel Brooks + Gene Wilder = Comedy Classic
TheWolf - wrote on 12/21/07
This is the original film Directed by Mel Brooks. A movie has rarely tapped into the pent up paranoia of a society like this one did. There was so much fear so much pretension during this time and here this movie comes to make fun of all of this, and leading the way is the absolutely brilliant comic mind of Mel Brooks. The plot of the movie is very simple: Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) is a down on his luck Broadway Producer who persuades tax attorney Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) to work with him on a play that is sure to be a flop so they can collect the investment without the intention of making a profit. The name of the musical: Springtime for Hitler.
The combination of Mostel and Wilder is amazing. While many of the jokes in this version as pretty dated, the results are still a riot. Much like the newly remade version of this film, this was one of Brooks best.
