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I'm not normally inclined to recommend any form of entertainment sight unseen but I'll make an exception in this case. The Producers (due on Dec 16th) has everything going for it.
It's been done before quite successfully. Many would find that a negative but there are mitigating circumstances. The movie led Mel Brooks to adapt it for the stage where it became a Tony Award winning Broadway Show. Even with the cast turnover, it was a lot of fun when I saw it this past summer.
The biggest reason to assume good things about the new film are the primary characters reprising their stages roles (Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock and Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom). The story revolves around the interplay between Max and Leo. All reports I've seen indicate that these two really feed off one another (it's interesting that they're now doing a turn as Felix and Oscar in a revival of The Odd Couple).
This I've got to see.
Posted by Dave at December 5, 2005 12:27 AM