Better than ECO 101!

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2000)

If you want to learn about making as much money as possible and pay as little taxes as possible, you have the following choices: (a) take a crash course in economics, (b) read a taxation manual, or (c) watch this movie. Is (c) your final answer? Great, then read on. "The Producers" was the first of Mel Brooks' movies, and one of his best as well. Its hero was, literally, a Zero (Mostel), who played the producer Max Bialystock. Along with his accountant Leo Bloom, played by Gene Wilder, Bialystock believes that he can make a small fortune by producing the most tasteless play imaginable. Bialystock and Bloom believe that in "Springtime for Hitler," they have their bomb. And so begins our trip to laughland. Along the way, pay attention to the cameo roles of Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, and yes, even Mel Brooks gets a line in this! For Brooks, this movie served as a vehicle to channel years of anger built up against the Nazis for planning and operating the Holocaust. For everyone else, this movie is hard to find on video, so see it at any chance you have!