Available on DCP
May 23 Rochester, NY GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM
June 5 – 11 Kansas City, MO SCREENLAND ARMOUR
June 14 Chatham, NY CRANDELL THEATRE
June 16 Princeton, NJ PRINCETON GARDEN THEATER
June 23 Doylestown, PA COUNTY THEATER
June 26 Washington, DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
June 28 Santa Barbara, CA SBIFF FILM CENTER
June 28 San Rafael, CA SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER
June 28 Cambridge, MA THE BRATTLE
June 28 Ann Arbor, MI MICHIGAN THEATER
June 28 Saskatoon, SK ROXY THEATRE
June 28 Houston, TX RIVER OAKS THEATRE
June 30 Ambler, PA AMBLER THEATER
July 1 Madison, WI UW CINEMATHEQUE
July 25 – 26 Brooklyn, NY NITEHAWK CINEMA PROSPECT PARK
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
