1h 28min | Comedy | 22 November 1967 | Color, ws
Director: Mel Brooks
Stars: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Estelle Winwood, Ken Mars, Dick Shawn, Christopher Hewett, Estelle Winwood.
Alan Johnson ... choreographer
At least 6 songs performed in the Soundtracks; this should be a musical. Since it's about a musical, I'll nominate it for Music.
Gene Wilder is luminous here. His neurotic behavior is ecstatic yet sublime, such beautiful eyes.
ZM is so believable as the creepy, desperate producer. CH, TV's Mr. Belvedere, is fey-ry good (with his "partner") as the director of the play who can't stand doing musicals, but just has to add numbers to the show. DS as the hippie actor cast as Hitler is FUNny. As is nearly everything here.
I wanted to watch this in preparation for the full-out musical version to come. SO glad I did.
distr. AVCO Embassy Pictures, dir. Brooks; 8
