After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck Producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Director: Susan Stroman
Stars: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell.
Warren Carlyle ... associate choreographer
James Hadley ... assistant choreographer
Christina Marie Norrup ... assistant choreographer
Susan Stroman ... choreographer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395251/
20 songs in the Soundtracks, all Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks.
Although I prefer Gene Wilder & Ken Mars for their roles in the '67 non-musical film, the musical numbers here compensate gloriously. This pleased me more today than for my prior rating. It's good to see an actual live-action musical that's easy to follow, and not just a film with music performance/creation in the story, or with story/character confusion.
Unfortunately, this is dir. SS's last film (of 3), and she's turning 65 this year.
Rated 6.4 (38,118)
Universal, Columbia & more, dir. Stroman; 8
