The Producers and Where’s Poppa?



Thursday, December 27th, 7:00 pm

The Producers

(Mel Brooks, US 1968, 88 min., 35mm)

In the original film farce that inspired the smash Broadway musical, Gene Wilder plays a meek accountant dragged into a scheme by money-hungry producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel). In their attempts to produce a flop, they create one of the most memorable and comedic musical numbers in film history: Springtime for Hitler.

At 8:45 p.m.: WHERE’S POPPA?

(Carl Reiner, US 1970, 82 min., 35mm)

In a movie with a true commitment to tasteless humor, George Segal plays a lawyer whose domineering mother (a hilariously senile Ruth Gordon) has all but ruined his life. Bonus: preceding Where’s Poppa?, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks voice the animated version of THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN (Leo Salkin, US 1975, 26 min., Digital Projection). Two films for one admission price.