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The Producers (2006)

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Release Date: Jan 13, 2006; Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: May 16, 2006; Genre: Comedy; With: Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane; Distributor: Universal

By Ken Tucker

Ken Tucker

Ken Tucker is critic-at-large for EW

The Producers, the movie of the Broadway musical of the 1968 movie now comes to DVD — anyone for The Producers: The Podcast? Certainly this film, directed by Susan Stroman, could use some scaling down: Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick didn't adjust their performances for camera close-ups, but gesticulate and overenunciate as though still playing for the back rows of matinee crowds. EXTRAS Some funny outtakes, but a woefully halting commentary by Stroman is filled with gushing blather like ''Our prop department did a great job with those adding machines — they're very authentic.''

Posted May 19, 2006

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