PRODUCERS movie on DVD-April 25th

[dhiraj86]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:27am

Here is a link for the Producers DVD release date. It looks kind of sktech. Nonetheless, here is a date.




Producers-April 25th,2006 Updated On: 2/27/06 at 12:27 AM

[worrell4077]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 4:35pm

It looks like they are about ready to annouce the exact date for the dvd cause on the site it says The Producers dvd and it also says on the bottom "Preorder The Producers dvd from Universal Online Store", but it's not up at any site for preorder.

Nevertheless, I really want to preorder the movie. I really can't wait for the dvd!
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"The music is the story, not the excuse for it."
-John Lloyd Young

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:17pm

Are they going to include the deleted "King of Broadway" song? I would think they should, since they included "Class" for Chicago and some scenes from "Rent."

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:25pm

I'm REALLY looking forward to this one. I recognized so many people in the film but my brain just wouldn't work fast enough for me to name them. Now I can have it at home to take plenty of time with!


(Besides - I loved the movie!)

[jv92]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:28pm

Wow, it made 19 million. That's sad, as bad as the movie was. I am looking foward to seeing deleted scenes if the include any.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:50pm

That is ad - but the movie was never anywhere as good as it should have been.
The top two problems were giving the film to Susan Storhman (she had no film experience and it showed) and Matthew Brodericks unbelievable and bad performance.

[jv92]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:55pm

If I were producting that film-
(Let's just pretend Mel Brooks hated the experience and never wanted anything to do with the show again.)

I would have hired Rob Marshall as director.
I would have given Roger Bart the Broderick part.
I would have given Gary Beach top billing with Lane, Bart and Ferrell.
I would have given Jai Rodregiuz (sp?) Carman Ghia.
I would have been smart enough not to cast Uma Thurman as Ulla. (Who to cast though?)
Oh yeah, I would have pushed the studio to publicize more.

[dhiraj86]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 12:33am

I guess there are not lot of people who like the Producers movie, by the amont of responses from this post. I enjoyed it and I cant wait till the dvd.

[dhiraj86]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 12:45am

I want to keep this post alive!

[YankeeGal#24]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 8:42am

"I guess there are not lot of people who like the Producers movie, by the amont of responses from this post. I enjoyed it and I cant wait till the dvd."

I enjoyed it too, and both times I saw it (sold out) the audience was wildly into it, laughing and clapping, including me. I can't wait for the DVD.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 8:44am

Yea, even though it got bad reviews, I loved it! I haven't laughed that hard at a movie in my life!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:55am

It got "bad" reviews from critics who don't know entertainment when they see it.

[YankeeGal#24]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:57am

I agree with you Glinda2. It wasn't filmed the way many modern musicals have been, it was too much like the stage play, it wasn't imaginative enough, it wasn't glitzy, etc. Some folks seem to have lost sight of the fact that it was entertaining and JUST PLAIN FUNNY!

[SamIAm]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:24am

Actually jv92, the total proceeds for domestic and international are over 28 million with openings scheduled in March through late April in many other countries.

The total take of all international release combined with DVD release should more than pay back the investment of $45 million which will make Universay pretty happy.

From the Universal reports of domestic box office it sounds like they are OK with the results. You have to remember that this was never going to be a block buster like an action flic or a KING KONG.

It was never intended to be nor was it expected to be. In this day and age, no studio is going to go into a movie musical with that expectation and this one was done as a retro kind of thing so it wouldn't attract the same audience as Chicago or Moulin Rouge (or even RENT) anyway. And it was never supposed to be of the same ilk. It was SUPPOSED to be stagey and old fashioned.

While the reviews were mixed (not all bad as some have reported) they were far from horrible across the board and audiences that have reported on it seemed to have liked it a lot.

I hope it will do well in DVD sales. It will give others a chance to see what they couldn't see on the Broadway stage with most of the original cast members.

Updated On: 2/27/06 at 11:24 AM

[jimnysf]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:40am

There was an earlier thread on this as well:
Producers DVD

[dhiraj86]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:48am

Opps.... I did a search and everything. Guess I must have over looked it. Anyways, I think this fantasitc movie deserves at least 2 posts. RENT, another great movie, had at least 50 dedicated to just the dvd. I am a little surprised by the lack of Producers posts on BroadwayWorld.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:51am

Now the link from the first post says the dvd is coming out on May 16th.

[dhiraj86]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:57am

No it doesn't.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 12:10pm

I loved this film. I saw it four times at the movie theatre. I thought it was odd that people complained this film was too much like the stage play while they complained that "Rent" was not 100% like the stage play.

What is taking Universal so long to make the official DVD release announcement?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:39pm

Yes it does:

http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=64373

[pab]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 3:16pm

Corect Release Date