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Friday, December 16, 2005 12:00 AM

"The Producers"

Watching Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane's ultra-broad shtick is a little like watching a 3-D Imax film without the special glasses.

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  • Friday, December 16, 2005 09:31 AM

    Deja Vu

    "The Producers" was directed by Susan Stroman, the Tony Award-winning director and choreographer who has never made a movie before. Watching it, I began to wonder if she'd even seen a movie before.

    Didn't Pauline Kael use this same line in her review about Hal Prince's direction of the film version of A Little Night Music?

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