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New York, 1959. Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) was once the king of Broadway, but now all his
shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick), who proposes a scheme tailor-made for
producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the
surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De
Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (Uma Thurman). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong?
Well, there's no accounting for taste.
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otsoNY Comments: Originally, this was almost shot in Toronto, Canada. New York State
tax incentives made it possible for the production to film in New York City at the new Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. Producer Mel Brooks also jokingly
complained that the bagels in Toronto were "too mushy".
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Bethesda Terrace, (Mid-Park at 72nd Street) Central Park, Manhattan. |
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953 - 955, 5th Avenue (btw East 76th and 77th Streets) Manhattan. |
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The Mall, Central Park, Manhattan. |
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The Plaza Hotel, 750 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan. |
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5th Avenue (btw East 50th and 51st Streets) Manhattan. |
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Atlas Statue
Atlas is a bronze statue in front of Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City,
across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The sculpture depicts the Ancient Greek Titan Atlas holding the heavens. It was created by sculptor Lee
Lawrie with the help of Rene Paul Chambellan, and it was installed in 1937. The sculpture is in the Art Deco style, as is the entire Rockefeller Center.
Atlas in the sculpture is 15 feet tall, while the entire statue is 45 feet tall, as high as a four-story building. It weighs seven tons, and is the largest
sculpture at Rockefeller Center. The North-South axis of the armillary sphere on his shoulders points towards the North Star as seen from New York City.
When Atlas was unveiled in 1937, some people protested, claiming that it looked like Mussolini. Later, painter James Montgomery Flagg said that Atlas
"looks too much as Mussolini thinks he looks". The statue is sometimes associated with the Objectivist movement, in reference to the work Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand, although the statue precedes the movement.
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