Conor Mitchell A MAN who died in a horror crash had been drinking, had taken cannabis and cocaine and was not wearing a seatbelt, an inquest heard yesterday. Conor Mitchell, 26, who was from the Bingley area but more recently living in Skipton, suffered a catastrophic brain injury when his car smashed into a wall on Skipton Road, Utley, in the early hours of February 20 last year. The young dad was taken to Leeds General Infirmary (LGI), but died later that day. In a statement read out in the hearing, held virtually at Bradford Coroners’ Court, Mr Mitchell’s dad, Stuart, said his son had enjoyed a number of sports and supported Bradford City.
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Washed-up Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) has been taking advantage of little old ladies (to put it politely) to fund his failing productions and lifestyle for several years. When a by-the-book accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), finds a $2,000 discrepancy in Bialystockâs latest flop (he raised more than he spent), Max convinces Leo to âcook the booksâ and plug the money in somewhere. This leads Leo to think aloud that, on a much grander scale, a producer could make more money from a flop than a hit. And thus is the premise for Mel Brooksâ
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I know the 1968 movie The Producers virtually by heart, and it s one of the funniest movies I ve ever seen. That makes it tricky for me to review this 2005 musical version both because it s different, and because so often it is the same. There are stretches in Susan Stroman s opening scenes that follow Mel Brooks 1968 version so closely it s as if Gus Van Sant, having finished his shot-by-shot remake of Psycho, advanced directly to this assignment.
The new movie is a success, that I know. How much of a success, I cannot be sure. Someone who has seen the original once or twice, or never, would be a better judge. It is unfair to observe of Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick that they are not Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, but there you have it: They re not.
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