The Producers

1968

1h 29m

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7.1/10

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Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom, plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

Directors

Mel Brooks

Writers

Herbert Hartig(lyricist by)

Mel Brooks(lyricist by)

Mel Brooks(writer by)

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Zero Mostel

Gene Wilder

Dick Shawn

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Zero Mostel

Max Bialystock

Gene Wilder

Leo Bloom

Dick Shawn

Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)

Franz Liebkind

"Hold Me Touch Me"

Roger De Bris

Carmen Ghia

Ulla

Eva Braun

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Concierge

The Bartender

Auditioning Hitler

Jason Green

Auditioning Hitler

Auditioning Hitler

Auditioning Hitler

Directors

Mel Brooks

Writers

Herbert Hartig(lyricist by)

Mel Brooks(lyricist by)

Mel Brooks(writer by)

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THE PRODUCERS (1967) - Mel Brooks' first feature film starts with the funniest opening credits sequence I've ever seen - a monetarily motivated rendezvous between a serial Broadway failure and a sexually insatiable octogenarian - and then proceeds to get even more hilarious as it progresses. The fabulous Zero Mostel somehow manages to chew scenery for breakfast, lunch and dinner while never overshadowing any of the other players (whose performances are all also appropriately broad, to be honest). Interestingly, were it not for a little known film by the name of THE GRADUATE (1967) casting while this film was going into production, we would have had Dustin Hoffman as the starry-eyed Nazi playwright. So Dustin went on to fame in another picture; Kenneth Mars ended up with a juicy role in just his second feature film; and Mel got to skewer the Third Reich and win an Academy Award for writing while doing it. Sometimes things just work out.

adorablepanic10 Apr, 2020