The Producers

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The first film from Mel Brooks, the legendary funnyman who unleashed Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein on the world, is a wild, outrageously hilarious comedy starring screen icons Zero Mostel (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein). Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Mostel) and his high-strung accountant, Leo Bloom (Wilder), discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever conceived (the utterly ridiculous Springtime for Hitler) and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise smash-hit, they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg! Brooks won an Oscar for his original screenplay, and Wilder, in his star-making performance, was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Co-starring comedy greats Dick Shawn (It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World) and Kenneth Mars (What s Up Doc?), The Producers went on to inspire a wildly-successful 2001 Broadway musical that won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards. (Dir. by Mel Brooks, 1967, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated)