Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/16/05 (Limited) 12/35/05 (Wide) Home Video 05/16/06 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and references Running Time 2 hours 14 minutes Genre Comedy, Musical Director Susan Stroman Writer Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan Cast Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart Bart, Gary Beach Studio Universal Pictures |
THE PRODUCERS
SYNOPSIS
The movie classic that became a Broadway sensation
now becomes a movie musical event.
Mel Brooks is bringing The Producers, one of the most
honored musicals in the history of the American
theater, to the motion picture screen as a sparkling,
feature-length musical comedy. The record-breaking
Tony Award-winning hit (based on Mel Brooks' seminal
1968 motion picture comedy) received 15 nominations
and won a record-breaking 12 awards, including Best
Musical, Best Director and Choreographer, and Best
Actor.
Two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick return to their celebrated roles as
Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical
producer and his mousy CPA who hit upon the perfect
plan to embezzle a fortune: raise far more money than
you need to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop and
then (since no one will expect anything back), Max
and Leo can pocket the difference. To do this, they
need the ultimate bad play, which they find in the
musical Springtime for Hitler. Their plans come to
The movie classic that became a Broadway sensation
now becomes a movie musical event.
Mel Brooks is bringing The Producers, one of the most
honored musicals in the history of the American
theater, to the motion picture screen as a sparkling,
feature-length musical comedy. The record-breaking
Tony Award-winning hit (based on Mel Brooks' seminal
1968 motion picture comedy) received 15 nominations
and won a record-breaking 12 awards, including Best
Musical, Best Director and Choreographer, and Best
Actor.
Two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick return to their celebrated roles as
Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical
producer and his mousy CPA who hit upon the perfect
plan to embezzle a fortune: raise far more money than
you need to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop and
then (since no one will expect anything back), Max
and Leo can pocket the difference. To do this, they
need the ultimate bad play, which they find in the
musical Springtime for Hitler. Their plans come to
naught and the duo are taken completely by surprise when their new production is hailed as a
toast-of-the-town hit. Will Ferrell also brings his spot-on comic talents to the role of Franz Liebkind, the
neo-Nazi playwright (and pigeon fancier) responsible for penning the "worst play ever
written."--©Universal Pictures
toast-of-the-town hit. Will Ferrell also brings his spot-on comic talents to the role of Franz Liebkind, the
neo-Nazi playwright (and pigeon fancier) responsible for penning the "worst play ever
written."--©Universal Pictures
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