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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."
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2005-12-16 |
| Rating (USA): | PG-13 |
| Release Date (UK): | TBA |
| Rating (UK) : | NA |
| Director: | Susan Stroman |
| Producer: | Mel Brooks |
| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Writer/s: | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan |
Cast
| Nathan Lane | Max Bialystock |
| Matthew Broderick | Leo Bloom |
| Uma Thurman | Ulla |
| Will Ferrell | Franz Liebkind |
| Roger Bart | Carmen Ghia |
| Gary Beach | Roger De Bris |
| Andrea Martin | Little Old Lady Investor |
| Debra Monk | Little Old Lady Investor |
| Jason Antoon | Jason Green |
| Fred Applegate | Sergeant O'Toole |
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