The Producers
Release Date: December 21, 2005
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Musical comedy
Country: United States
Director: Susan Stroman
Screenwriters: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan
Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman,Will
Ferrell, Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Andrea Martin, Debra Monk, Jon
Lovitz
Synopsis:
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."
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