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The Producers

  • 19671967
  • PGPG
  • 1h 28m
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Lee Meredith, Zero Mostel, and Dick Shawn in The Producers (1967)
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A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
57K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,818
660
    • Mel Brooks
    • Mel Brooks
  • Stars
    • Zero Mostel
    • Gene Wilder
    • Dick Shawn
    • Mel Brooks
    • Mel Brooks
  • Stars
    • Zero Mostel
    • Gene Wilder
    • Dick Shawn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 292User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
    • 96Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)
    Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)
    Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, and Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)
    Gene Wilder, Christopher Hewett, Zero Mostel, and Andréas Voutsinas in The Producers (1967)
    Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)
    "The Producers" Kenneth Mars, Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel 1968 MGM
    "The Producers" Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel 1968 MGM
    "The Producers" Mel Brooks directing 1968 MGM
    "The Producers" Kenneth Mars & Dir. Mel Brooks 1968 MGM
    "The Producers" Gene Wilder 1968 MGM
    "The Producers" Kenneth Mars, Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel 1968 MGM
    "The Producers" dancers performing for "Springtime for Hitler" 1968 MGM

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    Zero Mostel
    Zero Mostel
    • Max Bialystock
    Gene Wilder
    Gene Wilder
    • Leo Bloom
    Dick Shawn
    Dick Shawn
    • L.S.D. - Lorenzo St. DuBois
    Kenneth Mars
    Kenneth Mars
    • Franz Liebkind
    Estelle Winwood
    Estelle Winwood
    • Hold Me Touch Me
    Christopher Hewett
    Christopher Hewett
    • Roger De Bris
    Andréas Voutsinas
    Andréas Voutsinas
    • Carmen Ghia
    • (as Andreas Voutsinas)
    Lee Meredith
    Lee Meredith
    • Ulla
    Renée Taylor
    Renée Taylor
    • Eva Braun
    • (as Renee Taylor)
    Michael Davis
    • Production Tenor
    John Zoller
    • Drama Critic
    Madelyn Cates
    • Concierge
    • (as Madlyn Cates)
    Frank Campanella
    Frank Campanella
    • The Bartender
    Arthur Rubin
    • Auditioning Hitler
    Zale Kessler
    • Jason Green
    Bernie Allen
    Bernie Allen
    • Auditioning Hitler
    Rusty Blitz
    • Auditioning Hitler
    Anthony Gardell
    • Auditioning Hitler
      • Mel Brooks
      • Mel Brooks
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    • Trivia
      Roger Ebert recounted how he was in an elevator with Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft in New York City after the film premiered. A woman got onto the elevator, recognized him and said, "I have to tell you, Mr. Brooks, that your movie is vulgar." Brooks replied, "Lady", he said, "it rose below vulgarity."
    • Goofs
      During the time in Liebkind's flat and leaving it Max and Leo are wearing Nazi bandages on the right arm. However the real swastika bandages were worn on the left arm. Since Franz Liebkind was a "true" Nazi, he should have known that.
    • Quotes

      Leo Bloom: I'm hysterical! I'm having hysterics. I'm hysterical. I can't stop when I get like this. I can't stop. I'm hysterical.

      [Max throws a glass of water on him]

      Leo Bloom: I'm wet! I'm wet! I'm hysterical, and I'm wet!

      [Max slaps him]

      Leo Bloom: I'm in pain! And I'm wet! And I'm still hysterical!

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits show each actor's full name and their picture, but it only says "Zero" for Zero Mostel.
    • Alternate versions
      Some prints eliminate the opening "Embassy Pictures" logo, as well as a few seconds of footage in the bar scene, including the drunk's dialogue "Let's have a toast...to toast! I love toast..." and the beginning of the song "By the Light of the Silvery Moon". Most prints just cut into the scene in the middle of the song verse.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Dick Cavett Show: Robert Altman/Mel Brooks/Peter Bogdanovich/Frank Capra (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      The Producers
      (uncredited)

      John Morris and M. Goode

    User reviews292

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    A gay romp through a great film
    This is a marvellous piece - a combination of utter farce, black humour, Jewish schtick and high camp, "The Producers" remains a truly wonderful film.

    From the opening sequences, where Theatre agent Max is a despairing old fool trying to avoid tax, through the "little old lady seduction" scenes, to the gorgeous rooftop scene where a mad German pigeon fancier tries to remain within the bounds of sanity and fails, via the meeting with "top" Hollywood director Roger" we're not alone" de Bris, the film traces the hapless and eponymous producers who devise a foolproof scheme to make money out of a flop. They employ a Nazi writer to script the musical "Springtime for Hitler", which is guaranteed to be a flopperoony. Of course, they manage to totally miss the mood of the day and the projected flop is a huge hit - whereupon they have to pay back the 16,000 percent of the cost that they acquired....

    Wild, manic, joyous and deeply perceptive, this is Mel Brooks at his finest - Jewish gags abound, but never alienate, accountants get the mickey taken (cheers all round!) and the final production - well, if you haven't seen this film, where have you been living? One of the greats.
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    • Sep 17, 2002

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 1968 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Broadway Theatre - 1681 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Crossbow Productions
      • Springtime Productions
      • U-M Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Mono

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