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The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film. It was directed and written by Mel Brooks, and stars Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars.The film is about a mild-mannered accountant and a con artist theater producer who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a stage musical designed to fail.
The Producers (1967) Last appearance: Trumped (2016 – Jimmy Kimmel sketch) Created by: Mel Brooks: Portrayed by: Zero Mostel Nathan Lane (Broadway musical, 2005 film, Jimmy Kimmel Live sketch), and Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm). In-universe information; Gender: Male: Occupation: Theatrical producer: Nationality: American
Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of comic characters including Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus on stage and on screen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967).
Mostel approved, and Wilder was cast for his first leading role in a feature film, 1967's The Producers. [21] The Producers eventually became a cult comedy classic, [22] [23] with Mel Brooks winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Wilder being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
There is variation, too, in the casting: the brilliant Nyman is far slighter than the original Bialystock Zero Mostel (and smaller too than Nathan Lane, who played him in the 2005 musical film ...
During the 1960s, he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counterculture personalities, such as the hedonistic but mother-obsessed Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1967). Besides his film work, he appeared in ...
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