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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.
Leopold "Leo" Bloom is a timid and mild-mannered accountant, [1] prone to panic attacks and who keeps a fragment of his childhood blue blanket in his pocket to calm himself. . Towards the end of the film, when Leo tries to turn himself in and use his accountant books as evidence, Max stops Leo on the way out the door and steals Leo's books, causing Leo to lose his temper and attack Max in a ...
The Producers is a 2005 American musical comedy film directed by Susan Stroman and written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on the eponymous 2001 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on Brooks's 1967 film of the same name.
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).
The Producers is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan.It is adapted from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name.The story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a Broadway musical designed to fail.
Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp With Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden is a fictional musical play within a play in Mel Brooks' 1967 film The Producers, [1] as well as the stage musical adaptation of the movie [2] and the 2005 movie adaptation of the musical.
Brooks receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974).
Dustin Hoffman was cast as Liebkind in the Mel Brooks film The Producers (1967), but before filming began Hoffman begged Brooks to let him go to audition for The Graduate. [22] When Dustin Hoffman auditioned for the role of Benjamin, he was just short of his 30th birthday at the time of filming.