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1968 Certificate PG
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An early Mel Brooks classic and regarded by many as one of his best. Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), one-time King of Broadway, now living upon the crazy whims and cash of amorous old ladies meets Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), a neurotic accountant. Together they plan to produce the biggest theatrical flop of all time - 'Springtime .. Read more

Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars
Director Mel Brooks
Genres Comedy

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The Producers

An early Mel Brooks classic and regarded by many as one of his best. Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), one-time King of Broadway, now living upon the crazy whims and cash of amorous old ladies meets Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), a neurotic accountant. Together they plan to produce the biggest theatrical flop of all time - 'Springtime for Hitler', a gay romp about Adolf and Eva - and still make a fortune. The scheme includes a hilarious combination of a zany ex-German soldier and his appalling play, the world's worst director and a guitar-playing hippie who gets the star role as Hitler. The play is terrible - it's immediate failure is guaranteed, or is it? When the curtain goes up the audience goes mad leaving Leo and Max with a very serious problem.

Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Lee Meredith, Christopher Hewett, Andréas Voutsinas, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor, David Patch, William Hickey Barney Martin, Shimen Ruskin, Frank Campanella, Josip Elic, Madelyn Cates
Director Mel Brooks
Studio MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 24 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 25 Oct 2004
Production year: 1968
Format DVD

The Producers (1968)

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    This triumphantly tasteless affair was Mel Brooks's first feature and it fully deserves its status as a comedy classic. Zero Mostel plays the sweaty, down-on-his-luck Broadway impresario who links up with shy accountant Gene Wilder in a scam to fleece theatrical investors with the worst play of all time: a musical biopic of Adolf Hitler. The two leads are wonderful, as is Dick Shawn as the hippy star who takes the lead role in their production, and, while the gags flow freely throughout, it's the jaw-dropping numbers from Springtime for Hitler that cement the film's place in cinema history.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Brooks' first feature, an absolutely hilarious and tasteless New York Jewish comedy about Broadway. Mostel plays a... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Utter Chaos

    Oh how I laughed out loud. Zero Mostel is a comedy genius, the writing is superb and the one-liners had me cackling until I cried. If you don't get any valentine cards this year and you're feeling down, get this film out for a rip roaring laugh.

    Once you have seen Max Bialystock steeling himself and trying to get in on with an up-for-it octogenarian, it will put you off romance for all of five seconds.

      • friarfield from UK
      • Posted 09 Feb 2005 20:42

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Not as good as the remake

    Not as good as I remembered. Gene Wilder gives an excellent performance as the neurotic Leo Bloom, but the lack of the songs from the remake (and stage production) put this version in the shade.

      • Stephen Brown from Livingston, Scotland
      • Posted 29 Jan 2006 23:45

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