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The producers, Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures present ; directed by Susan Stroman ; screenplay by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan ; produced by Mel Brooks, Jonathan Sanger ; a Brooksfilms production

Label
The producers, Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures present ; directed by Susan Stroman ; screenplay by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan ; produced by Mel Brooks, Jonathan Sanger ; a Brooksfilms production
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual humor and references
Main title
The producers
Oclc number
64395844
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures present ; directed by Susan Stroman ; screenplay by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan ; produced by Mel Brooks, Jonathan Sanger ; a Brooksfilms production
Runtime
135
Summary
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able to produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime for Hitler' written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct and hire the loopy Swedish bombsheel Ulla as the lead actress
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
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