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Plot. Max Bialystock is an aging Broadway producer whose career has veered from great success to the depths of near failure. He now ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence while romancing lascivious, wealthy elderly women in exchange for money for a "next play" that may never be produced.
Down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock is forced to romance rich old ladies to finance his efforts. When timid accountant Leo Bloom reviews Max's accounting books, the two hit upon a way to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire flop.
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.
Synopsis. Based on the 1968 film, Mel Brooks’s musical The Producers is a laugh-out-loud, outrageous, crowd-pleasing farce that has been a smash hit since its 2001 debut.
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In 1959, following the flop of the theatrical musical Funny Boy (based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet) ("Opening Night"), the show's washed-up producer, Max Bialystock, hires the neurotic Leo Bloom as his accountant. While studying Max's books, Leo notes that as a flop is expected to lose money, the IRS will not investigate the finances of failed ...
Nathan Lane as Max BialystockMatthew Broderick as Leopold "Leo" BloomUma Thurman as Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson (later Bloom)Will Ferrell as Franz LiebkindAll tracks are written by Mel Brooks. ADDITIONAL TRACKS:21) "The Hop-Clop Goes On" 3:34, 22) "Goodbye!" 0:37, 23) "The King Of Broadway (Bonus Track) 4:38
Box Office
The film grossed $19 million at the box office in North America and another $18 million overseas, which brings the worldwide total of $38 million. The film’s failure was partly due to its competition with King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Fun with Dick and Jane, and Memoirs of a Geisha.
Critical reaction
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 153 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Despite the rich source material, The Producers has a stale, stagy feel more suited to the theater than the big screen." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale....
On February 28, 2016, a five-minute short film serving as a sequel to The Producers, entitled Trumped, was released on Jimmy Kimmel Live, with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprising their roles as Max Bialystock and Leopold "Leo" Bloom. The film follows Bialystock & Bloom having formed their own Political Consultants business, which has since ...
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Mar 22, 2017 · As a 16 year-old, Brooks worked for a cash-strapped theatrical producer who would sleep with little old ladies in return for them investing in his shows. Mel also knew a couple of producers in Manhattan who lived like kings but never produced anything but flops.
