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Producers [WS]

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Released: 2006-05-16

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Producers [WS] DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Susann Fletcher, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Eileen Essell, David Huddleston, Michael McKean, Debra Monk, Andrea Martin, Jon Lovitz

Director(s): Susan Stroman

Features:
Deleted scenes including never-before-seen musical numbers
Outtakes
Analysis of a scene "I Wanna Be a Producer"
Feature commentary with director Susan Stroman

Producers [WS] DVD Details

Video:
2.40:1
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Language:
English
French
Subtitles:
English, French, Spanish

Running Time: 135
Genre: Comedies
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 025192843723
Product Code: MHV61028437DVD
Format: DVD
Year:2005
Studio: Universal Studios

Producers [WS] DVD Summary After transforming his first motion picture into a smash Broadway musical, Mel Brooks brings the story of two would-be theatrical moguls turned con men back to the screen in this musical comedy.

Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) was once one of Broadway's most successful producers, but a string of flops has thrown his career into a tailspin, and now he struggles to raise the cash to stage new shows by playing gigolo to lonely old ladies.

While going over his books, accountant Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick) notices that Bialystock raised more money than he spent for one show, and points out that if one raised enough money for a show that closed in one night, you could make more off a flop than a hit.

This strikes Bialystock as a brilliant scheme, and he decides to give it a try, persuading Bloom to join him in staging the world's greatest flop.

After discovering a truly vile script -- "Springtime for Hitler," a musical set in the Third Reich written by neo-Nazi pigeon fancier Franz Liebkind (Will Ferrell) -- and giving a key role to the secretary Ulla (Uma Thurman), a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with only a tenuous understanding of the English language, Bialystock and Bloom are certain they have the disaster they need for their plan to work.

But the scheme unexpectedly goes wrong when "Springtime for Hitler" becomes a "so bad it's good" hit.

Mel Brooks co-wrote the screenplay for The Producers as well as producing it, but directorial chores were handed over to Susan Stroman, who also directed the Broadway show; Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick also repeated their roles from the Broadway production.