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Producers (The)
- Director: Susan Stroman
- Writer: Mel Brooks; Thomas Meehan
- Producer: Mel Brooks; Amy Herman
CGiii Comment
A wholly inferior and unnecessary re-make.
Why bother!?! Baffling.
An example of Hollywood and its imaginative drought - it is practically a word-for-word replica of its 60s superior.
Dire.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around 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. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables).
Cast & Characters
Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock;
Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom;
Uma Thurman as Ulla;
Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind;
Gary Beach as Roger DeBris;
Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia;
Eileen Essell as Hold Me-Touch Me;
Michael McKean as Prison Trustee;
David Huddleston as Judge;
Debra Monk as Lick Me-Bite Me;
Andrea Martin as Kiss Me-Feel Me;
Jon Lovitz as Mr. Marks;
Bryn Dowling as Usherette / Girl With Pearls / Little Old Lady / Bavarian Peasant;
Meg Gillentine as Usherette / Girl With Pearls / Little Old Lady / Tapping Brown Shirt;
Kevin Ligon as Workman / Little Old Lady