The Producers
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Susan Stroman
Nathan Lane
Matthew Broderick
Uma Thurman
Will Ferrell
Gary Beach
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It's a 1959, and Broadway is buzzing with some of the theater world's biggest names. Producer Max Bialystock, however, is no longer one of them. One day, mousy accountant Leo Bloom shows up at Bialystock's office to do his books and innocently remarks that a dishonest man could make more money producing a flop than a hit show. Immediately, a light bulb goes off in Bialystock's head, and he tries to persuade the reluctant Bloom to join him in his perfect plan to embezzle a fortune by producing a sure-fire Broadway misfire and then skip town with the cash. Deciding he's had enough, Bloom seizes the day and becomes Bialystock's partner in crime. Searching for the ultimate bad play, Max and Leo discover a musical entitled "Springtime for Hitler--A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva in Berchesgarten." They decide to pay the playwright, Franz Liebkind, a visit on his Greenwich Village rooftop. Before he will agree to let Bialystock and Bloom produce his play, however, the Nazi-loving Liebkind insists the two would-be producers join him in celebrating the Aryan way of life and forces them to pledge allegiance to Hitler. Bialystock and Bloom embark upon securing the most appropriately untalented director. Upon entering the piss-elegant apartment of Roger DeBris and his common-law assistant Carmen Ghia, the duo finds that DeBris and company are reluctant to take on such serious subject matter until the producers convince them that, in their hands, "Springtime For Hitler" could bring the director the respect and prestige (read: Tony) of which he's always dreamed. When blonde Swedish bombshell Ulla shows up at the office looking to audition, Bialystock and Bloom hire her on the spot for the chorus. Until rehearsals, the panting duo agree that she'll work as their secretary/receptionist. In order to raise the two million dollars needed to "fund" the play, Bialystock must pay a visit to his demanding benefactors, hundreds of sex-starved little old ladies across Manhattan. Meanwhile, the girl-shy Bloom becomes hopelessly smitten with Ulla and is surprised to find that the attraction is quite mutual.
Director
Susan Stroman
Cast
Nathan Lane
Matthew Broderick
Uma Thurman
Will Ferrell
Gary Beach
Roger Bart
Eileen Essell
Michael Mckean
David Huddleston
Debra Monk
Andrea Martin
Jon Lovitz
Bryn Dowling
Meg Gillentine
Kevin Ligon
Ray Wills
Marilyn Sokol
Brad Oscar
Tory Ross
Brent Barrett
Peter Bartlett
Jim Borstelmann
Jai Rodriguez
Mike Jackson
Keith Kuhl
Kathy Fitzgerald
Keith L Thomas
Roland Rusinek
Jason Antoon
Madeleine Doherty
Jonathan Freeman
Mike Mcgowan
Timothy Gulan
Patrick S Brady
John Barrowman
Susann Fletcher
Michael Thomas Holmes
Ronn Carroll
Ruth Williamson
John C Vennema
Fred Applegate
Jerry Richardson
Timothy Shew
Daniel Mastrogiorgio
Richard Kind
Naomi Kakuk
Thomas Meehan
Brian Rogalski
Jimmy Smagula
James Biberi
Mel Brooks
Rachel Montez Collins
John Treacy Egan
Robert Fowler
Jack Hayes
Angelique Ilo
Stephanie Michels
Dana Moore
Christopher Nilsson
Christina Norrup
Mia Price
Wayne Schroeder
John Sloman
Abe Sylvia
Craig Waletzko
Wendy Waring
Jeff Williams
Karen Ziemba
Matt Allen
Matt Baker
Ken Barnett
Alan Bennett
D.b. Bonds
Harry Bouvy
Patrick Boyd
Liam Burke
Eric Michael Gillett
Justin Greer
Peter Gregus
Eric Gunhus
David Havasi
Jason Lacayo
Jamie Laverdiere
Mark Ledbetter
David Lowenstein
Ira Mont
Joseph Mooradian
Patrick Mullaney
Marcus Nance
Chris Peterson
Nick Santa Maria
Denton Tarver
Patrick Wetzel
Steve Wilson
Kent Zimmerman
Leanne Bowman
Angie C. Creighton
Jennifer Lee Crowl
Holly Cruikshank
Colleen Dunn
Jenny Gruby Field
Rhonda Kaufman
Charley Izabella King
Renee Klapmeyer
Alison Levenberg
Sarah Misiano
Kandice Pelletier
Katherine Marie Schwing
Michele Utzig
Melanie Allen
Jane Altman
Piper Lindsay Arpan
Margery Beddow
Mimi Bensinger
Pam Bradley
Maureen Brennan
Jane Brockman
Barbara Broughton
Kimberly Calore
Alice Cannon
Warren Carlyle
Eileen Casey
Erin Crouch
Diane Findlay
Norma Fire
Sondra Gorney
James Gray
Ashley Amber Haase
James Hadley
Mary Ann Hannon
Marcia Haufrecht
Cynthia Leigh Heim
Kimberly Hester
Chris Holly
Stacey Todd Holt
Shauna Hoskin
Joan Jaffe
Nancy Johnston
Shari Jordan
Mary Looram
Dana Lorge
C.c. Loveheart
Melissa Rae Mahon
Patricia Mariano
Peter Marinos
Lucy Martin
Liz Mckendry
Jeannine Moore
Jan Neuberger
Denise Nolin
Francine Myles
Nancy Ozelli
Sylvia Norman
Darcy Pulliam
Jessica Perrizo
Erika Rominger
Lisa Rothauser
Rita Rehn
Joy Seligsohn
Letty Serra
Jason Patrick Sands
Jessica Sheridan
Karen Shallo
Cynthia Thole
Tracy Terstriep
Chryssie Whitehead
Jill Wolins
Courtney Young
Will Armstrong
Colin Baja
Seth Belliston
Scott Davidson
Gary Franco
Sean Martin Hingston
Michael Jablonski
Terace Jones
James Kinney
Richie Mastascusa
Barry Mcnabb
Mark Myars
Wes Pope
Danny Rutigliano
John Salvatore
Marcos Santana
Chad Schiro
Courter Simmons
Robert Wersinger
Michael Goddard
Kelly Sullivan
Matthew J. Vargo
Angie Schworer
Kimberly R. Jones
Jerome Benton
Scott Fowler
Brad Musgrove
Eric Altheide
Robert Bartley
Joshua Bennett
Timothy Bish
Crew
G. A. Aguilar
John Bailey
Lon Bender
Douglas Besterman
Patrick S Brady
Patrick S Brady
Peter Brooke
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
Endla Burrows
Ellen Christiansen
Bob Colletti
Todd Cooper
Blaise Corrigan
John Criswell
Robin Dufay
Peggy Eisenhauer
Jules Fisher
Mark Friedberg
Jeffrey Lee Gibson
Amy Herman
Amy Herman
Sam Hoffman
Michelle L Keiser
Steve Kirshoff
William Ivey Long
Tod A Maitland
Thomas Meehan
Charles Minsky
Michael Oosterom
Marsha Robertson
Peter Rogness
Tara Jayne Rubin
Jonathan Sanger
Stacey Snider
Susan Stroman
Dunja Vitolic
Robin Wagner
Steven Weisberg
Victor Yerrid
Leah Zappy
Julie Zobel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 16, 2005
Expanded Release in United States December 25, 2005
Released in United States on Video May 16, 2006
Feature film based on Mel Brook's Tony Award winning (Best Musical of 2001), and broadway hit musical "The Producers," starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, directed by Susan Stroman, and writen by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan. The musical was based on the feature film "The Producers" (USA/1967), written and directed by Mel Brooks.
Nicole Kidman was previously attached to play the role of Ulla.
Feature directorial debut for Susan Stroman.
First major film production to shoot at New York's Steiner Studios located on the Brooklyn waterfront.
Limited Release in United States December 16, 2005
Released in United States Winter December 16, 2005
Expanded Release in United States December 25, 2005
Released in United States on Video May 16, 2006
Limited Release in United States December 16, 2005
