The Producers (Deluxe Edition)

Director: Mel Brooks

Product Description

A "startling, stunning, outrageous [and] breathtaking debut" (Los Angeles Times) from acclaimed writer/director Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs), this Oscar®-winning* comedy combines "pure pell-Mel lunacy [and] wild, ad-lib energy [into an] uproariously funny" (Time) film! Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever written ("Springtime for Hitler") and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise smash hit, they find themselves in the middleof a Broadway blitzkrieg! *1968: Original Screenplay

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: 20th Century Fox
• Director: Mel Brooks
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Ulla… "Go to work"

The original title “Springtime for H-i-t-l-e-r.” Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), an independent accountant, is discussing Max Bialystock’s (Zero Mostel) play right, finances from his last play. They realize that if you produce a flop, you don’t have to pay back the money you collect. This holds even if you sell more than 100% interest in the play. So they plan just that for the next play. First, they must get money so Max launches himself into “Little Old Lady Land”. Estelle Winwood gets to play “Hold me, Touch me.” To ensure the play is a flop, they find one called “Springtime for H-i-t-l-e-r"; they find players to match, such as Lorenzo Saint DuBois (L.S.D.) (Dick Shawn). In the meantime, Max, using the excess money, picks up an assistant who can only speak Swedish. That is Lee Meredith as Ulla. Do they succeed? Do they learn their lesson? Send me five dollars, and I will tell you. (Just kidding).