The Producers
"Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom 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 and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking...
| Main Author: | Morris, John, 1926-2018 (Composer, composer (expression)) |
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| Other Authors: | Brooks, Mel, 1926- (Screenwriter), Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 (Actor), Wilder, Gene, 1933-2016 (Actor), Shawn, Dick (Actor), Winwood, Estelle, 1883-1984 (Actor), Mars, Kenneth (Actor), Meredith, Lee, 1947- (Actor), Hewitt, Christopher, 1922-2001 (Actor), Coffey, Joseph (Cinematographer, director of photography.), Rosenblum, Ralph (Film editor), Johnson, Alan (Choreographer) (Choreographer) |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
| Edition: | Deluxe edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom 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 and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise hit, they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg"--Container. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Special features: "The making of The producers" documentary; sketch gallery; Playhouse outtake; photo gallery; trailers; Peter Sellers statement read by Paul Mazursky. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) and anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and English mono. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Awards: |
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. |
| Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Joseph Coffey ; music composed and conducted by John Morris ; edited by Ralph Rosenblum ; choreographer, Alan Johnson. |
| ISBN: |
140491367X 9781404913677 |
| Author Notes: |
His first major role on Broadway was the chaplain in a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In 1967, he made his movie debut as an undertaker in Bonnie and Clyde. He went on to appear in numerous movies including The Producers; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask; Blazing Saddles; Young Frankenstein; Silver Streak; Stir Crazy; See No Evil, Hear No Evil; Another You; and Hanky Panky. In 1999, he was a writer for two TV movies in which he starred Murder in a Small Town and The Lady in Question. In 2003, he won an Emmy for his guest starring role in an episode of Will and Grace. He retired from acting soon afterward. His third wife, actress Gilda Radner, died of ovarian cancer in 1989. In her memory, he co- founded an ovarian cancer detection center in her name, in Los Angeles, and Gilda's Club, a network of support centers for women with cancer. He also contributed to a book entitled Gilda's Disease with Dr. M. Steven Piver. His memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, was published in 2005. His first novel, My French Whore, was published in 2007. His other books included The Woman Who Wouldn't, Something to Remember You By, and What Is This Thing Called Love? He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on August 29, 2016 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) |