Andreas Voutsinas, Barney Martin, Christopher Hewett

Producers Max Bialystock (Mostel) and Leo Bloom (Wilder) make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

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PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Mel Brooks

Release Date: June 1, 1968

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DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002

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  • September 17, 2009
    This is a very funny film, Mostel and Wilder are brilliant together in what is probably Mel Brooks?s best film. I?m not interested in the remake, it baffles me as to why it needed to be made, there seems to be an unnecessary trend in turning classic comedy films into musicals and...( read more) then turning the musical into a film. It?s silly and stupid and I?ll have no part in it!
  • August 22, 2009
    Madness...
  • March 9, 2009
    Some of it's a little dated. But that includes LSD, my favorite character missing from the new version. I love the songs in the Broadway musical version, but by the time they made the new movie the show was tired. You have to go back to the original!
  • February 23, 2009
    This is seriously one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

    Screaming unfunny lines does not magically make them funny.
  • October 10, 2008
    Mel Brooks made his directorial debut in this film about a sleazy Broadway producer (Zero Mostel) and a neurotic accountant (Gene Wilder) who devise a scheme to make a fortune by putting on a play that's a bomb. The title? Springtime for Hitler.

    Hilarity ensues throughout The P...( read more)roducers with the opening sex games Mostel has to play with elderly women for checks to Kenneth Mars deranged portrayal as the writer of Springtime for Hitler. This is one of those classic comedies that doesn't get old and stands as the introduction of the wit of Mel Brooks.
  • November 6, 2009
    now this is comedy gold, even with the topic a musical about hiter with 'women wearing jackboots and little else'

    genius having hitler played as a beat nik

    plus it stands up to the test of time, wil have to watch the remake of it no so i can bitch about that :)
  • August 24, 2009
    Don't believe the hype.
  • July 5, 2009
    Mel Brooks is awesome. but surprising the Remain is a bit better.
  • June 30, 2009
    not interested in musicals
  • June 24, 2009
    I like this film, It is just alot of fun.

Critic Reviews


December 1, 2002
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

The one aspect of the original Producers that still stuns is the roaring, over-the-top, in-your-face thereness of its two lead performances. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is one of the funniest movies ever made. full review

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  • tmoney007nc
    February 2, 2008
    One of the Mel Brooks classics. Quite honestly, an epic comedy for all generations to laugh at and ponder.

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