What is The Producers (1967 movie)?
{{unreferenced|date=February 2012}} {{italictitle}} '''''The Producers''''' is a 1967 [[United States|American]] satirical dark comedy cult classic movie written and directed by [[Mel Brooks]]. The movie tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who want to produce a Broadway musical, but they want it to fail. They take more money from [[investor]]s than they need and plan to abscond to [[Brazil]] as soon as the play closes, only to see the show turn out to be a hit. ''The Producers'' was the first movie directed by [[Mel Brooks]]. He won an [[Academy Award]] for his screenplay. Decades later, it was selected for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] and placed 11th on the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list]]. The movie was later remade by Brooks as a successful Broadway [[The Producers (musical)|stage musical]]. The musical itself was adapted as a movie [[The Producers (2005 movie)|in 2005]]. ==Cast== *[[Zero Mostel]] as Max Bialystock, the producer and the deuteragonist *[[Gene Wilder]] as Leo Bloom, the accountant and the main protagonist *[[Dick Shawn]] as L.S.D. *[[Kenneth Mars]] as former Nazi soldier and playwright, Franz Liebkind == Other websites == *{{imdb title|063462}} {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Producers, The}} [[Category:1967 comedy movies]] [[Category:Academy Award winning movies]] [[Category:American black comedy movies]] [[Category:American satirical movies]] [[Category:1960s English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Manhattan]] [[Category:United States National Film Registry movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Mel Brooks]] [[Category:1960s black comedy movies]]