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Producers, The: Special Edition (UK)

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Hollywood Never Faced a Zanier Zero Hour!
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 84 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Synopsis:
An early Mel Brooks classic and regarded by many as one of his best. Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), one-time King of Broadway, now living upon the crazy whims and cash of amorous old ladies meets Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), a neurotic accountant. Together they plan to produce the biggest theatrical flop of all time - `Springtime for Hitler`, a gay romp about Adolf and Eva - and still make a fortune.
The scheme includes a hilarious combination of a zany ex-German soldier and his appalling play, the world`s worst director and a guitar-playing hippie who gets the star role as Hitler. The play is terrible - it`s immediate failure is guaranteed, or is it? When the curtain goes up the audience goes mad leaving Leo and Max with a very serious problem.

Special Features:
Making of (63 mins). Playhouse out-take. Peter Sellers` statement read by Paul Mazursky. Trailer. Sketch gallery.

Directed By:
Mel Brooks

Written By:

Starring:
Renée Taylor
Estelle Winwood
Kenneth Mars
Gene Wilder
Zero Mostel

Distributor:
Momentum Pictures (2-disc)

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