The producers [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; Columbia Pictures ; a Brooksfilms production ; directed by Susan Stroman ; screenplay by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan ; produced by Mel Brooks, Jonathan Sanger.
Features: deleted scenes with new musical numbers, outtakes, analysis of a scene "I wanna be a producer", feature commentary with director Susan Stroman, scene selection, interactive menus. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Based on the 1968 screenplay "The producers" written and directed by Mel Brooks and "The producers the new Mel Brooks musical" book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Eileen Essell, David Huddleston, Michael McKean.
Summary:
A down-on-his-luck theatrical producer is forced to produce a sure-fire flop play in a money-making scheme, only to have it succeed and the backers demand their money.
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