Movie: The Producers (2005)

• Director: Susan Stroman
• Release Date: 25 December 2005 (USA)
• Run Time: 134 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Musical  
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and references.

Trivia: The song “You’ll Find Your Happiness In Rio” was written for the Broadway musical as part of an extended sequence that was dropped in favor of the song “Betrayed”. 

Goofs: Continuity: During the scene where Max and Leo are in the park, and Max is begging Leo to do the scheme with him, the shadow of the trees changes. When the camera zooms out, the shadows are all over the ground in front of the fountain. When the camera zooms out again momentarily, the shadow is completely gone. 

“New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he’s visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there’s no accounting for taste… Written by rmlohner”