Max Bialystock is an aging Broadway producer whose career has veered from great success to the depths of near failure. He now ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence while romancing lascivious, wealthy elderly … See more

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I was never crazy about Hitler ... If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win ... That's what they do so well: … See more

According to Brooks, after the film was completed, Embassy executives refused to release it as being in "bad taste". The film's premiere in See more

When it was first released, the film received a mixed response and garnered some exceptionally harsh reviews, while others considered it … See more

In 2002, The Producers was re-released in three theaters by Rialto Pictures and earned $111,866 at the box office. As of 2007, the film continues to be distributed to art-film and repertory cinemas by Rialto.
Brooks has adapted the story twice more, as a See more

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