The Producers (1968) is a classic comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. It follows the misadventures of two down-on-their-luck Broadway producers, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, as they attempt to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire flop
The Producers is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan. It is adapted from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name. The story concerns a theatrical producer and his mild-mannered accountant who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a Broadway musical designed to fail. Complications arise when the show is a surprise hit. The humor of The Producers draws on exaggerated accents, caricatures of Jews, gay people and Nazis, and many show business in-jokes.