The Producers (1967 film)
The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars. The film is about a con artist theater producer and his accountant who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a stage musical purposely designed to fail. They find a script celebrating Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and bring it to the stage. Because of this theme, The Producers was controversial from the start and received mixed reviews. It became a cult film and found a more positive critical reception later.
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Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright.
Brooks in 2010
Brooks wrote for Your Show of Shows starring Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar
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