Where to Watch The Producers
- syntheteJune 17, 2026Pure escapist silliness. Mel Brooks is 50/50 for me. I (usually) hate Musicals. I love absurdity. Not idiotic—zany. There's a difference. This film is full absurdity, all the time, and the cast is superlative. Most of the songs and staged hyper-reality sections are actually worth interrupting the plot. (I would have cut Bialystock's final lament, but it's near the very end.) Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, and Will Ferrell do not let up embodying razor sharp caricatures the entire time. A special nod to Gary Beach.
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The Producers was released on December 16, 2005.
The Producers was directed by Susan Stroman.
The Producers has a runtime of 2h 14m.
The Producers was produced by Jonathan Sanger, Amy Herman, Mel Brooks.
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
The key characters in The Producers are Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane), Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick), Ulla (Uma Thurman).
The Producers is rated PG-13.
The Producers is a Comedy, Musical, Crime film.
The Producers has an audience rating of 6.3 out of 10.
The Producers had a budget of $45M.
The Producers has made $38.1M at the box office.