History Film / TheProducers

* CriticalResearchFailure: Invoked.[[invoked]]
-->'''Roger:''' Do you know I never knew the Third Reich referred to Germany!
-->''(later)''
-->'''Roger:''' We've got to do something about that whole third act -- ''(shocked)'' -- they're losing the war!

* DidntThinkThisThrough: The plan involves hiring the "worst" director to run the play. They get a guy who is famed for his romantic comedies, which means he knows how to handle stage direction basics. How ''else'' did Max and Leo think this was going to go?

* MsFanservice: Ulla, {{gainaxing}} -- {{stripperiffic}} dance included. Also an InnocentFanserviceGirl.

* MsFanservice: Ulla, {{gainaxing}} -- {{stripperiffic}} dance included.

'''Franz''': ''(firing a gun in the air)'' YOU HAVE BROKEN THE SIEGFRIED OATH! YOU MUST DIE!!! YOU ALL MUST DIE!!!!!

''The Producers'' is a 1967 comedy film written and directed by Creator/MelBrooks; it stars Creator/ZeroMostel as failed Broadway producer Max Bialystock and Creator/GeneWilder as fearful accountant Leo Bloom. The film, now considered a comedy classic, launched Brooks' long film career; several decades later, he adapted it into a [[TheMusical Broadway musical]] starring Creator/NathanLane and Creator/MatthewBroderick (as Bialystock and Bloom, respectively) which won twelve Tony Awards (the most Tonys a UsefulNotes/{{Broadway}} production has ever received). The show and original film also won two UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s (Best Long Form Music Video and Best Musical Show Album) and an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for best screenplay, making this production responsible for six of Mel Brooks' collection of eleven major awards in the entertainment industry. The Broadway adaptation was itself adapted into a film in 2005 (featuring Lane and Broderick in the primary roles), but this adaptation wasn't as well-received as the original film or the Broadway production.

* CourtroomAntics: [[AFoolForAClient Leo]] tries to appeal to the judge's compassion and sympathy, "no harm done", the old ladies concur with an applause, and Max shows a deep remorse. An uplifting music accompanies the scene, it looked like a convincing defense, [[HopeSpot right?]] SmashCut to the exterior of the jail where the duo is imprisoned.

Where did we go right?''

** The entire concept behind ''Springtime for Hitler'' is Mel Brooks' TakeThat aimed right at [[AdolfHitlarious Hitler]] [[ThoseWackyNazis and the Nazis]].

-->'''Max''' The show was lousy and long.\\
We did everything wrong.\\
Where did we go right?

* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: The 2005 version lands on the Type 5 end of the scale (Identical Adaptation).

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: The duo's efforts to profit from the biggest flop on Broadway.

---> '''Max:''' Just once I'd like to see a woman on that couch that's under 85.

--> '''Max:''' Roll them in the aisles.
--> '''Ulla:''' Okie dokie, I vill try. But there's just so many of them.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Bialystock's and Bloom's efforts to profit from the biggest flop on Broadway.
* NeverMyFault: The song "betrayed" is nothing but this as Max rants his frustrations about Leo.

'''Franz''': ''(firing a gun in the air)'' YOU HAVE BROKEN THE SIEGFRIED OATH! YOU MUST DIE! YOU ALL MUST DIE!!!

* IAmBecomingSong: The final part of "I Wanna Be a Producer" has Leo quitting his current job to join Max in producing a Broadway musical, while Leo sings about starting off on his dream. The song reappears in instrumental lines as the musical progresses as Leo draws closer to fulfilling his dream.

Look out Broadway, HERE I COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!!!''\\
'''Chorus:''' ''Broadway, HERE HE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMES!''

* ThatsAllFolks: TheStinger, quoted at the bottom of this page.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Ulla.

* MadnessMantra:

* NiceHat: Bialystock forbids Bloom to wear his spare black fedora because "that's a Broadway producer's hat, and you don't get to wear the Broadway producer's hat until you're a Broadway producer! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment And you're not a Broadway producer, until you've produced a Broadway play!]]"

** In real life, death-camp survivor Creator/ElieWiesel was ''far'' from a fan.

* NorseByNorsewest: Ulla.

'''Carmen''': You ungrateful breeder! After he stepped in and saved your little show! I can't--\\
'''[Max grabs his necklaces and chokes him]'''\\
'''Carmen''': MY CHAINS! MY ITALIAN CHAINS! MY CHAINS!\\
'''[Max cackles with laugher]'''\\
'''Franz''': '''[firing a gun in the air]''' YOU HAVE BROKEN THE SIEGFRIED OATH! YOU MUST DIE! YOU ALL MUST DIE!!!

* SexyPackaging \ CoversAlwaysLie: The poster basically sold it as a softcore porno by including a drawing of Ulla and nothing else. No mention of it being a comedy or the premise or even Mel Brooks (who was already known as a comedy writer), just sex appeal. Not surprisingly, the film flopped.

* CannotTellAJoke: Roger de Bris.

--> "Not many people know zis, but ze Fuhrer vas descended from a long line of [[DoubleEntendre English qveens.]]"

* IAmBecomingSong: 'I Wanna Be a Producer'.

** "I Wanna Be a Producer"
** 'Heil Myself' counts as well, especially with De Bris's Creator/JudyGarland monologue.
** "Keep it Gay"
** "When You got it, Flaunt it"

** 'I Wanna Be a Producer'.
** Also 'The King of Broadway,' where Max both laments his lost glory and vows to be on top again.

-->'''Max''': Wait a minute. My name's not Alvin. That's not my life. (sobbing) ''Somebody else's life is flashing before my eyes(!)'' I'm not a hillbilly, ''I grew up in the Bronx!'' Leo's taken everything -- even my past!
** Bloom without his blue blanket.
-->'''Max''': What's that? A handkerchief?\\

'''Leo''': MY BLANKET! MY BLUE BLANKET! GIMMIE MY BLUE BLANKET!
** Franz almost all the time.
** Roger and Carmen especially in the original Broadway run and film.

** ''[[IWantSong "I Wanna Be A Producer"]]'' returns a few times over the story arc to highlight Leo gradually getting closer to fulfilling his lifelong dream to become a Broadway producer. [[spoiler:The final time it plays is when Leo finally earns his producer's hat to celebrate Leo's dream finally coming true.]]

-->'''Max:''' The two cardinal rules of producing. One: ''Never put your own money in the show.''
-->'''Leo:''' And two?
-->'''Max:''' '''''NEVER PUT YOUR OWN MONEY IN THE SHOW!'''''

-->'''Carmen:''' You can do it, you ''know'' you can do it, and ''I'' know you can do it. You've been waiting all your lifetime for this chance, and I'm not going to let you pass it up. You're going out there a silly, hysterical, screaming queen, but you're coming back a great, big, ''passing-for-straight'', '''Broadway star'''!\\

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: An in-universe example.

* BadBoss: Mr. Marks, Bloom's CPA boss.

* BerserkButton:
--> "My blanket! My blue blanket! Gimme back my blue blanket! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

* CounterpointDuet: "We Can Do It".

** TriumphantReprise: ''[[IWantSong "I Wanna Be A Producer"]]'' returns a few times over the story arc. [[spoiler:The final appearance occurs when Leo finally earns his producer's hat.]]
** Also, in the Act 1 Finale, nearly every major song up till that point is sung simultaneously as Max and Leo celebrate how close they are to achieving their scheme.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvct359FgVo Amusingly subverted.]]
** Played straight with Roger later on.

'''Leo:''' No Way Out...\\

** The ending has Bialystock and Bloom putting on several [[BlandNameProduct familiar-sounding productions]], which include: [[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire ''A Streetcar Named Murray'']]; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Stoops_to_Conquer ''She Shtupps to Conquer'']]; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Button_Shoes ''High Button Jews'']]; [[Theatre/SouthPacific ''South Passaic'']]; [[Theatre/{{Cats}} ''Katz'']]; [[Theatre/{{Fame}} ''Maim'']]; [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] ''[[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Death Of A Salesman]] -- [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers On Ice!]]''

'''Franz''': '''[firing a gun in the air]''' YOU HAVE BROKEN THE SIEGFRIED OATH! YOU MUST DIE! YOU ALL MUST DIE!

* EuropeansAreKinky: At eleven, Ulla likes to have sex.

* MadnessMantra:

'''Max:''' "It was shocking, outrageous and insulting...AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!"\\

** "Betrayed" is a song that tells of Max's after he gets the postcard from Leo (who on Ulla's urging took her and the cash to Rio). It has a medley that begins with "I used to be the King, but now I am the fool" as he recalls the plan and sings parts of the songs involved in each step.

* PunnyName: Roger De Bris, Carmen Ghia.

** "Where Did We Go Right?" had Max and Leo have one, realizing their attempt to make the biggest flop out of SpringtimeForHitler became an EpicFail as it becomes a surprise smash satire instead!

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* {{Corpsing}}: The still inexperienced with comedy Creator/GeneWilder has declared he was struggling not to laugh, usually repressing it by reacting with shocked expressions (most noticeable at Roger De Bris' home).

* {{Corpsing}}:
** Gary Beach in the 2001 Broadway tryouts either did this out of character or in-character when Roger [=DeBris=] strikes his first Hitler pose.
** Invoked in the movie; When Roger [=DeBris=] appears as Hitler, the entire cast's grins become much wider and they look like they're trying not to laugh mid-performance, especially when in-character as Hitler he hits on them. It's TruthInTelevision that actors try to mess each other up onstage to break character.

* HilariousOuttakes: Good ''lord''. The reel on the DVD is a ''quarter of an hour long'' and will reduce you to tears. Apparently, when Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are in the same room together, they induce chronic {{corpsing}} in each other.

''The Producers'' is a 1967 comedy film directed by Creator/MelBrooks; it stars Creator/ZeroMostel as failed Broadway producer Max Bialystock and Creator/GeneWilder as fearful accountant Leo Bloom. The film, now considered a comedy classic, launched Brooks' long film career; several decades later, he adapted it into a [[TheMusical Broadway musical]] starring Creator/NathanLane and Creator/MatthewBroderick (as Bialystock and Bloom, respectively) which won twelve Tony Awards (the most Tonys a UsefulNotes/{{Broadway}} production has ever received). The show and original film also won two UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s (Best Long Form Music Video and Best Musical Show Album) and an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for best screenplay, making this production responsible for six of Mel Brooks' collection of eleven major awards in the entertainment industry. The Broadway adaptation was itself adapted into a film in 2005 (featuring Lane and Broderick in the primary roles), but this adaptation wasn't as well-received as the original film or the Broadway production.

* TheSixties: Lorenzo, baby! Lorenzo St. Dubois!

* KinkyRolePlaying: The favorite pastime of [[DirtyOldWoman "Hold Me, Touch Me"]], who wants Max to play such games as "the innocent milkmaid and the naughty stableboy" and "the contessa and the chauffeur."
-->'''"Hold Me, Touch Me"''': "And after that we'll play the Abduction and cruel rape of Lucretia ... And I'll play Lucretia."