Today’s movie is a musical comedy with a scene that happens on June 14. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
THE PRODUCERS
On June 14, 2005 [00:52 to 3:26] producer Max Bialystock has another stinker of a Broadway show when Funny Boy closes. His accountant Leo Bloom realizes that since Max took in more money than he spent and that because the IRS never investigates flops, if a producer took in a million more than he needed on a flop he could keep it as tax free cash. Leo initially refuses to join Max in this scheme, but his fantasies of being a producer get to him, so he quits his job and partners with Max. They look for the worst script ever and settle on Springtime for Hitler, written by an insane ex-Nazi named Franz Liebkind. They hire flamboyant director Chris De Bris and his assistant Carmen Ghia. Max and Leo hire a Swedish model Ulla as their secretary and persuade Franz to portray Hitler. The show opens, but the audience takes it as a satire and it becomes a huge hit. Franz later tries to shoot Max. Max is arrested for tax fraud. Leo initially flees to Rio de Janeiro with Ulla, but returns to defend Max. Leo, Max and Franz are sentenced to five years. In jail they write a show called Prisoners of Love. The trio is later pardoned and the show becomes a big hit on Broadway.
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The date is given in the film at 3:12
Producers - Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger
Director - Susan Stroman
Screenwriters - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Runtime – 2 hours 14 minutes
Released – December 16, 2005
Starring –
Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock
Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom
Uma Thurman as Ulla
Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind
Gary Beach as Roger De Bris
Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia
Jon Lovitz as Mr. Marks
Michael McKean as Prison Trustee
David Huddleston as Judge
Richard Kind as Jury Foreman
Eileen Essell as Hold Me-Touch Me
Debra Monk as Lick Me-Bite Me
Andrea Martin as Kiss Me-Feel Me
John Barrowman as the Lead Tenor Stormtrooper
Marilyn Sokol as Bag Lady
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015
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