The Producers (2005 film)

The Producers is a feature film of the American director Susan Stroman from the year 2005. It is a screen adaptation of the musical of the year 2001, which was successfully listed on the New York Broadway and in London. Both are based on the film comedy The Producers by Mel Brooks from the year 1968. The film was produced, among others, the film studios Universal and Columbia.

Action

1959 in New York City: Max Bialystock, a previously highly successful theater producers on Broadway, the luck has left. One day his accountant Leo Bloom has an idea. He strikes Bialystock ago that he should in future apply only more money than the actual cost pieces. The trick here is that the pieces have to be so bad that they must be taken shortly after the premiere again from the program. You expect that investors will hardly recover their money in such a case.

Their first production by this scheme will now be the most tasteless musical Springtime for Hitler crazy Nazi Franz darling. However, the musical developed surprisingly successful and throws Bialystock and Bloom's plans into disarray.

Genesis

The Producers is based on the eponymous Broadway musical from 2001, which was critically acclaimed and won twelve Tony Awards. For the theater production, Mel Brooks was calling the The Producers on the basis of his film Springtime for Hitler ( The Producers ) from 1968 developed. For the 2005 film version of the Broadway director Susan Stroman was committed, which was also involved in the New York staging and celebrating her directorial debut on the big screen with The Producers. Mel Brooks wrote the screenplay with Thomas Meehan, with whom he had collaborated in the adaptation of Springtime for Hitler on the theater stage.

With the exception of new appointments by Will Ferrell and Uma Thurman all performers could be gained of the musical version for the film version. Because of the contemplated tax benefits began shooting from 28 February 2005 in the newly constructed Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York and not as originally planned in Toronto, Canada. The film studio was completed during the reference of the film crew only to 90 percent and you had to wait until, among other things, the roof was completely sealed. The production cost of the film is estimated at a height of 45 million U.S. dollars (about 37.5 million euros ). Should have recorded the film about 38 million U.S. dollars.

Reviews

  • " The Producers is simply a missed opportunity. " ( Hollywood Reporter)
  • " Uma Thurman as a would-be actress that bit of real brilliance in this aggressive and pointless bright, noisy spectacle. " (New York Times)
  • You can not kill all the laughs, not from a script by Mel Brooks, but Stroman sold Brooks songs with the fineness of a cannon fire. ( Rolling Stone )
  • "Enough is enough. Someone should just stop the remake of The Producers. " (USA Today )
  • " With hundreds of gigs in New York and London under their belts, the characterizations of Lane and Broderick have lost in the fire. " ( Variety)
  • "So how good is the movie about a musical about a musical? The answer is: He's pretty darn good "( Washington Post).

Others

  • Originally Nicole Kidman had been committed to the role of Ulla, but she had the part due to overlapping film projects give up.
  • Many of the extras in the crowd scenes are not professional actors, but people who donated during a charity event money. Because of this donation, they were allowed to act as extras in the film.

Awards

When carried out on 16 January 2006 award of the Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated in four categories, including best film comedy or musical as and Nathan Lane and Will Ferrell as the best performer.

Nominations for Golden Globe Awards 2006:

  • Best Picture ( Comedy / Musical)
  • Best Song: There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway
  • Best Actor ( Comedy / Musical): Nathan Lane
  • Best Supporting Actor: Will Ferrell
The Producers (Musical) 2005 in film Film score John Bailey (cinematographer) Steven Weisberg Fictional film Broadway theatre Columbia Pictures Theatrical producer The Hollywood Reporter Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
770453
de