The Producers
New York Jewish Film Festival 2017
January 11 - 24, 2017
Join us for Mel Brooks’s hilarious directorial debut, starring Zero Mostel as the down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock, and Gene Wilder as his timid accountant Leo Bloom. The Producers won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Mel Brooks’s directorial debut stars Zero Mostel as the down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock, who is forced to romance rich old ladies to finance his efforts, and Gene Wilder, as his timid accountant Leo Bloom. Together, they hit upon a way to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire flop, “Springtime for Hitler.” The Producers won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and launched Brooks into a long-standing career as one of America’s greatest entertainers.
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