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Official Website: www.TheProducersmovie.com Release Date: December 16, 2005 (limited); January 13, 2006 (wide) Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Susan Stroman Screenwriter: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart Genre: Comedy, Musical MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual humor and references) Trailer: Click here Review: Not Available DVD Review: Not Available DVD/VHS: Buy DVD Movie Poster: See below Buy Movie Poster: Not Available Production Stills: See below Plot Summary: The movie classic that became a Broadway sensation now becomes a movie musical event. Two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick return to their celebrated roles as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical producer and his mousy CPA who hit upon the perfect plan to embezzle a fortune: raise far more money than you need to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop and then (since no one will expect anything back), Max and Leo can pocket the difference. To do this, they need the ultimate bad play, which they find in the musical Springtime for Hitler. Their plans come to naught and the duo are taken completely by surprise when their new production is hailed as a toast-of-the-town hit. Will Ferrell also brings his spot-on comic talents to the role of Franz Liebkind, the neo-Nazi playwright (and pigeon fancier) responsible for penning the "worst play ever written." | Images: Poster and Stills (click to enlarge) | |