The Producers

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

22 November 1967, 18 March 1968, 10 November 1968, 9 October 1969, 20 February 1970, 4 May 1970, 27 August 1970, 2 January 1971, 2 April 1971, 29 September 1971, 26 November 1971, 26 July 1973

Part of

National Film Registry

Director

Mel Brooks

Composer

John Morris

Derivative works

The Producers

Movement

New Hollywood

Genre

comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film

Main subject

show business, male bonding, fraud, Adolf Hitler in popular culture, Nazis in fiction

Awards

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

aspect ratio (W:H)

1.85:1

assessment

Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test, Vito Russo test, Mako Mori test, Riz Test

Australian Classification

PG

BBFC rating

PG certificate

box office

1600000

capital cost

941000

cast member

Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor, Christopher Hewett, William Hickey, Andreas Voutsinas, Barney Martin, Lee Meredith, Bill Macy

ClassInd rating

16

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

color

color, black-and-white

country of origin

United States

different from

The Producers, The Producers

distributed by

Embassy Pictures

duration

88

EIRIN film rating

G

film editor

Ralph Rosenblum

filming location

New York City

Filmiroda rating

Category II

IMDA rating

PG

INCAA film rating

+13

Kijkwijzer rating

6

KMRB film rating

15

narrative location

New York City

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

original language of film or TV show

English

producer

Sidney Glazier

RCQ classification

G

review score

8.2/10, 96/100, 91%, 7.5/10

screenwriter

Mel Brooks

set in period

1960s

title

The Producers

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