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The Producers

Summary: After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

Release Date: December 25, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Crime

Director: Susan Stroman

Writers: Mel Brooks

, Thomas Meehan

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Brooksfilms

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Shout! Factory TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,398,532

International: $ 18,676,786

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