TY - ADVS AU - Broderick,Matthew AU - Brooks,Mel AU - Ferrell,Will AU - Lane,Nathan AU - Meehan,Thomas AU - Stroman,Susan AU - Thurman,Uma ED - Brooksfilms (Firm) ED - Columbia Pictures. ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) TI - The producers SN - 1417069643 PY - 2006///] CY - Universal City, CA PB - Universal Pictures KW - Bad faith (Law) KW - Drama KW - DVD KW - Musicals KW - Theatrical producers and directors KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Comedy films KW - Feature films KW - Musical films KW - Comedy KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - Musical N1 - Based on the 1968 screenplay by Mel Brooks and the 2001 stage play book by Mel Brooks & the 2001 stage play music by Thomas Meehan & the 2001 stage play lyrics by Mel Brooks; Directors of photography, John Bailey, Charles Minsky ; editor, Steven Weisberg ; art director, Peter Rogness ; music, Mel Brooks ; costume designer, William Ivey Long ; production designer, Mark Friedberg; Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell; MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual humor and references N2 - Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime for Hitler' written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct and hire the loopy Swedish bombsheel Ulla as the lead actress ER -