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The Producers

2005 · 134 min

A loud, silly, song-and-dance romp that keeps you grinning with its shameless showbiz energy and gleeful bad taste.

Directed by: Susan Stroman
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman

Tagline: They had everything to gain by not being a success!
Overview: A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

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Directed by: Susan Stroman
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
deception
friendship
greed
art
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: musical
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	9
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Susan Stroman
Written by: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan
Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Eileen Essell, Michael McKean
Music: Glen Kelly
Cinematography: Charles Minsky, John Bailey
Runtime: 134 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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