The Producers is one of Mel Brooks' finest films made into a Broadway boxoffice smash, a hilarious satire of the business side of Hollywood

A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his mild-mannered accountant, Leo Bloom come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit and Bialystock finds himself with the critical acclaim that has long eluded him -- and the biggest hit of his career. The antics of Max and Leo as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive "Springtime for Hitler"), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends