The Producers

1967 film directed by Mel Brooks
Movie film Q315732
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The Producers

Summary

The Producers is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,187 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Producers received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[3].
  • The Producers received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay[4].
  • The Producers's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • The Producers's director is recorded as Mel Brooks[6].
  • The Producers's screenwriter is recorded as Mel Brooks[7].
  • The Producers's composer is recorded as John Morris[8].
  • The Producers's movement is recorded as New Hollywood[9].
  • The Producers's genre is recorded as comedy film[10].
  • The Producers's genre is recorded as LGBTQ-related film[11].
  • The Producers's genre is recorded as musical film[12].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Zero Mostel[13].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Gene Wilder[14].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Kenneth Mars[15].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Dick Shawn[16].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Estelle Winwood[17].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Renée Taylor[18].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Christopher Hewett[19].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as William Hickey[20].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Andreas Voutsinas[21].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Barney Martin[22].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Lee Meredith[23].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Bill Macy[24].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Frank Campanella[25].
  • The Producers's cast member is recorded as Mel Brooks[26].
  • The Producers's producer is recorded as Sidney Glazier[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Producers's producer is recorded as Sidney Glazier[27]. Its director is recorded as Mel Brooks[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Mel Brooks[7]. Cast members include Zero Mostel[13], Gene Wilder[14], Kenneth Mars[15], Dick Shawn[16], Estelle Winwood[17], and Renée Taylor[18].

Publication

Publication dates include +1967-11-22T00:00:00Z[28], +1968-03-18T00:00:00Z[29], +1968-11-10T00:00:00Z[30], +1969-10-09T00:00:00Z[31], +1970-02-20T00:00:00Z[32], and +1970-05-04T00:00:00Z[33]. The Producers's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include comedy film[10], LGBTQ-related film[11], and musical film[12]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[35].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include show business[36], male bonding[37], fraud[38], Adolf Hitler in popular culture[39], and Nazis in fiction[40]. The Producers's movement is recorded as New Hollywood[9].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[3], an award for best screenplay[41], in United States[42], founded in 1941[43] and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay[4], an award for best original screenplay[44], in United States[45], founded in 1970[46]. Reviews include 8.2/10[47], 96/100[48], 91%[49], and 7.5/10[50].

Why It Matters

The Producers ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,187 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

FAQs

What awards did The Producers receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[3] and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay[4].

References

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  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [4] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . dailymotion.com. dailymotion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [47] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [48] . wikidata.org.
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  31. [50] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [29] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [30] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [33] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [36] . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  40. [38] . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  41. [39] . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  42. [40] . The Producers. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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