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The Producers

1967 film directed by Mel Brooks
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Summary

The Producers is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,923 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[3], Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay[4]
  • Director: Mel Brooks[5]
  • Screenwriter: Mel Brooks[6]
  • Composer: John Morris[7]
  • Movement: New Hollywood[8]
  • Genre: comedy film[9], LGBTQ-related film[10], musical film[11]
  • Cast member: Zero Mostel[12], Gene Wilder[13], Kenneth Mars[14], Dick Shawn[15], Estelle Winwood[16], Renée Taylor[17], Christopher Hewett[18], William Hickey[19], Andreas Voutsinas[20], Barney Martin[21], Lee Meredith[22], Bill Macy[23], Frank Campanella[24], Mel Brooks[25]
  • Producer: Sidney Glazier[26]
  • Depicts: Josie Robertson Plaza[27]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[30], 96/100[31], 91%[32], 7.5/10[33]
  • Color: color[34], black-and-white[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: November 22, 1967[37], March 18, 1968[38], November 10, 1968[39], October 9, 1969[40], February 20, 1970[41], May 4, 1970[42], August 27, 1970[43], January 2, 1971[44], April 2, 1971[45], September 29, 1971[46], November 26, 1971[47], July 26, 1973[48], March 19, 1976[49], April 16, 1976[50]
  • Distributed by: Embassy Pictures[51]
  • Narrative location: New York City[52]
  • Filming location: New York City[53]
  • Main subject: show business[54], male bonding[55], fraud[56], Adolf Hitler in popular culture[57], Nazis in fiction[58]
  • Film editor: Ralph Rosenblum[59]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[60], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[61]
  • Title: The Producers[62]
  • Different from: The Producers[63]

Why It Matters

The Producers has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

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].

Related Entities

film Gene Wilder Mel Brooks New York City United States Zero Mostel

References

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  23. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . dailymotion.com. dailymotion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . The Producers. wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  60. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  61. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Ampas collections film id → 1010829, W070749
    Sitelink count → 38
    Depicts → Josie Robertson Plaza
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  2. 4w ago · Bsherr · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → Josie Robertson Plaza
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  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 63462
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  4. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 13771
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  6. 11w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 9041748
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  7. 14w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kmrb film rating → 15
    Bbfc rating → PG certificate
    Does the dog die? media id → 15934
    Metacritic id → movie/the-producers-re-release, movie/the-producers-1968
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  8. 16w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-producers
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  9. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1960s
    Publication date → +1967-11-22T00:00:00Z, +1968-03-18T00:00:00Z, +1968-11-10T00:00:00Z +13
    Screenwriter → Mel Brooks
    Part of → National Film Registry
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