Who directed the 1968 film 'The Producers'?
"for Space"" (""Spaceballs""); and ""Springtime for the Slum"" (""Life Stinks""). When it was first released, the film received a mixed response and garnered some exceptionally harsh reviews, while others considered it a great success. One of the mixed reviews came from Renata Adler, who, writing for ""The New York Times,"" stated: """"The Producers"", which opened yesterday at the Fine Arts Theater, is a violently mixed bag. Some of it is shoddy and gross and cruel; the rest is funny in an entirely unexpected way."" About the acting, she writes that Mostel is ""overacting grotesquely under the direction of Mel Brooks"""
"Sidney Glazier Sidney Glazier (May 29, 1916 – December 14, 2002) was an American film producer best known for his work on the Mel Brooks film ""The Producers"". Sidney Glazier was born in Philadelphia on May 29, 1916, the second of three sons born to Russian-Polish émigré parents Jake Glazier and Sophie Schekid from Minsk. His elder brother, Tom Glazer was to become a composer, guitarist, and folk singer. His father, a carpenter, died during the 1918 flu epidemic, and when his mother remarried, her new husband, Solomon Levick did not want her children in the house. As a result,"
"was so brazen in its satire that major studios would not touch it, nor would many exhibitors. Brooks finally found an independent distributor who released it as an art film, a specialized attraction. In 1968, Brooks received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film, beating such writers as Stanley Kubrick and John Cassavetes. ""The Producers"" became a smash underground hit, first on the nationwide college circuit, then in revivals and on home video. Brooks later turned it into a musical, which became hugely successful on Broadway, receiving an unprecedented twelve Tony awards. With the moderate financial success of"
"The Comedians (1967 film) The Comedians is a 1967 American political drama film directed and produced by Peter Glenville, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, who also wrote the screenplay. The stars were Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Alec Guinness. Paul Ford and Lillian Gish had supporting roles as a presidential candidate and wife, as did James Earl Jones as an island doctor. Set in Haiti during the Papa Doc Duvalier regime, it was filmed in Dahomey (Benin since 1975). The film tells the story of a sardonic white hotel owner and his"
"for his first role in a film—a minor role in Arthur Penn's 1967 ""Bonnie and Clyde"". After three years of not hearing from Brooks, Wilder was called for a reading with Zero Mostel, who was to be the star of ""Springtime for Hitler"" and had approval of his co-star. Mostel approved, and Wilder was cast for his first leading role in a feature film, 1967's ""The Producers"". ""The Producers"" eventually became a cult comedy classic, with Mel Brooks winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Wilder being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nevertheless, Brooks'"
"Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. In 1969, ""The Producers"" won a Writers Guild of America, East Best Original Screenplay award. In 1996, the film was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: In 2002, ""The Producers"" was re-released in three theaters by Rialto Pictures and earned $111,866 at the box office. As of 2007, the film continues to be distributed to art-film and repertory cinemas by Rialto. Brooks has adapted the story twice"
"The Last Producer The Last Producer is a 2000 American drama film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds. It also featured Sean Astin, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Rod Steiger, and Benjamin Bratt. It was also referred to as ""The Final Hit"" in final packaging and promotional materials. Sonny Wexler (Reynolds) is an aging, washed-up, veteran producer with a pill-popping wife (Ann-Margret). In his heyday, Sonny produced an Oscar nominated movie, but now he finds he's a ""has been"" in a Hollywood that's been taken over by a younger generation, personified by studio executive Damon Black (Bratt) and foreign investors. Knowing that"
"The Professionals (1966 film) The Professionals is a 1966 American western film written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks. It starred Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Claudia Cardinale, with Jack Palance, Ralph Bellamy, and Woody Strode in supporting roles. The script was adapted from the novel ""A Mule for the Marquesa"" by Frank O'Rourke. The film received three Academy Award nominations and an enthusiastic critical reception. During the Mexican Revolution, Rancher J.W. Grant hires four men, who are all experts in their respective fields, to rescue his kidnapped wife, Maria from Jesus Raza, a former revolutionary leader-turned-bandit. Henry"
"although Brooks was not involved with its production after the pilot episode. ""Get Smart"" was highly rated for most of its production and won seven Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series in 1968 and 1969. For several years, Brooks had been toying with a bizarre and unconventional idea about a musical comedy of Adolf Hitler. Brooks explored the idea as a novel and a play before finally writing a script. Eventually, he was able to find two producers to fund the show, Joseph E. Levine and Sidney Glazier, and made his first feature film, ""The Producers"", in 1967. ""The Producers"""
"I plan to begin a process of making one personal movie after another and if something leads me back to look at that, which I'm sure it might, I'll see what makes sense to me."" Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with"
"Andreas Voutsinas Andreas Voutsinas (; 22 August 1930 – 8 June 2010) was a Greek actor and theater director. In the English-speaking world, he was best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films, ""The Producers"" (1968), ""The Twelve Chairs"" (1970) and ""History of the World, Part I"" (1981). Voutsinas was born on 22 August 1932 in Khartoum, since there was a sizeable community of Greek settlers in Sudan at the time. His parents hailed from the Ionian Island of Kefalonia. They set up a pasta factory in the Anglo-Egyptian colony, """"reputedly supplying spaghetti to Italian forces"""" during the"
"listening to one of his favorite songs, a rendition of ""Over the Rainbow"" sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series ""The Play of the Week"" in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture ""Bonnie and Clyde"", Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film ""The Producers"" for"
"Andreas Voutsinas. Voutsinas died of a respiratory tract infection on 8 June 2010 at age 79, after several days of hospitalization in Henry Dunant Hospital in Athens. Andreas Voutsinas Andreas Voutsinas (; 22 August 1930 – 8 June 2010) was a Greek actor and theater director. In the English-speaking world, he was best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films, ""The Producers"" (1968), ""The Twelve Chairs"" (1970) and ""History of the World, Part I"" (1981). Voutsinas was born on 22 August 1932 in Khartoum, since there was a sizeable community of Greek settlers in Sudan at the time."
"The Detective (1968 film) The Detective is a 1968 color neo-noir crime film in Panavision directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aaron Rosenberg and starring Frank Sinatra, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp. Co-stars include Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Klugman, William Windom and Robert Duvall, with a script by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Abby Mann. ""The Detective"" marked a move towards — and was billed as — a more ""adult"" approach to depicting the life and work of a police detective while confronting, for one of the first times in mainstream cinema, previously taboo"
"The Victors (film) The Victors is a 1963 Anglo-American war film written, produced and directed by Carl Foreman, whose name on the film's posters was accompanied by nearby text, ""from the man who fired ""The Guns of Navarone"""". Shot on location in Western Europe and Britain, ""The Victors"" features an all-star cast, with fifteen American and European leading players, including six actresses (Melina Mercouri from Greece, Jeanne Moreau from France, Rosanna Schiaffino from Italy, Romy Schneider and Senta Berger from Austria as well as Elke Sommer from West Germany) whose photographs appear on the posters. One of the posters carries"
"the film ""The Producers"", Glazier financed Brooks' next film in 1970, ""The Twelve Chairs"". Loosely based on a Russian 1928 novel ""The Twelve Chairs"" by Ilf and Petrov about greedy materialism in post-revolutionary Russia, the film stars Ron Moody, Frank Langella, and Dom DeLuise as three men individually searching for a fortune in diamonds hidden in a set of 12 antique chairs. Brooks makes a cameo appearance as an alcoholic ex-serf who ""yearns for the regular beatings of yesteryear."" The film was shot in Yugoslavia with a budget of $1.5 million. The film received poor reviews and was not financially"
"with Robert Shaw in ""A Man for All Seasons"" for the 1968 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jones. The Comedians (1967 film) The Comedians is a 1967 American political drama film directed and produced by Peter Glenville, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, who also wrote the screenplay. The stars were Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Alec Guinness. Paul Ford and Lillian Gish had supporting roles as a presidential candidate and wife, as did James Earl Jones as an island doctor. Set in Haiti"
"for it and was invited to a reception in the White House, officially ending his political pariah status. In 1967, Mostel appeared as Potemkin in ""Great Catherine,"" and in 1968 he took the role of Max Bialystock in ""The Producers."" Mostel refused to accept the role at first, but director Mel Brooks persuaded him to show the script to his wife, who then talked Mostel into doing it. His performance received mixed reviews, and was not a great success at first, but the film has since achieved classic status. Of it, the critic Roger Ebert said: ""This is one of"
"Filmmaker (film) Filmmaker, or ""Filmmaker: a diary by george lucas"", is a 32-minute documentary made in 1968 by George Lucas about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Rain People"". Coppola was working on ""The Rain People"" as a small, intimate film about real-life people, and Lucas decided to make a small, intimate cinema-verite documentary about the making of Coppola's film. Lucas pitched the idea of a documentary to Coppola, who gave Lucas the go-ahead, with the film paid for from ""Rain People""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s still photography budget. The budget of the documentary was $12,000. Lucas filmed and recorded sound for the"
"The Producer ""The Producer"" is the fourth episode of the third season of ""Gilligan's Island"", in which the castaways stage a musical version of ""Hamlet"". It first aired in on October 3, 1966. After curmudgeonly film producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) crash lands near the island during an around-the-world talent hunt, the castaways are forced to tolerate him until his rescue plane arrives. When Ginger asks him for a role in his next movie however, Mr. Hecuba laughs at the idea, causing Ginger to become so upset that she refuses to return to civilization with the rest of the castaways."
"Douglas Netter Douglas Netter (May 23, 1921 – May 8, 2017) was a United States television industry executive, his credits largely being in the field of science fiction. He was first credited as associate producer of the 1967 Matt Helm (Dean Martin) movie ""The Ambushers"" which involved a US-government built flying saucer. Between 1970 and 1975 Netter was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at MGM Studios. It was a controversial period at the studio with many filmmakers unhappy with the treatment they received from Netter and studio president James Aubrey. In 1975 he produced the Dean Martin"
"contribution to the motion picture industry, Irwin Winkler has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. He was also the recipient of the 2017 Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award for his work in motion pictures. Irwin Winkler Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of 50 motion pictures, dating back to 1967's ""Double Trouble"", starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, ""They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"" (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won"
"the implication and the meaning, so some of that crept in."" Night of the Living Dead Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent horror film written, directed, photographed and edited by George A. Romero, co-written by John Russo, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven people who are trapped in a rural farmhouse in western Pennsylvania, which is besieged by a large and growing group of ""living dead"" monsters. The film was completed on a $114,000 budget and shot outside Pittsburgh, where it had its theatrical premiere on October 1, 1968. The film"
"The Power (1968 film) The Power is a 1968 American science fiction thriller film from MGM, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin (his final film), that stars George Hamilton and Suzanne Pleshette. It is based on the science fiction novel ""The Power"" by Frank M. Robinson. The storyline concerns two men who have the ability to control or slay others with their minds. Professor Henry Hallson, an anthropologist, discovers evidence of a person with psychic abilities among his co-workers in a research laboratory. His colleagues include biologist Dr. Jim Tanner, geneticist Dr. Margery Lansing, physicist Dr. Carl Melkinen,"
"production or individuals whose contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues. Recent winners include ""Loving"", ""The Hunting Ground"", and ""The Normal Heart"". Film trailers Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous ""message films"". As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided. Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in ""The Defiant Ones"" and ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner""), nuclear war (in ""On the Beach""), greed (in ""It's a"
"The Killers (1956 film) The Killers (, translit. ""Ubiytsy"") is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story ""The Killers"" by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). ""The Killers"" is an adaptation of a short story by Ernest Hemingway. The story is divided into three scenes. The first and third scenes were directed by Beiku and Tarkovsky, the second by Gordon."
"Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series ""The Play of the Week"" in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture ""Bonnie and Clyde"", Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film ""The Producers"" for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in"
"Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence starring in television series such as ""Gunsmoke"" (1962–1965), ""Hawk"" (1966), and ""Dan August"" (1970–1971). His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in ""Deliverance"" (1972). Reynolds played the leading role in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Smokey and the Bandit"" (1977), ""Semi-Tough"" (1977), ""Hooper"" (1978), ""Smokey and the Bandit II"" (1980), ""The Cannonball Run"" (1981) and ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" (1982). After a number of"
"sarcastic one-liner: ""The Reverend Martin Luther King?"" After King's assassination on April 4, 1968, this line was removed from the film, so by August 1968, almost all theaters' showings of this film had this line omitted. As early as 1969, the line was restored to many but not all prints, and the line was preserved in the VHS and DVD versions of the film, as well. The plot explores similar themes to the 1958 play ""Hot Summer Night"" by Ted Willis. The film won two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards: Stanley Kramer produced and directed an unsold"
"Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous ""message films"". As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided. Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in ""The Defiant Ones"" and ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner""), nuclear war (in ""On the Beach""), greed (in ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World""), creationism vs. evolution (in ""Inherit the Wind"") and the causes and effects of fascism (in ""Judgment at Nuremberg""). His other notable films"
"and resources, Glazier succeeded in bringing the film in under budget. Brooks remembered Glazier as a producer was ""very bright, warm and a bit of a bon vivant. Sidney was the first one to say, ""The dailies look good, let's have a party."" He'd have a party about anything – have a few drinks, canapés and pretty girls. He was right out of a black-and-white Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie."" The film, renamed ""The Producers"" at the insistence of Levine, had a mixed reception. Many critics gave it poor reviews, but the actor and comedian Peter Sellers was so"
"made by the producing team of Levy-Gardner-Laven, who had collaborated on numerous films and TV movies. It was based on an original screenplay by William Norton. It was originally called ""The Renegades"", and then ""Whiskey's Renegades"", and was acquired by Levy Gardner Laven in July 1967, along with another Norton script, ""Lions, Tigers and Bears"". Norton had previously written ""The Scalphunters"" for the producers. Burt Reynolds was signed in February 1968. Angie Dickinson was the female lead; she did a nude scene which she was reluctant to do but said the script required it. Filming began 22 April 1968 at"
"The Party (1968 film) The Party is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet. The film has a very loose structure, and essentially serves as a series of set pieces for Sellers's improvisational comedy talents. The comedy is based on a fish out of water premise, in which a bungling Indian actor accidentally gets invited to a lavish Hollywood dinner party and ""makes terrible mistakes based upon ignorance of Western ways"" set in the 1960s. ""The Party"" is considered a classic comedic cult film. Edwards biographers Peter Lehman and William Luhr"