Best Original Screenplay1969 Film Fan Awards41st Academy Awards
Best Original Screenplay Nominee
The Producers (1968)
Nominated Talent & Credits
Mel Brooks— Mel Brooks
Synopsis / 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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WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) — 41st Academy Awards (1969)
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