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** Brooks himself [[Lampshaded]] this during an interview, saying "It hasn't been done in claymation yet!" |
** Brooks himself [[Lampshaded]] this during an interview, saying "It hasn't been done in claymation yet!" |
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* [[Throw It In]]: Gene Wilder's "Whom Has He Hurt" speech was completely improvised. Kenneth Mars also made up some lines on the spot (“Churchill . . . and his rotten paintings. The Fuhrer. Here was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in von afternoon—two coats!”). |
* [[Throw It In]]: Gene Wilder's "Whom Has He Hurt" speech was completely improvised. Kenneth Mars also made up some lines on the spot (“Churchill . . . and his rotten paintings. The Fuhrer. Here was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in von afternoon—two coats!”). |
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* [[Trope Namer]]: Of [[Springtime for Hitler]], obviously. Unique in that ''The Producers'' has two of them if you include the closing "Prisoners of Love". |
* [[Trope Namer]]: Of [[Springtime for Hitler]], obviously. Unique in that ''The Producers'' has ''two'' of them if you include the closing "Prisoners of Love". |
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{{quote|'''Max:''' We open in Leavenworth Saturday night!}} |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Dustin Hoffman]] was initially cast as Franz Liebkind in the original film until [[Mike Nichols]] cast him as Benjamin Braddock in ''[[The Graduate]]'' instead. |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Dustin Hoffman]] was initially cast as Franz Liebkind in the original film until [[Mike Nichols]] cast him as Benjamin Braddock in ''[[The Graduate]]'' instead. |
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** According to Mel Brooks, he only let Hoffman audition for ''The Graduate'' because Brooks' wife, Anne Bancroft, was playing Mrs. Robinson in that film. Also, since Benjamin was a ''blond jock'' in the book, Brooks thought he'd never get the role. |
** According to Mel Brooks, he only let Hoffman audition for ''The Graduate'' because Brooks' wife, Anne Bancroft, was playing Mrs. Robinson in that film. Also, since Benjamin was a ''blond jock'' in the book, Brooks thought he'd never get the role. |
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