Returning to his old accounting firm, Leo starts fantasizing about being a Broadway producer ("I Wanna Be a Producer"). Max asks for Leo's help with the scheme, only for the latter to refuse ("We Can Do It"). He jests that by selling an excess of shares and embezzling the funds, a flop could generate up to $2 million. While shuffling numbers, he notes that, as a flop is expected to lose money, the IRS will not investigate its finances. In studying Max's books, Leo panics when he discovers a $2,000 discrepancy. In 1959, following the flop of the Broadway theatrical musical Funny Boy (based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet) ("Opening Night"), the show's washed-up producer, Max Bialystock, hires the neurotic Leo Bloom as his accountant. It garnered generally mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure, earning $38 million worldwide from a $45 million budget. The film was released in the United States by Universal Pictures in a limited release on December 16, 2005, followed by a wide release on December 25. Creature effects were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, and Jon Lovitz. The Producers is a 2005 American musical comedy film directed by Susan Stroman and written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on the eponymous 2001 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on Brooks's 1967 film of the same name.
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