The Producers
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The Producers is the 2005 film version of Mel Brooks' stage musical, itself based on Brooks' earlier film starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.
Jim Henson's Creature Shop provided "creature effects," namely Tom the cat and a troupe of trained pigeons kept by playwright Franz Liebkind. Though real pigeons were used for some shots, puppet pigeons were used for a sequence wherein the pigeons danced and performed the "Sieg heil!" movements. Pigeons included Adolf Pigeon.
Victor Yerrid served as lead puppeteer for the animals. Individual pigeon puppeteers included Drew Massey, Joey Mazzarino, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, Tim Lagasse, Peter Linz, Matt Vogel, Martin Robinson, and James Kroupa, with Brooks himself voicing Hilda the pigeon.
Cast
- Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock
- Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom
- Uma Thurman as Ulla
- Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind
- Gary Beach as Roger DeBris
- Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia
- Michael McKean as Prison Trustee
- Andrea Martin as Kiss Me-Feel Me
- Jon Lovitz as Mr. Marks
- Marilyn Sokol as Bag Lady
- Peter Bartlett as Kevin the Costume Designer
- Jai Rodriguez as Sabu the Houseboy
- John Barrowman as Lead Tenor
- Mel Brooks as Hilda the Pigeon, Tom the Cat, Himself
- Richard Kind as the Jury Foreman
References
- In a 2002 commercial for MasterCard, the Muppets tour New York City and its environs. In one scene, Kermit the Frog stands in front of the marquee for the Broadway musical of The Producers.
