Other mistake: After the "fat fat fatty" scene, Franz shoots his way in, starting with three bullets into the door lock. Over the next scene he fires about twelve shots, despite the fact he's firing an 8-shot Luger.
The Producers (1967)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn, Zero Mostel
At first it looks like the audience is going to storm out, but then LSD comes on as Hitler and everyone thinks it's a comedy. The musical is a huge hit, and it looks like Max and Leo will be going to jail. Franz comes in and tries to shoot them, but Max instead persuades him to help them blow up the theatre. A mistake over which fuse to use leaves them all injured, and in the next scene they're in the dock.It ends with the three in jail, but rehearsing a new play, 'Prisoners of Love', and clearly trying to pull the same scam that got them arrested...
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More mistakes in The Producers
Max Bialystock: Shut up! I'm having a rhetorical conversation.
Trivia: The film inspired a 2000 Broadway musical, with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, respectively. The musical won 12 Tony Awards. The musical was later adapted into a film, becoming a movie based on a musical based on a movie about a musical.
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