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Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) is famous for his
spectacular opening night flops. Leopold Bloom (Matthew Broderick)
is an uptight accountant who virtually discovers gold while
reviewing Maxs books.
When Leo realizes that you can actually make more money with a flop
than with a hit, the two team up and begin a search for both the
worst script and the worst director they can find to ensure
failure.
The script selection seems easy when the duo stumble upon
SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER, an homage to the Fuhrer penned by Franz
Liebkind (Will Ferrell), a German sympathetic to the Nazi cause.
Convinced that the script will incite outrage, the duo needs a bad
director to seal the deal. Campy director Roger DeBris (Gary Beach)
and his assistant (Roger Bart) fit the bill perfectly.
But when their scheme fails, Max and Leo find themselves with the
worst possible outcome: a hit. To make matters worse, Franz is just
a little peeved that Hitler was depicted disrespectfully--and he
has a gun. Will Max and Leo survive the playwrights wrath? Will
they go to jail for cooking the books? And will Leo ever submit to
the advances of sexy Swedish receptionist/actress Ulla (Uma
Thurman)?
