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Podcast: Film Stories with Simon Brew
Episode: The Producers (1967) and Fierce Creatures (1997)
Description: When it comes to making your feature directorial debut, The Producers isn't a bad way to get off the mark! But Mel Brooks' now much-loved comedy faced a bumpy path to the screen, not least the struggle to write it in the first place. That, and the kind of subject matter that Hollywood studios didn't have much desire to go near.Plus, it turned out that the fate of the film owed a bit of a debt to Peter Sellers.After the success of A Fish Called Wanda meanwhile...