Remake of the classic Mel Brooks comedy, starring Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock & Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical producer & his mousy assistant. The producers hit upon the perfect plan to embezzle a fortune: raise far more money than you need to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop & then (since no one will expect anything back) Max & Leo can pocket the difference. To do this, they need the ultimate bad play, which they find in the musical ' Springtime for Hitler'. But their plans come to naught & the duo are taken completely by surprise when their new production is hailed as a toast-of-the-town hit.