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The Producers

1968 · directed by Mel Brooks · 89 min · PG
24,486 feet · Prominence
661st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards52 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Original Screenplay1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Screenplay
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy72

Judged directly: 'Springtime for Hitler'; Brooks classic, Broadway smash.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.5 from 64kWikipedia33k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 279 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 0 praise 96 legacy 72averages 56, placing it at24,486 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Zero Mostel▲ Dick Shawn

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gene Wilder18,686 ftZero Mostel18,162 ftMel Brooks17,908 ftKenneth Mars17,830 ftDick Shawn17,802 ftWilliam Hickey17,612 ft