Editing The Producers (1967 film) (section)

== Release ==
According to Brooks, after the film was completed, Embassy executives refused to release it as being in "bad taste". The film's premiere in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, on November 22, 1967,<ref name="tcm">{{TCMDb title|id=87256|title=The Producers}}</ref> was a disaster and the studio considered shelving it. However, relief came when ''[[Pink Panther]]'' star [[Peter Sellers]] saw the film privately and placed an advertisement in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in support of the film's wide release.<ref name="makingof" /><ref name="dvdjourn" /> Sellers was familiar with the film because, according to Brooks, Sellers "had accepted the role of Bloom and then was never heard from again".<ref name="makingof" /><ref name="dvdjourn">{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/p/producers68_de.shtml |title=The Producers (1968): Deluxe Edition |first=Mark |last=Bourne |work=The DVD Journal |access-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref> The film allegedly was "banned in Germany".<ref>{{cite web |title=Radio Times | date=24–30 November 2001}}</ref> The film was screened in New York City in March 1968.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/19/archives/screen-the-producers-at-fine-arts.html|title=Screen: 'The Producers' at Fine Arts|work=The New York Times|date=March 19, 1968}}</ref> The film's wide release took place on March 18, 1968.<ref name=wided>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1016819-producers |title=The Producers |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=June 7, 2021}}</ref>

The title of the film for the Swedish release uses the translation of the name of the play within the story, ''Springtime for Hitler''. As a result of its success, most of Mel Brooks's subsequent films in Swedish were given similar titles, despite being otherwise unrelated: ''[[The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)|Springtime for Mother-In-Law]]'', 
''[[Blazing Saddles|Springtime for the Sheriff]]'', ''[[Young Frankenstein|Springtime for Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Silent Movie|Springtime for the Silent Movies]]'', ''[[High Anxiety|Springtime for the Lunatics]]'', ''[[History of the World, Part I|Springtime for World History]]'', ''[[Spaceballs|Springtime for Space]]'', and ''[[Life Stinks|Springtime for the Slum]]''.<ref name="Entertainment">{{Cite book|title= The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made I|year=1996|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=9780446670289|page=42|author=Entertainment Weekly|author-link=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York}}</ref> The practice ended by the time ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' was released, at Brooks's request.