Once he was inside the plane, Mason reminded him about the valuable cargo: "Trust me, boss, even one of those boxes and we are set for life.Producer John Carpenter conceived of this film as the first in an anthology of stand-alone Halloween season-related horror films, although the plan failed.There were two off-shoots of the madcap film:The Producers, a Broadway theatrical musical version produced by Mel Brooks, for a six-year run from 2001-2007, with Nathan Lane (as Max) and Matthew Broderick (as Leo); it earned welve Tony Awards (three for Brooks) including Best Musical [Note: To date, it holds the record as the Broadway musical production with the most Tony Awards for a single production, and the second most-nominated production in Tony history.It wasn""t nominated for either Best Picture (won by the short, unassuming romantic dramaMarty (1955)) or Best Director for Nicholas Ray.