The doctor wanted her to focus her powers on a matchbook and make it move with her unique psychokinetic ability ("Think about it moving and make it move") - but nothing happened.Ben-Hur says he "drank a toast" to Messala when he heard the news he had become a tribune.They challenge each other to a friendly competition, hurling javelin spears into the point where two wooden beams cross in the ceiling, exclaiming: "Down Eros, up Mars!" Their aim at the crossbeam and their friendship is "still close.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.[The end credits state: "The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious."] However, the tongue-in-cheek claim of authenticity lends an air of credibility to the ghoulish account.