Posted on 08/11/2013 1:39:22 PM PDT by SMGFan
This is making-of footage from a film that will never-be.
The Day the Clown Cried was a 1972 Holocaust drama directed and starring Jerry Lewis that was famously decried for its bad taste before ever being released. Lewis then buried the film, denouncing it as “bad” and made him feel “embarrassed.”
The script and a few stills are all that survive for public consumption — until now, when YouTube user unclesporkums found this 7-minute clip of behind-the-scenes footage and shared it online yesterday. As of this writing, only 751 people have laid eyes on the video below, but that number is likely to skyrocket. Anyone interested in film history will want to glimpse this lost project, though it is unlikely to stay online long. Lewis has vowed to keep the film hidden forever.
(Excerpt) Read more at insidemovies.ew.com ...
IMHO, it is.
You’re out of your mind. Pacino was mocking Pacino, which was funny as Hell.
“I talk to lemon trees.” Classic!
I don’t mind him spoofing his own image, it’s just that the movie on the whole was so awful and unfunny.
Difference of opinion then; I think it’s a hilarious flick.
Actually, I can relate to Jill sadness about her Mother’s death.
I do the “eat a meal with Mom’s picture” routine pretty much everyday...:(
Once upon a time, a friend and I had resolved to watch as many of the films mentioned in that book as we possibly could. It took us years, but by the time we gave up I think we'd managed to see fully half of them.
Oh, such dogs you sat through. Richard Burton: worst actor in the world.
Actually, despite this ridiculous dog of Jerry’s, he was a pretty good film director. Cinderfella and The Nutty Professor, to start.
I hated that Italian concentration camp movie!!!
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