Hardly Working
Jerry Lewis: The Original Jerk
1980 | 91m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Jerry Lewis |
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| Writer: | Jerry Lewis, Michael Janover |
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| In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 30, 1980 |
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| Director: | Jerry Lewis |
| Writer: | Jerry Lewis, Michael Janover |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $49,000,000
Budget: $3,400,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jerry Lewis | Bo Hooper |
| Susan Oliver | Claire Trent |
| Roger C. Carmel | Robert Trent |
| Deanna Lund | Millie |
| Harold J. Stone | Frank Loucazi |
| Steve Franken | Steve Torres |
| Buddy Lester | Claude Reed |
| Leonard Stone | Ted Mitchell |
| Jerry Lester | Slats |
| Billy Barty | Sammy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jerry Lewis | Screenplay, Director |
| Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Morton Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| James Pergola | Director of Photography |
| Michael Janover | Story, Screenplay |
| Hal Bell | Assistant Director |
| Don K. Ivey | Art Direction |
| Susana Preston | Script Supervisor |
| Beverly McDermott | Casting |
| Jack Dalton | Sound Mixer |
| Ed Knott Jr. | Key Grip |
| Walter G. Morris Jr. | Gaffer |
| Fred Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| James J. McNamara | Producer |
| Igo Kantor | Producer |
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I thought _Hey! Jerry Lewis is funny right? How bad could this be?_ It's horrible. Fifteen minuets in and I am not even cracking a smile. Believe me, I like a good classic comedy. Especially some good tame light-hearted humor. But this was just horrendous. The movie is essentially a bad sketch c ... omedy film with various scenes of Jerry Lewis making a jackass out of himself. He stars as an out of work circus clown looking to fulfill various odd jobs. Each ending in disaster. Much like the disaster that this movie ended up becoming. It's horribly dated, horribly offensive, horribly under-funded, horribly acted and written. It's just plain horrible. It might be the worst movie of 1980 and it's only my second feature in. Jerry Lewis is way past his prime and just can't find the groove. I read that the producers had actually wanted to market this as competition for the superior Steve Martin picture, _The Jerk_. Taglines were actually written as _The Original Jerk_. Can you believe that! _THE ORIGINAL JERK__!_