The Day the Clown Cried
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Comedian Jerry Lewis has been entertaining audiences and movie-goers around the world since he first took to the stage at the age of five in 1931, singing “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” in New York City. For a decade during the 1940s and 1950s, he teamed up with Dean Martin forming one of the greatest comedy duos in history. Later, he starred in hit films like The Nutty Professor and became an award-winning director. However, not everything Lewis touched turned out well. In fact, at least one major project turned out so badly that, despite the fact that Lewis directed and funded the film in question, The Day the Clown Cried, he has to date made sure almost no one has ever seen it.
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Lewis was ahead of the times by a couple generations. He was basically trying to do Benigni’s “Life is Beautiful” where a good-humored man tries to make the Holocaust more bearable for his son, protecting his innocence by entertaining him, distracting him from their nightmarish surroundings
my thought, exactly
I think The Day the Clown Cried should be shown to people. It’s an important piece of film history despite how awful it actually is.
How do you know it's awful? Have you seen it?
@@chadwickerman Well, Jerry Lewis said it was awful, and he made it. But…
@@Johnny-sj9sj a French film critic saw it in 2004 and he reckons it was a master piece.
@@Johnny-sj9sj Jerry Lewis reckons it could either be better than Citizen Kane or the worst movie ever, so really it's all just subjective in the end
That movie went from interesting to "what the fuck is wrong with you" really quickly.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Bout to catch me at that library in 2024
Now?
@@gabrielgarcia579 is it 2024 yet?
@@Zerobasssoulit's 2024 now
@@topnotchcupofteaAnd now we just wait for June
@@Zerobasssoul yup.
I only found out about this movie because Don Drakulich who played Sleazy P Martini and Bozo Destructo in GWAR mentioned it on his live streams recently
Theres a documentary called "Der Clown" which is about this movie, it's production and why it ultimately failed and ended up in a bureaucratic hell. It is really interesting and incredibly detailed, the filmmakers even got Jerry Lewis for an interview, which is (I believe) the first lenghty interview he gave about the film. They also got some of the original actors to reenact some of the scenes.
But here's the catch. "Der Clown" is a German documentary and has only ever been shown on television twice. It is incredibly hard to find a copy of it and even if you manage to do so, it still is in German. But if you are really, really interested in "The Day the Clown Cried" then the effort might be worth it.
It's a bit of work, but I suggest that there are enough germans, who would happily write subtitels for given film.
And if the work is split up enough it should be about 15 to 30 minutes per person.
Spell checking the entire thing, would be the hardest work, but I guess there are enough people who would watch the not finished version and offer some help.
Oh yeah, definitely. Altruism is not dead after all, despite what some people make the world out to be.
The film is around 2 hours, a handful of people could do the actual translation work in a relatively short amount of time. The most tedious part would be syncing up the subtitles with the audio, but even that could be done within a day.
The biggest hurdle would be organizing everything, aside from finding a copy of the film. I would love to be part of this project, but I don't know how to get this whole thing started.
"The Day the Clown Cried" sounds so morbid and dystopian it could probably be a prequel to "Black Mirror"
Can you imagine trying to pitch this movie today, especially to a Jewish actor/director? Holy cow the outrage!!!
Years ago, Disney probably would have bought the rights and softened it into an animated musical.
Brian Ring Why though? It sounds like a pretty gut renching movie. If executed well and given somewhat of a moral lesson, I think it could be as memorable as Schindler's List
P K I completely agree with you but with the professionally offended sjw's of today I just think it would be an uphill battle all the way
It's possible that Jerry Lewis can be proud of the movie while acknowledging that it is terrible.
I was proud of the first piece of fiction that I ever wrote, but even I know that it is very bad. I'm just proud to have finished writing it.
I'm psyched for June 2024!
... and sad that Today I (really) Found Out that Jerry Lewis died.
I wonder if Jerry saw the irony in what he died of. The cause was end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral artery disease. The irony being End-Stage.
Troope…Ale. What do you mean?
The "stage" and acting was his life. Made even more interesting by a play on words. das Theater, die Bühne.
Ok.
eh.. bit of a reach.
I do think he concept of the film was super interesting and I'd like to see a "remake" (if you can call it a remake since the first one wasn't released fully) improving the inconsistencies and errors of the original
PBRStreetGang One of my favorite films!
I would really wanna see that movie if it happens.
A remake would never work. It was a product of its time and had it been done right it weighs have been a classic. Imagine an alternate universe where great classic movies like Citizen Kane, Metropolis, To Kill A Mockingbird, Psycho, The Graduate, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Godfather, Jaws, or The Seventh Seal had turned out to be trainwrecks. Now imagine someone tried to "correct" those errors with a remake made in the 21st century. It wouldn't have anywhere near the impact or relevance of those original movies done right. The time has passed. It's too late.
Cheyenne Lynn I want to see the original. And have since I first heard about the film.
Cheyenne Lynn I think the concert is sound but from what Iv heard of the movie the execution was incredibly flawed. If they would of made it a very serious period piece where the comedy is only used sporadicly and the clown in question didn’t start as that but became it to help the children in the camps cope with the horrors of it & they ended the movie not by having the clown lead the kids into the chamber but instead volunteer to join them to help them meet their end in piece it could be an Oscar caliber film.
Well, the footage of the film seen so far here on TH-cam, seems totally to contradict all negative comments on the film - having seen or not seen the film. The film looks to be far ahead of it's 1972-time and with glimpses of a flawed masterpiece. Jerry Lewis knew what he was doing. So maybe we are all in for big surprise n 2024.
"The Day The Clown Cried" is locked in a vault, hidden from view, yet Roberto Benigni mined the same vein, pretty much, 25 years later and won tons of awards, even an Oscar, for "Life Is Beautiful." Jerry was definitely ahead of his time.
This was an "Apocalypse Now" spoof on Animaniacs, with Jerry Lewis in Brando's role...
That's it. The terrible film trifecta: The Room, Showgirls, and then The Day the Clown Cried.
Plan 9? "Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
The title of this video reminded me of "the day the music died" which gave me an idea for a video. How about a breakdown of the meaning of American Pie's lyrics or just a general video about it. There are many lyrics in that song that are likely lost on some people. Heck, many people probably don't even know what the overall topic of the song is about.
So yeah, video suggestion.
PeugeotRocket this would be a good idea, I'm sure others have done it, but I really like Today I Found Out, would rather hear it from them
But it does make for a good summarization of Star Wars Episode I
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I'd love to see a "Disaster Artist" or "Bad Ass", style movie about the making of this one day...
Omg first I read it as day the clown died
Steven Utter cool thanks
any long time listener of howard stern should know about this movie.
It actually sounds like a good story but due to the subject matter including both clowns and the holocaust I can see how it would be hard to make it into a good movie.
so 2014 hollywood will probably make a sequel, a remake and then start over again with different cast and call it a origin story? right?
No, they didn't do that
I've always loved the idea of this movie and can't wait to see it...when I'm 35...
So this movie was a bad "La vita è bella"?
Split Was Taken I was thinking of that movie too! With Roberto Benigni! At the time Show Time showed his other films: Johnny Toothpick and The Monster. Both hilarious! I'd skip Pinocchio though....
Split Was Taken
Probably.
Jeenkz K Down by Law!
No and yes. The movie failed precisely because it tried to be a comedy. It only would have worked of it embraced the real message it was originally going for - life is not beautiful. It is ugly and grotesque.
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If he hated it that much why didn't he just burn the film? Why donate it anywhere?
I may be misremembering but I watched this movie as a child in Dominican Republic around 1988 on tv dubbed in Spanish. Unless Jerry had a different clown movie I think it was this one
Luis Gomez You're probably thinking of Hardly Working where he plays a clown and has circus scenes, or Which Way to the Front? which has Nazis in it.
Mr. W it’s absolutely possible that it was one of those. I do remember the clown crying though, then again I was around 12 at the time and my memory is not perfect or maybe the Mandela effect shit is real 😂
Luis Gomez Back in my day Mandela was still alive and the Mandela Effect was just called "being wrong."
The story sounds terribly awesome hope the movie is actually released
Looking forward to June 2024
Something is seriously wrong in the head of the guy that initially pitched this movie...
Actually... you should watch the film "La vita e bella", one of the best movies there is and with a very similar approach...
I was thinking of that film during this entire video. An amazing film that everyone should see at least once.
Broken Eyes
I agree. Yet there's a movie called Life is Beautiful which is pretty darn close and it's a really good movie. I dunno.
I so want to see this movie now...wow...just wow...great vid ya'll...
In my favorite book, Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt, Oswalt mentions how he got his hands on the script for his comedy act. My favorite part is that the script calls for Lewis to piss ice cubes.
Edit: Shooting script with Lewis's revisions.
qw000pz the thing is that the original script wasn't bad. It could have been a great movie if Lewis hadn't tried to make the main character likeable and funny. A European director write have known what to do with it. The clown is not supposed to be funny. And he doesn't die because he loves the children. He wants to go down being laughed at and cheered, and these kids are the only ones who will give him that glory. It's all ego with a hint of remorse but very open ended.
Mr. W You're right, it was not the original script. My bad.
This guy basically lifted this entire video from the Wikipedia entry on the movie.
Hyped for 2024! Good, or bad, I hope it's interesting.
and here we are
Reminds me a lot of "La vita e bella"... especially the ending... I still have to find a movie that makes me cry more in the end... ^^
this movies existence sounds like a creepy pasta that actually exists.
Nat Wachsberger was the producer of Luigi Cozzi's 1979 film Starcrash.
I've heard of this movie, sounds interesting
I've seen the existing parts...he should have had more faith in his message. Lovely man...
In one of his books, Patton Oswalt has a terrific chapter about an secret reading of the movie's script. A must read!
Does anyone remember the "Yes, dear" episode where Kevin Smith remade this? I had no idea it was a real movie. I thought it was just a stupid, insensitive idea the show cooked up for the episode.
Kevin Smith may produce a lot of juvenile, insensitive comedy, but it's well researched juvenile, insensitive comedy.
ccggenius12 i totally agree. I like his stuff it just seemed an odd idea for a film i never would have guessed it was true.
Madame Raven lol how is it insensitive? It makes fun of the futility of nazis and fascists
that's how tragedies work, everyone died at the end of hamlet too.
The negative reviews from the people who have seen it make me feel like the film's problem was its execution. From the plot outline it sounds brilliant. Hollywood needs some more dark endings. They should make a modern remake.
This movie has such powerful potential, it's one that I would boldly sit and watch with false stoic bravado.
Wow! I know exactly where I will be in June of 2024, and in June of 2025 I am certain that I will still be crying 😢
I mean, who's ever heard of a sad clown?
It used to be super common.
I've always wondered why Brits add an 'R' between W and a vowel:
Saw it -> Sawr it
drawing -> drawring.
When I first saw the title of the video I though it was going to be about Emmet Kelly's Weary Willie from the Hartford Circus Tent Fire. Glad I decided to click and was wrong about my assumption. Good video.
He lost 35 pounds in 2 months...
And then there are movies like Ishtar - how the hell did that get made?
Still waiting for the Director's Cut
C’moooooon Criterion. Don’t let me down.
It is a good thing that this movie was never made public. It is such a dark and insensitive subject. I am surprised that Jerry Lewis would even undertake such a project.
It's good to know that in just 6 and a half short years, I can have my soul crushed into the dirt.
For me, is an interesting movie, remember Life is Beautiful. A person that uses comedy to survive in a horrible time, in the holocaust, to keep the innocence of children. If this movie release to public someday, I would like to see.
The nutty professor, or the real one titled The absentminded professor?
Atlas WalkedAway I think those are different movies edit: I think the absentminded professor starred Dick VanDyke
Whaaaaaat? That was Dick VanDyke? I need to go back and watch that again. Anyway, I was just somewhat disingenuously conflating "real" with "original" because it was the first one I saw and I believe the "nutty" versions were based upon the "absentminded" version. You might be right though, I was quite young when these assumptions became ingrained.
Atlas WalkedAway I always thought that The Nutty Professor was Jerry’s comedic take on the story of Jekyll and Hyde.
I'm intrigued and am hoping that it is truly as moving a piece as it is claimed to be.
2024 so no survivors can possibly see it i assume
The day that the clown cried wolf and then cried after getting mauled by a wolf ending up with bandages in his mouth when only looking at the thumbnail
I like the quirky idea of having these ''comedy'' bits as contrast in a film that is about horrifying subject matter. It actually make it you feel even more disgusted and uneasy about the situation, and heightens the performance of Jerry to whole new level. Some of the shots I've seen from the film have these really dark moments, so it very well would be something that people nowadays would understand better. Also, the ''comedy'' in the film isn't even proper comedy, it has scenes of comedy by a character who can't do good comedy anymore, so in a way the movie doesn't have any comedy whatsoever. That part of the movie also is something that maybe stuff like that was still being funny in the 70's, but no one laught anymore at clowns, and that will be its saving grace.
I bet that this movie would get same kind of resurgence in popularity like William Friedkin's Sorcerer got couple years back if it will eventually be released publicly.
When it finally gets released, I hope no one ever contrives to "remake" it. That would be a travesty. Like someone saying "I'm gonna remake Picasso's painting Guernica and it'll be better."
I'm going to put June 2024 on my calendar. I'm really curious as to what kind of moviegoing experience this movie will be.
New life goal: survive until 2024. Lol!
June of 2024 - I have another goal to live for.
Is it possible that everyone involved is right? Reading comments from Denton and O'Brien makes me think their original script was brilliant. Lewis adapted it to his talents and personality. Everyone wanted to contribute to something artistic, original, and possibly brilliant. Maybe it was a mess, maybe it was brilliant. Maybe both?
Counting down the days to June 2024!
You just told me how it ends, dang!
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Patton Oswalt tried to recreate this movie... I wish he did
When the movie is released in 2025, I urge people to show their support for Jerry Lewis by attending the movie dressed as clowns.
I never saw the movie... this video makes me want to see it more despite whatever they say.
I am so hyped for 2024! This movie sounds amazing!
This is great. I've been curious about that movie since seeing the Animaniacs spoof of it. At least, it was the movie being made in a spoof of another film I don't know as well. The episode was called Hearts of Twilight.
There must be more to this than the description given. I can't imagine anyone doing a film like that.
Robin Williams could have pulled off the drama and comedy of this. Jim Carrey would have been good too, but Robin Williams would have been perfect!
I don't think it's supposed to be funny. I think the point is to make you cry, make you feel sad for a man trying his best to defend children he's come to love despite trying something awful to save himself. It's about humanity during the evil acts of man.
I want to see it
im exiting the video ,, after 2 minutes ,, it sounds like a good movie and i cant let you spoil it for me
i will be back when i watch u ,, thanks simon
I have an idea for a parody of this.
A rich actor tries to make a version of the day the clown cried where the clown takes multiple groups of children to the chambers and grows to like executing people as a clown and eventually goes into the employ of stalin after the soviets came through as his exicutioner where he executes people in humorous ways, and goes through all sorts of regimes executing people because it's fun to him. all the while behind the scenes someone is trying to stop this movie from being released and sabotaging the movie in any way possible.
and now we have a chance to see it
There is a similar movie (that i cant remember what is called), but it goes like this: Some resistance blows up a train station --) they trow some of the people in the dich and tell them to dig --) one of the german guards is a clown -- ) he puts a red nose infront of his prisoners --) german soldiers shut him
when i just look at the thumb nail i thought it was grant thompson tkor
I read it as "The Day The Clown Died"
Same
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Only shown at the Library of Congress? What is this, 1970? It'll be pirated on day 1. It will be shown on my computer on day 2. Edit: In 2024 computers will obviously be implanted in our brains, and flying cars. So it will be shown in my brain. Edit 2: ...while I'm flying a car. Edit 3: Cars will be automated, so I'll just be riding.
Well, seems I have reason to make it to 2024 now.
everything ok? the wording of this comment makes it sound like youre not planning on living out your life fully, and i want to make sure youre in a good place mentally.
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I guess this was before the time when comedic actors would take on dramatic roles. Before the Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, and Jim Carrey came along.
Hey its 2024 👀
If we never get to see this movie, should it get remade? Add a film grain to the footage and cast someone like Robert Downey Jr. as the clown and it would be legendary.
2024!! Still gonna be there
They remade it, it’s called it’s a beautiful life
I may have to see this movie. Though I don’t see how it could possibly be funny, but I’m super curious to see it.
The movie "Life is beautiful" is a remake of this movie.
the plot doesnt sound so bad
See "Life is Beautiful".
Knowing of the existence of films like "the Room", i can only lick my lips at the prospect of having a gander at the is flick.
Helmut Doork would certainly disagree
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A good companion to this would be C____sucker Blues, the film the Rolling Stones suppressed.
Only 6 more years until the film is released!