An unsuccessful comedian uncovers a family secret and learns the true price of letting inherent talent shine.

Funny.Bones.1995.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/3E081AC2015A9DA/Funny.Bones.1995.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post Peter Chelsom – Funny Bones (1995) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Here are the two documentaries about Jerry Lewis from the collection Cinéastes de notre temps. The first part (1968) is directed by André Labarthe, and the second part (1971) by Robert Benayoun.

Jerry_Lewis_Partie_1.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/C1DF5D593F24521/Jerry_Lewis_Partie_2.mkv

Language(s):French, English
Subtitles:French (hardcoded) for English parts

The post André S. Labarthe, Robert Benayoun – Cinéastes de notre temps : Jerry Lewis, Partie 1 & 2 (1968-1971)  first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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A documentary Jerry Lewis’ unreleased Holocaust film The Day the Clown Cried, and features never-before-seen footage of the legendary lost film.

From Darkness To Light (2024) TCM.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/EFCE9AAC5FF7895/From_Darkness_To_Light_(2024)_TCM.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

Many thanks to @Gene for this copy

The post Eric Friedler & Michael Lurie – From Darkness to Light (2024) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Triple-threats are rare in the movie industry, but quadruple-threats are almost unheard of. Jerry Lewis not only entered that rare group with The Bellboy (1960), he also became one of the few to score a box office hit.

Lewis’ path to becoming a writer/director/producer/star began when Paramount’s chief of production, Barney Balaban, wanted a Jerry Lewis comedy to release in the summer of 1960 and tried to push up the production schedule on Cinderfella (1960) from Paramount’s planned Christmas release. Lewis was counting on a bigger buildup for Cinderfella, so he promised Balaban that he would make another movie for summer release. However it was already January and he was about to leave for a series of live appearances at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. How could he get a comedy written and produced in time?

The only answer was to do everything himself. He would have to write it, direct it, star in it as well as pay for the film out of his own pocket. While performing at the Fontainebleau he stayed up eight days and nights pounding out the script. Casting about for a location, he thought, why not set the movie at the Fontainebleau? He wouldn’t have to build sets, many of Lewis’ performer friends would pass through for cameos, plus he would be far away from any interfering Hollywood types.

As if that were not enough risk, Lewis also decided to abandon a linear narrative and make the entire movie a loose series of sight gags, with a lead character who didn’t speak, as a tribute to silent movie comedy. Why not? No comedian had done anything like this since the days of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. On February 8, cameras rolled and twenty-six days later the shooting was done. To help him direct as well as act, Lewis bought a video camera and put it alongside the main camera, allowing him to immediately judge set-up and action. This groundbreaking idea would, in a few years, be adopted by all filmmakers and become a Hollywood standard.

But in 1960, Hollywood insiders were sure of one thing, Jerry Lewis was going to fall right on his face with this silly, slapdash comedy he’d shot off the cuff. Paramount even tried to sneak it out to theaters; they were so sure the critics would destroy it. A depressed Lewis ran into director Billy Wilder who told him why the town was against him. “The only reason that they’re talking is that they can’t do it. And the thing they hate more than anything is that you’re doing it and you’re showing them they can’t.”

The naysayers were right about the critics. They slammed The Bellboy, but it didn’t matter to the public. In Los Angeles the movie made $200,000 in its first week and in New York 141,000 moviegoers saw it within forty-eight hours of its premiere. Lewis’ experiment became one of Paramount’s biggest hits of the year, made Lewis a fortune and launched him on his filmmaking career.

The.Bellboy.1960.WEBRIP.576p.x264.EAC3.KJNU.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/34B8CDF44ED30CA/The.Bellboy.1960.WEBRIP.576p.x264.EAC3.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Czech, Croatian, Romanian, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Brazilian Portuguese

The post Jerry Lewis – The Bellboy (1960) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), a stage-door autograph hound, is an aspiring stand-up comic with obsessive ambition far in excess of any actual talent. A chance meeting with Jerry Langford (Lewis), a famous comedian and talk show host, leads Rupert to believe that his “big break” has finally come. His attempts to get a place on the show are continually rebuffed by Langford’s staff and, finally, by Langford himself. Along the way, Rupert indulges in elaborate and obsessive fantasies where he and Langford are colleagues and friends.

Extras include 8 deleted scenes and a documentary film entitled “SHOT AT THE TOP: THE MAKING OF ‘THE KING OF COMEDY'” plus A conversation with Scorsese, Diniro and Lewis on closing night of the Tribeca Film Festival.

The King of Comedy.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/A47E08E0A21F5DD/The_King_of_Comedy.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/D52391D53E62D39/A_Conversation_With_Scorsese,_Deniro_and_Lewis.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/1D87EF3E37D9962/A_Shot_To_the_Top_-_The_Making_of.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/AEAF2ED4FAD70C2/Deleted_and_extended.rar

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English main film Spanish all

The post Martin Scorsese – The King of Comedy (1982) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

When a star comedian dies, rather than letting anyone know, his comedy writers decide to find and teach an unknown to fill his shoes for a big show the comedian had been scheduled for. But the man they choose – bellboy, Stanley Belt – can’t do anything right, and time’s running out.

The.Patsy.1964.WEBRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/D39AC88BCA1E2C6/The.Patsy.1964.WEBRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv>

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish

The post Jerry Lewis – The Patsy (1964) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist’s gofer. He’s happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle’s wedding. It’s a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.

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https://nitroflare.com/view/21AEEC5E5AFFF5C/Arizona.Dream.1992.576p.Bluray.AAC.x264-LAA.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post Emir Kusturica – Arizona Dream (1993) first appeared on Cinema of the World.