Fred Willard, who parlayed a knack for naive characters into costarring roles on the television series Fernwood 2 Night and Everybody Loves Raymond and in several memorable films, has died. He was 86 and his death was confirmed by his agent, Michael Eisenstadt.
“Fred was one of the busiest comedic actors in a career which lasted over 50 years,” Eisenstadt said in a note. “He had recently completed his Emmy nominated recurring role on Modern Family and can be seen later this month in his recurring role as Steve Carrell’s dad in the Netflix series Space Force. Jimmy Kimmel had Fred recur on his show on an average of every two weeks doing comedic sketches until the stay-at-home order began. Fred truly enjoyed every role and gave each performance his own special spin. He was truly a comedic genius.”
Emmy-nominated for three consecutive years for his role as father-in-law Hank MacDougall...
“Fred was one of the busiest comedic actors in a career which lasted over 50 years,” Eisenstadt said in a note. “He had recently completed his Emmy nominated recurring role on Modern Family and can be seen later this month in his recurring role as Steve Carrell’s dad in the Netflix series Space Force. Jimmy Kimmel had Fred recur on his show on an average of every two weeks doing comedic sketches until the stay-at-home order began. Fred truly enjoyed every role and gave each performance his own special spin. He was truly a comedic genius.”
Emmy-nominated for three consecutive years for his role as father-in-law Hank MacDougall...
- 5/16/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
He was 82 when we met, and I was 36. My producer, Lawrence Inglee and I, had driven to San Diego to discuss him playing the titular character in the movie I was directing, “Max Rose.” A week before, we had giddily listened to the phone message he’d left us perhaps 150 times. Since word of his interest had gotten out, we’d received multiple warnings that Jerry Lewis was a monster who would make our lives miserable. As we nervously approached the ramp to the boat where he awaited us, we discussed strategies for dancing with the devil, agreeing it would be worth it so long as we got the performance.
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I’ll never forget the first time we laid eyes on him. He was perched on a stool, wearing a silk kimono and sharing a lollipop with his Chihuahua. My first thought was,...
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I’ll never forget the first time we laid eyes on him. He was perched on a stool, wearing a silk kimono and sharing a lollipop with his Chihuahua. My first thought was,...
- 8/21/2017
- by Daniel Noah
- Indiewire
Las Vegas – For Jerry Lewis, the “King of Comedy” wasn’t just a mere nickname, but an apt description for his long career and influence. He went from being the most popular entertainer of an era, to notable and studied filmmaker, to charity spokesperson and finally to comic legend. Jerry Lewis died in Las Vegas on August 20th, 2017. He was 91.
When the gawky 19 year-old Lewis met the suave singer Dean Martin in 1946, little did they know that they would become the most popular act in America for several years. Their box office draw was white-hot, so much so that neither of them could keep up with the blur of what happened to them. They eventually broke up at the height of their fame in 1956, during which Martin famously said, “Jer, when I look at you, all I see is a dollar sign.” The second phase of Lewis’s career would be about his prolific filmmaking,...
When the gawky 19 year-old Lewis met the suave singer Dean Martin in 1946, little did they know that they would become the most popular act in America for several years. Their box office draw was white-hot, so much so that neither of them could keep up with the blur of what happened to them. They eventually broke up at the height of their fame in 1956, during which Martin famously said, “Jer, when I look at you, all I see is a dollar sign.” The second phase of Lewis’s career would be about his prolific filmmaking,...
- 8/21/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I annoyed Jerry Lewis once by asking him about The Day the Clown Cried, a movie he starred in and directed in 1972, and then refused to release. "It's awful," said Lewis of the Holocaust drama in which he starred as a circus clown who entertains Jewish children as he leads them to their deaths in Nazi gas chambers. Why not show it and let the world decide? "I'm ashamed of it," Lewis told me flatly. When I pressed him, he flashed a look that could be subtitled "End of Discussion.
- 8/21/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Jerry Lewis’s last starring role was in the 2013 drama, Max Rose, in which he played the title character, an aging Jewish jazz musician who questions his whole life when he learns that his late wife of 65 years may have been unfaithful to him. Despite no significant film credits to his name when he first approached Lewis, writer-director Daniel Noah convinced the star to join the film, which was unveiled as a work-in-progress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and was ultimately released in 2016. Lewis, Noah explains, was looking for that one serious role that...
- 8/21/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By the late 1970s, Jerry Lewis was becoming perilously close to being a has-been. After decades of celebrity – first in his successful partnership with Dean Martin, then later on his own as the star of comedies like Rock-a-Bye Baby and as the auteur behind epochal hits such as The Nutty Professor – the gifted comic filmmaker and host of the annual Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy telethon started experiencing a series of stumbles. He shelved his much-ballyhooed drama The Day the Clown Cried, about a German clown living in the Nazi concentration camps,...
- 8/20/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Aug 21, 2017
Versatile, innovative and controversial, Jerry Lewis leaves a legacy of laughs and charity work.
Jerry Lewis, the legendary comedian, actor, singer and philanthropist, has died at the age of 91.
Lewis is as well known for starring and directing films like The Nutty Professor, Cinderfella, and The Bellboy as he is for his marathon fundraising telethons on Us TV for Muscular Dystrophy. He first found fame with his legendary ten-year partnership with Dean Martin.
Lewis paired with Dean Martin in 1946. Starting in nightclubs, Martin and Lewis moved their way through almost countless radio shows and made 16 movies. The pair costarred in such films as My Friend Irma (1949), At War With the Army (1950), Sailor Beware (1952), The Caddy (1953), Living It Up (1954), You’re Never Too Young (1955), and Artists And Models (1955). The last movie they made together was Hollywood Or Bust (1956).
After the partnership ended, Lewis teamed with director Frank Tashlin...
Versatile, innovative and controversial, Jerry Lewis leaves a legacy of laughs and charity work.
Jerry Lewis, the legendary comedian, actor, singer and philanthropist, has died at the age of 91.
Lewis is as well known for starring and directing films like The Nutty Professor, Cinderfella, and The Bellboy as he is for his marathon fundraising telethons on Us TV for Muscular Dystrophy. He first found fame with his legendary ten-year partnership with Dean Martin.
Lewis paired with Dean Martin in 1946. Starting in nightclubs, Martin and Lewis moved their way through almost countless radio shows and made 16 movies. The pair costarred in such films as My Friend Irma (1949), At War With the Army (1950), Sailor Beware (1952), The Caddy (1953), Living It Up (1954), You’re Never Too Young (1955), and Artists And Models (1955). The last movie they made together was Hollywood Or Bust (1956).
After the partnership ended, Lewis teamed with director Frank Tashlin...
- 8/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Jerry Lewis, who became a household name as one-half of legendary duo Martin & Lewis, has died at the age of 91.
In a statement attributed to Lewis’ family, the Las Vegas Review-Journal‘s John Katsilometes reports that Lewis died of natural causes on Sunday morning, surrounded by loved ones at his Las Vegas, Nev. home.
Lewis, an iconic comedian in his own right, first teamed with Dean Martin in 1946, becoming one of the most successful acts in the country before their highly publicized split in 1956. They appeared together in such films as My Friend Irma, The Caddy, The Stooge, Artists and Models and Pardners.
In a statement attributed to Lewis’ family, the Las Vegas Review-Journal‘s John Katsilometes reports that Lewis died of natural causes on Sunday morning, surrounded by loved ones at his Las Vegas, Nev. home.
Lewis, an iconic comedian in his own right, first teamed with Dean Martin in 1946, becoming one of the most successful acts in the country before their highly publicized split in 1956. They appeared together in such films as My Friend Irma, The Caddy, The Stooge, Artists and Models and Pardners.
- 8/20/2017
- TVLine.com
Jerry Lewis has died at age 91. The legendary actor, comedian, singer, producer, screenwriter, and director had a decades-long career that included a comic partnership alongside Dean Martin and a gut-busting presence in such films as “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy.” The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s John Katsilometes reports that he passed away at 9:15 Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas.
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Lewis suffered from many health issues in recent decades; he underwent open-heart surgery in 1983, surgery for prostate cancer nine years later, had a heart attack in 2006, and dealt with pulmonary fibrosis for many years. He and Martin ruled the nightclub scene throughout the 1950s, though their eventual split wasn’t exactly amicable.
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Born March 16, 1926 in Newark,...
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Lewis suffered from many health issues in recent decades; he underwent open-heart surgery in 1983, surgery for prostate cancer nine years later, had a heart attack in 2006, and dealt with pulmonary fibrosis for many years. He and Martin ruled the nightclub scene throughout the 1950s, though their eventual split wasn’t exactly amicable.
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Born March 16, 1926 in Newark,...
- 8/20/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Jerry Lewis, an actor and auteur who was one of the most influential forces in American comedy, died Sunday morning at his Las Vegas. He was 91.
"Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural causes at 91 at his home with family by his side," his family said in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal writer John Katsilometes. No cause of death was announced.
In a career that spanned vaudeville, radio, television, film and philanthropy, Lewis established the persona of a manic, juvenile jokester, which belied darker, more self-lacerating elements below the surface,...
"Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural causes at 91 at his home with family by his side," his family said in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal writer John Katsilometes. No cause of death was announced.
In a career that spanned vaudeville, radio, television, film and philanthropy, Lewis established the persona of a manic, juvenile jokester, which belied darker, more self-lacerating elements below the surface,...
- 8/20/2017
- Rollingstone.com
“Heavenly shades of night are falling…it’s twilight time”, and we’re not talking about sparkly teen vampires. No, those lyrics from the Platters golden oldie could very well be used as the theme for this movie, and perhaps its iconic lead actor. As many “golden age” film stars reach their “golden years”, they often look toward a project that may be the perfect coda to their long career, maybe a farewell to their screen persona. Hey wouldn’t you rather ride into the sunset with The Shootist (as John Wayne did) than headline a flick called Trog ( Joan Crawford’s finale’)? Perhaps this is the case for fabled film funny man Jerry Lewis. At the tail end of the “golden age” of Hollywood (1948), he and then partner Dean Martin ruled the box office for eight years. After their split, Jerry had even greater success as a solo for a good twelve years,...
- 9/22/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jerry Lewis’ last starring role was in Peter Chelsom’s 1995 film “Funny Bones” as George Fawkes, a comedy legend with a comedian son who struggles to impress him. Now, the actual comedy legend returns over twenty years later for the new film “Max Rose,” about an aging jazz pianist who begins to examine his life. In the film, Max discovers that his beautiful wife Eva (Claire Bloom) might be having an affair. Believing his entire life to be a lie, he embarks on an exploration of his past in order to find inner peace. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below featuring Max and his retirement home friends jamming out to the music of their youth.
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In an interview with the Seattle Times, Lewis says that he thought “Funny Bones” would be his last film, but he reconsidered after reading the script,...
Read More: Jerry Lewis Wows MoMA at World Premiere of ‘Max Rose’
In an interview with the Seattle Times, Lewis says that he thought “Funny Bones” would be his last film, but he reconsidered after reading the script,...
- 9/13/2016
- by Annakeara Stinson
- Indiewire
Jordan Harrison’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play “Marjorie Prime” explores what happens when artificial intelligence enters the home and tries to aid us. It follows the 86-year-old Marjorie (played by Lois Smith in the first production), whose mind routinely falls into confusion and fading memories. But then she acquires a handsome new companion who resembles her late husband and is programmed to tell her the story of her life. The question is, “What would you remember, if given the chance?” Now director Michael Almereyda (“Experimenter”) will adapt Harrison’s play to the screen with Smith reprising the title role and Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”) as Marjorie’s new companion. The film also stars Geena Davis (“The Accidental Tourist”) and Tim Robbins (“Mystic River”). Watch an exclusive teaser for the film below.
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Smith is best known for his long, illustrious theatrical career,...
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Smith is best known for his long, illustrious theatrical career,...
- 9/13/2016
- by Annakeara Stinson
- Indiewire
[Warning: Spoilers for “Train to Busan” are included below]
Yeon Sang-ho’s South Korean zombie film “Train to Busan” opened in U.S. theaters in July, and those who have gotten around to seeing it can probably tell why the film has become a box office phenomenon in its home country. Combining elements of “Snowpiercer” and “World War Z,” the energized horror flick follows a group of passengers who must survive a zombie outbreak while on a speeding train and features the kind of virtuoso camerawork and adrenaline-fueled set pieces that make you stand up and cheer.
Read More: ‘Train To Busan’ Review: This Electric Korean Zombie Movie Goes Off The Rails
The film has earned over $10 million in South Korea alone and is expected to cross the $100 million mark at the global box office this month, which has made sequel talks inevitable. Despite reservations from Sang-ho, lead actor Gong Soo has gone on record saying that he hopes...
Yeon Sang-ho’s South Korean zombie film “Train to Busan” opened in U.S. theaters in July, and those who have gotten around to seeing it can probably tell why the film has become a box office phenomenon in its home country. Combining elements of “Snowpiercer” and “World War Z,” the energized horror flick follows a group of passengers who must survive a zombie outbreak while on a speeding train and features the kind of virtuoso camerawork and adrenaline-fueled set pieces that make you stand up and cheer.
Read More: ‘Train To Busan’ Review: This Electric Korean Zombie Movie Goes Off The Rails
The film has earned over $10 million in South Korea alone and is expected to cross the $100 million mark at the global box office this month, which has made sequel talks inevitable. Despite reservations from Sang-ho, lead actor Gong Soo has gone on record saying that he hopes...
- 9/13/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As the specialized film industry concentrates on the Toronto International Film Festival, new movies do continue to open around the country.
The leading opener this weekend, Gravitas Ventures’ “For the Love of Spock,” had a strong initial take via Video on Demand home-viewing venues.
Opening
“For the Love of Spock” (Gravitas Ventures) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Tribeca 2016; also available on Video on Demand
$42,000 in 34 theaters; PTA: $1,235
The key number isn’t the slight theatrical take. It’s the reported $400,000 initial take on streaming platforms, where it is ranked best among independent and documentary releases. “Star Trek” and Leonard Nimoy fans found the vehicle to connect with for the 50th anniversary of the original TV show’s debut.
What comes next: Expect ongoing interest for this, mostly in home viewing.
“Author: The Jt Leroy Story” (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle 2016
$25,000 in 5 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $5,000
A disappointing...
The leading opener this weekend, Gravitas Ventures’ “For the Love of Spock,” had a strong initial take via Video on Demand home-viewing venues.
Opening
“For the Love of Spock” (Gravitas Ventures) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Tribeca 2016; also available on Video on Demand
$42,000 in 34 theaters; PTA: $1,235
The key number isn’t the slight theatrical take. It’s the reported $400,000 initial take on streaming platforms, where it is ranked best among independent and documentary releases. “Star Trek” and Leonard Nimoy fans found the vehicle to connect with for the 50th anniversary of the original TV show’s debut.
What comes next: Expect ongoing interest for this, mostly in home viewing.
“Author: The Jt Leroy Story” (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle 2016
$25,000 in 5 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $5,000
A disappointing...
- 9/11/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
NEWSWe wish we were at the Telluride and Venice film festivals, but since we're not that lucky, we've been voraciously following the buzz. To see what the critics are saying from the Telluride, which was last weekend, and Venice (on-going) check out David Hudson's round-ups at Keyframe. From the former, we're particularly excited about Barry Jenkins' Moonlight and Clint Eastwood's Sully, and from the latter, can't wait to see Uhlrich Seidl's Safari.Recommended VIEWINGSince we just wrapped our Kelly Reichardt retrospective on Mubi, we're feeling much need for her new film, Certain Woman. Starring Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, and Kristen Stewart, its first trailer is only getting us even more excited.We love Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice. And we also love the video essays by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin. Sight & Sound has made made the connection and presents Haunted Memories, exploring "the joy and regret...
- 9/7/2016
- MUBI
Labor Day weekend has never been the home for prime specialized releases, but it is a spot where well-positioned films going broader can thrive. That was the case for “Hell or High Water” (Lionsgate), which gained momentum and looks to be a dominant film for weeks ahead — perhaps even into the awards season. Don’t be surprised if it outgrosses many of the highly touted premieres at Telluride and Toronto.
However, the weekend was unkind to veteran comedy creators; both Kevin Smith’s “Yoga Hosers” (Invincible) and “Max Rose” (Paladin) starring Jerry Lewis received mostly negative reviews and little interest in their initial regular theatrical dates.
Opening
“No Manches Frida” (Lionsgate)
$3,650,000 in 362 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $10,083; Cumulative: $3,650,000
Lionsgate’s most recent release of a Spanish-language film from production partner Pantelion looks to be their best opener yet. A typical Mexican comedy involving a complicated scheme to recover stolen loot,...
However, the weekend was unkind to veteran comedy creators; both Kevin Smith’s “Yoga Hosers” (Invincible) and “Max Rose” (Paladin) starring Jerry Lewis received mostly negative reviews and little interest in their initial regular theatrical dates.
Opening
“No Manches Frida” (Lionsgate)
$3,650,000 in 362 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $10,083; Cumulative: $3,650,000
Lionsgate’s most recent release of a Spanish-language film from production partner Pantelion looks to be their best opener yet. A typical Mexican comedy involving a complicated scheme to recover stolen loot,...
- 9/4/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Lionsgate/Pantelion's No Manches Frida and FilmRise's White Girl had solid starts over the Labor Day weekend. Spanish-language No Manches Frida bowed in 362 locations grossing $3.65 million Friday to Sunday. White Girl played a trio of theaters, grossing $36K. Max Rose, starring Jerry Lewis (no stranger to the Labor Day holiday), opened in a single location, taking $4K through Sunday, while Fip bowed Indian-produced Nam Hai Akira with 71 runs, with an estimated three-day…...
- 9/4/2016
- Deadline
Labor Day weekend is sending the Summer 2016 movie season out with more of a whimper than a bang, but that isn't to say there aren't performances that stand out. While the weekend's two new wide releases*The Light Between Oceans and Morgan*failed to have much of an impact on the overall weekend, Sony's horror/thriller Don't Breathe became only the second horror film to top the weekend box office two weekends in a row since 2014. On top of that, Bad Moms has now crossed the $100 million mark domestically, Suicide Squad will soon top $300 million and The Secret Life of Pets moved up another notch on the all-time animated list while Finding Dory continued to pad its lead. With an estimated $15.7 million three-day weekend Screen Gems' Don't Breathe finished atop the box office for a second weekend in a row with a drop of just 41% as its cume now...
- 9/4/2016
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Jerry Lewis turned 90 in March. Many fans, me included, wished hard to see this legendary comedian and virtuoso filmmaker cut loose on screen one more time. Max Rose doesn't grant that wish. For starters, his first film in 20 years is not a comedy — it's a sober, sad-eyed study of an old man on the ropes. Max, a former jazz pianist who never quite made it, sits alone in a house haunted by memories, mostly of his wife Eva (the great Claire Bloom) who has just died. At her funeral, his eulogy is tortured,...
- 9/2/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The comedy veteran does his best with the material, playing a grieving widower who discovers his wife’s secret affair, but it’s hard to dress up a turkey
No one likes to see someone they love deteriorate. Fans of Jerry Lewis may wish to avoid Max Rose, a maudlin, inconsequential waste of his talents, and quite probably the last film in which the 90-year-old actor will star.
Related: Jerry Lewis talks to Martin Scorsese in New York: 'Comedy comes out of pain'
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No one likes to see someone they love deteriorate. Fans of Jerry Lewis may wish to avoid Max Rose, a maudlin, inconsequential waste of his talents, and quite probably the last film in which the 90-year-old actor will star.
Related: Jerry Lewis talks to Martin Scorsese in New York: 'Comedy comes out of pain'
Continue reading...
- 9/2/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
Kevin Smith fans will get their first crack at his latest film, Yoga Hosers, at select locations around the country Labor Day weekend. The film features both Smith's and Johnny Depp's daughters at the center of the comedy-thriller. Jerry Lewis takes the spotlight in Max Rose, opening Friday via Paladin, the first feature starring role for the 90-year-old in two decades. The film opens the holiday weekend which for years was known for the telethon that bared his name. Fip…...
- 9/2/2016
- Deadline
Just like that, it’s fall already. The first round of films fresh out of Tiff and Venice and Telluride are making their ways to theaters and living rooms nationwide. And now, we enter the last third of the year, with plenty of titles to be excited about. Below, you’ll see every planned theatrical release for the month of September, separated out into films with wide runs and limited ones. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!
Week of September 2 Wide
Morgan
Director: Luke Scott
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyd Holbrook, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kate Mara, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones
Synopsis: A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote,...
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!
Week of September 2 Wide
Morgan
Director: Luke Scott
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyd Holbrook, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kate Mara, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones
Synopsis: A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The elderly Jerry Lewis cuts a more poignant and vulnerable figure than Max Rose deserves. Playing a widower who suspects that his late wife may have had an affair in the early years of their marriage, the comedy star of decades past carries himself with the air of a deposed monarch. His right pinkie finger bears the same chunky signet ring that he wore in his classic comedies; his shirts and sweaters are still spotless, if noticeably baggier. In old age, Lewis’ vanity has become touching. But Max Rose—shelved for more than three years before finally making its way to theaters—is as trite as a film can be while piggybacking off the reality of age.
The frailty comes easily, given that Lewis really is that old; almost everything else is a bromide. The best Max Rose offers are a few acrid touches: a master shot that lingers on...
The frailty comes easily, given that Lewis really is that old; almost everything else is a bromide. The best Max Rose offers are a few acrid touches: a master shot that lingers on...
- 9/1/2016
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
As expected, Fede Alvarez’s thriller Don’t Breathe (Screen Gems), starring Jane Levy and Stephen Lang, won the weekend, but it did way more than we predicted, doing better than most movies released in the last weekend of August, winning the weekend with $26.4 million, pretty much double what I predicted. That’s a pretty great testament to the power of Screen Gems’ marketing campaign and that’s more than double what the movie cost to make. Jason Statham’s Mechanic: Resurrection (Summit/Lionsgate) didn’t fare as well as it opened in fifth place with $7.5 million in 2,258 theaters, about where I predicted. Of the more moderate releases, the Obama date movie Southside with You (Roadside Attractions) took in $3 million in around 800 theaters,...
This Past Weekend:
As expected, Fede Alvarez’s thriller Don’t Breathe (Screen Gems), starring Jane Levy and Stephen Lang, won the weekend, but it did way more than we predicted, doing better than most movies released in the last weekend of August, winning the weekend with $26.4 million, pretty much double what I predicted. That’s a pretty great testament to the power of Screen Gems’ marketing campaign and that’s more than double what the movie cost to make. Jason Statham’s Mechanic: Resurrection (Summit/Lionsgate) didn’t fare as well as it opened in fifth place with $7.5 million in 2,258 theaters, about where I predicted. Of the more moderate releases, the Obama date movie Southside with You (Roadside Attractions) took in $3 million in around 800 theaters,...
- 8/31/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
A film centering on octogenarians isn’t an easy sell. Not even when you get a legend like Jerry Lewis to come out of retirement to deliver his first starring role in twenty years. So you have to give Daniel Noah credit — he got it done. And after a few years producing some effective genre films with his shingle SpectreVision, Max Rose also becomes a return for him to the director’s chair. He admits that he couldn’t see anyone else doing the material justice, the script itself based in part on the struggles he witnessed with his grandfather when his grandmother passed away. This passion project looks to shed light on the emotional turmoil of love as it pertains to a segment of society we often dismiss: senior citizens.
Love runs deep. At least we hope it does — the divorce rate probably has something else to say about this fact.
Love runs deep. At least we hope it does — the divorce rate probably has something else to say about this fact.
- 8/31/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Meaty roles for older actors may be few and far between, but some things are worse than unemployment: namely, movies that trot out screen legends to provide an iconic cover for poor filmmaking. Such is the case with just-turned-90 Jerry Lewis‘ starring role in writer-director Daniel Noah’s “Max Rose,” a dispiritingly maudlin and clunky elder drama filmed more than three years ago, about an 87-year-old jazz pianist (Lewis) dealing with upsetting news about his recently deceased wife Eva (Claire Bloom). The truest test for unrepentant treacle like this is to imagine how invested one would be if Lewis weren’t headlining.
- 8/30/2016
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
All this week, IndieWire will be rolling out our annual Fall Preview, including offerings that span genres, a close examination of some of the year’s biggest breakouts, all the awards contenders you need to know about now and special attention to all the new movies you need to get through a jam-packed fall movie-going season. Check back every day for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
“The Light Between Oceans,” September 2
Derek Cianfrance’s sweet spot is relationship dramas that don’t balk at showing just how damn hard it can be to love someone and to sustain that love (hi, “Blue Valentine”), and with his big screen adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name, he takes those interests and skills right to a post-World War I landscape tailormade for a sweeping,...
“The Light Between Oceans,” September 2
Derek Cianfrance’s sweet spot is relationship dramas that don’t balk at showing just how damn hard it can be to love someone and to sustain that love (hi, “Blue Valentine”), and with his big screen adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name, he takes those interests and skills right to a post-World War I landscape tailormade for a sweeping,...
- 8/15/2016
- by Kate Erbland, Chris O'Falt, Zack Sharf, Steve Greene, David Ehrlich, Anne Thompson and Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Witness him! Sorry, that was probably too aggressive for a movie like this. But you really should witness Jerry Lewis in the first trailer for Max Rose, his first film in 20 years. You may have not heard of this movie before reading this, but now is your chance to make up for that by watching the richly dramatic, almost hauntingly beautiful trailer. Though Lewis isn’t exactly as big with the kids... Read More...
- 8/4/2016
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
Three years after its Cannes debut, the familial drama Max Rose will finally arrive in theaters next month. The film — written and directed by Daniel Noah — is somewhat of a landmark, as it makes the first live-action performance of Jerry Lewis since 1995’s Funny Bones. The legendary actor and comedian stars as a jazz pianist named Max who discovers his wife, Eva, days before her death, was seeing another man during their 65-year marriage. This revelation rattles Max, along with his son (Kevin Pollak) and granddaughter (Kerry Bishé).
Ahead of a release in September, the first trailer and poster have now arrived. The film looks to be a somber and potentially uplifting meditation on loss and lies, life and death as the journey may be an excuse for the now-mourning and confused Max to connect with his children and experience life one final time.
See the trailer below, along with...
Ahead of a release in September, the first trailer and poster have now arrived. The film looks to be a somber and potentially uplifting meditation on loss and lies, life and death as the journey may be an excuse for the now-mourning and confused Max to connect with his children and experience life one final time.
See the trailer below, along with...
- 8/4/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
It’s been 21 years since Jerry Lewis last starred in a film, 1995’s British stage show dramedy Funny Bones. Earlier this year, it was announced that he’d be briefly coming back to acting, appearing in an upcoming Nicolas Cage movie as Cage’s father, presumably to provide the secret origin of the Face/Off star’s tendency for the manic mug. But before that, we’ve got a trailer for another starring role from the 90-year-old comedy legend and would-be Holocaust clown, with Lightstream Entertainment releasing a promo today for Lewis’ melodramatic Max Rose.
Centering on Lewis as the titular blues-playing widower, who discovers that his wife of 65 years might have been unfaithful, the film was actually finished three years ago, and played at Cannes. This long of a pause between completion and release isn’t usually a good sign for a film’s success. (That ...
Centering on Lewis as the titular blues-playing widower, who discovers that his wife of 65 years might have been unfaithful, the film was actually finished three years ago, and played at Cannes. This long of a pause between completion and release isn’t usually a good sign for a film’s success. (That ...
- 8/3/2016
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
"They all start out with a slap on the ass, and then we end up jealous old men wishing we had what the other guy's got." Paladin & Lightstream have unveiled the official Us trailer for an indie drama called Max Rose, starring the legendary musician-comedian Jerry Lewis as an aging jazz pianist. The trailer says this is Lewis' "most personal role of a lifetime", and it definitely feels that way. After her death, he learns that his wife had another man in her life and tries to find out who he is. Also starring Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishé, Dean Stockwell, Fred Willard and Claire Bloom. This looks like a very emotional film, with strong performances and more heart than most films. "Sharing love - it's more important that anything." Indeed. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Daniel Noah's Max Rose, direct from YouTube: When a jazz pianist, Max Rose...
- 8/3/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Legend Jerry Lewis returns to the big screen in the most personal role of a lifetime. Lightstream Entertainment and Paladin released a new trailer for the drama “Max Rose,” an intimate story about losing the one you love and holding on to the ones that are still around.
Lewis stars as the titular character, a retired jazz pianist whose wife of 65 years Eva (Claire Bloom) dies. After her death, he discovers an intimate note from another man written to her in 1959 and slowly starts to believe his marriage was a lie. As he embarks on an exploration of his own past, he is brought face to face with a menagerie of characters from a bygone era.
Read More: Jerry Lewis Wows MoMA at World Premiere of ‘Max Rose’
The film is written and directed by Daniel Noah and also stars Kevin Pollack, Kerry Bishe and Illeana Douglas. A preliminary cut...
Lewis stars as the titular character, a retired jazz pianist whose wife of 65 years Eva (Claire Bloom) dies. After her death, he discovers an intimate note from another man written to her in 1959 and slowly starts to believe his marriage was a lie. As he embarks on an exploration of his own past, he is brought face to face with a menagerie of characters from a bygone era.
Read More: Jerry Lewis Wows MoMA at World Premiere of ‘Max Rose’
The film is written and directed by Daniel Noah and also stars Kevin Pollack, Kerry Bishe and Illeana Douglas. A preliminary cut...
- 8/3/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
As the shadow of “The Day The Clown Cried” looms ever larger, Jerry Lewis is hoping some late-stage career moves can take the focus of his famously abandoned WWII movie. Just this spring, he had an unlikely small role in the Nicolas Cage/Elijah Wood joint “The Trust;” and you may have forgotten, but a few years […]
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- 8/3/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
A trailer recently dropped for a movie I had no idea even existed. Now, that shouldn.t be a huge shock for everyone, as letting people know a movie exists is what trailers are for. What.s shocking about this trailer is it.s for Warren Beatty.s new movie, Rule.S Don.T Apply, his first film since the epic disaster that was Town & Country in 2001. Like Jerry Lewis with Max Rose, Beatty was believed to be in... Read More...
- 7/15/2016
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
Jerry Lewis is returning to the film world in a feature that surely won’t be quite what you expect.
Max Rose, which hits Sept. 2 in New York and expands throughout September and October, is the story of a jazz pianist who suddenly has reason to question his sixty-five year marriage. This leads to an exploration of his own past, with, we must guess, rather surprising results.
From writer/director Daniel Noah, the film also stars Kevin Pollak, Claire Bloom, Dean Stockwell, Kerry Bishé, Mort Sahl, and many more.
The film hit Cannes a few years ago, which apparently led to no great rush to bring it to audiences, but that’s likely to be a testament to the somber, “life reflection” nature of the subject as much as anything.
It’s, apparently, a film riddled with nostalgia for its own sake, and perhaps one of the curiosities of what...
Max Rose, which hits Sept. 2 in New York and expands throughout September and October, is the story of a jazz pianist who suddenly has reason to question his sixty-five year marriage. This leads to an exploration of his own past, with, we must guess, rather surprising results.
From writer/director Daniel Noah, the film also stars Kevin Pollak, Claire Bloom, Dean Stockwell, Kerry Bishé, Mort Sahl, and many more.
The film hit Cannes a few years ago, which apparently led to no great rush to bring it to audiences, but that’s likely to be a testament to the somber, “life reflection” nature of the subject as much as anything.
It’s, apparently, a film riddled with nostalgia for its own sake, and perhaps one of the curiosities of what...
- 7/7/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Footage has surfaced from a 1972 Holocaust movie “The Day the Clown Cried,” starring and directed by Jerry Lewis, Hollywood Elsewhere reports.
Read More: Jerry Lewis Wows MoMA at World Premiere of ‘Max Rose’
Lewis played a circus clown named Helmut Doork who is imprisoned by the Nazis in a concentration camp, where he performs small gags for children to keep them entertained. He eventually decided against releasing the movie, and has almost never publicly acknowledged it.
A 31-minute condensed version of the movie recently appeared on Vimeo. The film was shot in Paris and Sweden in 1972 and at one point was expected to play at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Lewis was reported to have scrapped plans for releasing the film after being embarrassed by how it turned out. The film is scheduled to be made available in its entirely in 2025.
In 1992, Harry Shearer told Spy magazine the movie was so “drastically wrong,...
Read More: Jerry Lewis Wows MoMA at World Premiere of ‘Max Rose’
Lewis played a circus clown named Helmut Doork who is imprisoned by the Nazis in a concentration camp, where he performs small gags for children to keep them entertained. He eventually decided against releasing the movie, and has almost never publicly acknowledged it.
A 31-minute condensed version of the movie recently appeared on Vimeo. The film was shot in Paris and Sweden in 1972 and at one point was expected to play at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Lewis was reported to have scrapped plans for releasing the film after being embarrassed by how it turned out. The film is scheduled to be made available in its entirely in 2025.
In 1992, Harry Shearer told Spy magazine the movie was so “drastically wrong,...
- 6/17/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Jerry Lewis turns 90 today, and he’s got a gift coming. Blackbird's Lawrence Inglee,and Lightstream's Garrett Kelleher, the producers of Max Rose, Lewis’ first film in awhile, have set a deal with Paladin to release the film theatrically in the U.S. It will kick off with an April 10 premiere at the Museum of Modern Art as the final piece of a Moma exhibition called Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis: The Kid Turns 90. The retrospective, featuring highlights from Lewis…...
- 3/16/2016
- Deadline
Plus: Music Box nabs Seasons; CNN takes Holy Hell; and more…
Jerry Lewis – who turned 90 on Wednesday – will present the official premiere of his latest film, Max Rose, on April 10 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The film will run along with the museum’s exhibition Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis: The Kid Turns 90, which celebrates the actor’s career. Producers Lawrence Inglee of Blackbird and Garrett Kelleher of Lightstream finalised the deal to release the film theatrically in the Us through Paladin.
Daniel Noa wrote and directed the story about a retired jazz musician who sets out to learn whether his late wife had an affair.
Music Box Films has acquired Us rights to Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud’s Seasons and will release this autumn. Shot in seven countries, the film documents the rise of seasons and their effect on life after the 80,000-year long Ice Age came to an end. Music Box brokered...
Jerry Lewis – who turned 90 on Wednesday – will present the official premiere of his latest film, Max Rose, on April 10 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The film will run along with the museum’s exhibition Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis: The Kid Turns 90, which celebrates the actor’s career. Producers Lawrence Inglee of Blackbird and Garrett Kelleher of Lightstream finalised the deal to release the film theatrically in the Us through Paladin.
Daniel Noa wrote and directed the story about a retired jazz musician who sets out to learn whether his late wife had an affair.
Music Box Films has acquired Us rights to Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud’s Seasons and will release this autumn. Shot in seven countries, the film documents the rise of seasons and their effect on life after the 80,000-year long Ice Age came to an end. Music Box brokered...
- 3/16/2016
- ScreenDaily
Top brass at the Mexican festival have expanded the table to include culinary cinema and Us favourites from the circuit
The Tastes sidebar includes the Mexican premiere of Cooking Up A Tribute by Luis González and Andrea Gómez, which profiles El Celler de Can Roca, viewed in some circles as the world’s best restaurant, which closed temporarily to tour America.
Tastes includes the world premiere of Baja Tastes by Roberto Najera and the Latin American premiere of Sergio Herman: F***ing Perfect by Willemiek Kluijfhout.
B-Side curates some of the most popular recent films about music and the line-up features the Latin American premiere of Johnnie To’s Office, the Mexican premiere of Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope (pictured) and Hervé Martin-Delpierre’s Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes.
American Specials showcases Mexican premieres of Us films with a strong point of view. The roster includes The Hollow Point by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Daniel Noah’s [link...
The Tastes sidebar includes the Mexican premiere of Cooking Up A Tribute by Luis González and Andrea Gómez, which profiles El Celler de Can Roca, viewed in some circles as the world’s best restaurant, which closed temporarily to tour America.
Tastes includes the world premiere of Baja Tastes by Roberto Najera and the Latin American premiere of Sergio Herman: F***ing Perfect by Willemiek Kluijfhout.
B-Side curates some of the most popular recent films about music and the line-up features the Latin American premiere of Johnnie To’s Office, the Mexican premiere of Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope (pictured) and Hervé Martin-Delpierre’s Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes.
American Specials showcases Mexican premieres of Us films with a strong point of view. The roster includes The Hollow Point by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Daniel Noah’s [link...
- 11/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Midnight movies have always been a staple at the Sundance Film Festival, from "Blair Witch Project" to "Buried." Two of the higher-buzz horror titles at this year's fest were Ana Lily Amirpour's Iran vampire love story "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" (review here, trailer below) which opens on November 14 via Kino Lorber, while rookie directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion's horror-comedy "Cooties," starring Wood, Rainn Wilson and "Newsroom" star Alison Pill, was picked up by Lionsgate for January 2015 release. Founded by actor-producer Elijah Wood ("Wilfred"), writer-director Daniel Noah ("Max Rose") and director Josh C. Waller ("McCanick"), SpectreVision is the rebranded genre-focused production company originally named The Woodshed in 2010. So far SpectreVision’s slate also includes "Toad Road," which Artsploitation released on theatrical and VOD last...
- 11/3/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Manifest Films to handle international sales on biopic, which has previously secured a Us release.
The producers of biopic Reagan, about the life of the 40th Us president, have announced a foreign sales agreement for all territories outside of the Us with Manifest Film Sales, a division of Intandem Films.
According to the filmmakers, a deal for a Us release of Reagan on 3,000 screens has already been secured along with $35 million in P&A.
Manifest will commence international sales for Reagan at the Cannes Marche this month. The announcement follows the completion of the script last month.
Written by Howard Klausner (Space Cowboys), Reagan’s story is told through the eyes of veteran Kgb agent Viktor Petrovich, a composite character of Kgb agents who had closely followed Reagan since his days in Hollywood. The film follows the future president’s ascent from hometown hero in his native Dixon, Illinois, to his Hollywood life as an actor, to the...
The producers of biopic Reagan, about the life of the 40th Us president, have announced a foreign sales agreement for all territories outside of the Us with Manifest Film Sales, a division of Intandem Films.
According to the filmmakers, a deal for a Us release of Reagan on 3,000 screens has already been secured along with $35 million in P&A.
Manifest will commence international sales for Reagan at the Cannes Marche this month. The announcement follows the completion of the script last month.
Written by Howard Klausner (Space Cowboys), Reagan’s story is told through the eyes of veteran Kgb agent Viktor Petrovich, a composite character of Kgb agents who had closely followed Reagan since his days in Hollywood. The film follows the future president’s ascent from hometown hero in his native Dixon, Illinois, to his Hollywood life as an actor, to the...
- 5/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
Washington, Jan 15: Veteran actor Jerry Lewis has been chosen as this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award by Hollywood's union publicists.
According to Variety, the 'Max Rose' star will be honoured with the award at the Publicists Awards Luncheon on February 28.
President of the Intl. Cinematographers Guild, Steven Poster, said that the comedian is a national treasure who has provided generations worldwide with decades of laughs.
The money Lewis raised for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Jerry's Kids is simply astounding, Poster asserted.
Poster added that Jerry is also one of the.
According to Variety, the 'Max Rose' star will be honoured with the award at the Publicists Awards Luncheon on February 28.
President of the Intl. Cinematographers Guild, Steven Poster, said that the comedian is a national treasure who has provided generations worldwide with decades of laughs.
The money Lewis raised for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Jerry's Kids is simply astounding, Poster asserted.
Poster added that Jerry is also one of the.
- 1/15/2014
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
SpectreVision, founded by actor Elijah Wood ("Wilfred"), writer-director Daniel Noah ("Max Rose") and director Josh C. Waller ("McCanick"), has announced their first annual SpectreFest in partnership with Cinefamily. It will be held in Hollywood, running October 19-31.The opening night event is classic horror-comedy "An American Werewolf in London," to be held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with special guest DJs Wooden Wisdom.The new fest will also host the La premiere of E.L. Katz’s award-winning "Cheap Thrills" (Israeli thriller "Big Bad Wolves" has been pulled). Other premieres scheduled include "Grand Piano," starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack, and Waller's own "Raze" IFC's horror/action film starring Zoe Bell and Rachel Nichols, due in 2014.Avant-garde rocker Ariel Pink will provide musical accompaniment to experimental shorts curated by the Cinefamily, while Chrome Canyon will add their electronic/synth music to Fritz Lang’s "Metropolis."Wood,...
- 10/9/2013
- by Anne Thompson and Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Scouting locations for The Moon and the Sun, a fantasy/adventure film starring Pierce Brosnan, Bill Nighy and Fan Bing Bing, the producers weighed offers from a number of countries.
Victoria won out thanks to a combination of the location offset, state rebate, quality of the crews and the expertise of VFX houses, according to Paul Currie, who is one of the principal producers alongside Pandemonium Films. Bill Mechanic.
Budgeted at $US40 million, the film will shoot for two weeks in Versailles, France in March, then move to Australia in April using the stages of Docklands Studios and locations throughout Victoria.
An Aussie who.s based in Los Angeles, Currie tells If, .$40 million goes a long way in Australia. Cost effectively we do great work for realistic budgets..
Film Victoria, Screen Nsw and Screen Queensland all pitched for the project and Ausfilm was co-operative. Currie was grateful for the agencies...
Victoria won out thanks to a combination of the location offset, state rebate, quality of the crews and the expertise of VFX houses, according to Paul Currie, who is one of the principal producers alongside Pandemonium Films. Bill Mechanic.
Budgeted at $US40 million, the film will shoot for two weeks in Versailles, France in March, then move to Australia in April using the stages of Docklands Studios and locations throughout Victoria.
An Aussie who.s based in Los Angeles, Currie tells If, .$40 million goes a long way in Australia. Cost effectively we do great work for realistic budgets..
Film Victoria, Screen Nsw and Screen Queensland all pitched for the project and Ausfilm was co-operative. Currie was grateful for the agencies...
- 9/26/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
At last, a glimpse of The Day the Clown Cried. Jerry Lewis has sworn repeatedly over the years that he would never let the 1972 movie about a clown who led Jewish children to their deaths during the Holocaust, which he directed and starred in, see the light of day. Video: First Look at Jerry Lewis' Return to Big Screen in 'Max Rose' In the film, Lewis plays a down-on-his-luck German circus clown named Helmut Doork, arrested after drunkenly mocking Adolf Hitler and placed in a concentration camp awaiting trial. He later boards a train
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- 8/12/2013
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jerry Lewis has mad Yiddish flow ... or maybe it's mad gibberish flow ... either way, it was definitely an attempt at a freestyle rap ... and TMZ has the footage. The 87-year-old legend unleashed his skillz last week in between shooting scenes for his movie "Max Rose" -- when he injected himself into a rap battle with "America's Got Talent" sensation Chris La Vrar (who just happened to be on the set that day). Lewis -- impressed...
- 6/9/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The sentimental drama Max Rose is the first film to star Jerry Lewis in 18 years. It’s not a happy return for the comic legend, who has also been superb in weightier fare. (His performance in director Martin Scorsese’s dark satire The King of Comedy remains a career highlight.) A story about an aging widower looking back on his life, Max Rose has an icky earnestness and general incompetence that make this potential comeback vehicle a rather exasperating viewing experience. Lewis has claimed that he thought the script by writer-director Daniel Noah was the best he’s read in 40 years....
- 5/30/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Cannes, France — Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.
The festival, he says, is "for snobs," and when he meets a reporter from his native land, he exhales, "It's so nice to hear an American." To him, Cannes isn't an epicenter of rabid Lewis fandom, it's simply "business," he says, chomping on gum.
And at 87, Lewis is back in business. Nearly two decades since his last film, he's at Cannes with "Max Rose," a modest independent film in which he stars as an elderly man reconciling himself to life without his late wife.
"I'm very happy to relax and stay home with my family, and if something comes up, I'll consider it," Lewis, in an interview, said of his return to movies. "That's the nice part about 87. You just tell people: Oh, you're very tired."
At Cannes,...
The festival, he says, is "for snobs," and when he meets a reporter from his native land, he exhales, "It's so nice to hear an American." To him, Cannes isn't an epicenter of rabid Lewis fandom, it's simply "business," he says, chomping on gum.
And at 87, Lewis is back in business. Nearly two decades since his last film, he's at Cannes with "Max Rose," a modest independent film in which he stars as an elderly man reconciling himself to life without his late wife.
"I'm very happy to relax and stay home with my family, and if something comes up, I'll consider it," Lewis, in an interview, said of his return to movies. "That's the nice part about 87. You just tell people: Oh, you're very tired."
At Cannes,...
- 5/25/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Jerry Lewis Max Rose panned: Cannes Film Festival 2013 Jerry Lewis and Charles Chaplin both made comedies. What else do they have in common? One possible answer: Claire Bloom, Chaplin’s Limelight "discovery" (Bloom had already been featured in the 1948 British drama The Blind Goddess) and Lewis’ leading lady in Max Rose. (Photo: Jerry Lewis in Max Rose.) Jerry Lewis’ first movie since Funny Bones (1995), Max Rose was screened yesterday at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Written and directed by Daniel Noah, whose previous directorial effort was the little-seen 2001 thriller Twelve, Max Rose stars the 87-year-old Lewis in the title role: a former jazz pianist who, following the death of his wife (Claire Bloom), discovers that his marriage may have been less than ideally monogamous. Max Rose: Jerry Lewis’ ‘best script in 40 years’ — critics, however, considerably less impressed At the 2013 Cannes press conference, Jerry Lewis called Max Rose the “best script I read in 40 years,...
- 5/25/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
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