This is a list of movies produced andor distributed by the u. It is the jerry lewis film hardly working, starring mr. Buysoundtrax records presents the world premiere soundtrack release of hardly working, featuring music composed and conducted by morton stevens, including the complete orchestral score, along with the source music composed for the film as bonus tracks, professionally mastered by james nelson of digital outland. Hardly working 1980 has often been described as being lewis comeback movie. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Antony balch 10 september 1937 6 april 1980 was an english film director and distributor, best known for his screen collaborations with beat generation author william s. While most of his movies have won a great deal of attention, doing well at the box office as well as being film school favorites, the shining attracted a particular media frenzy from the time it was released, partially due to the popularity of stephen kings novel on which it was based. Hardly workingoriginal motion picture soundtrack by. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.
Hardly working soundtrack cd details and availability. The company was founded on may 31, 1935 as a merger between fox film corporation and 20th century pictures. The film marked a onetime reunion with bill richmond, lewis screenwriting. Seen as a comeback film after an absence of nearly a decade, hardly working gave lewis the opportunity to debut his style of slapstick and sentimental comedy for a new generation of. This chart contains the total worldwide box office for the movies released in 1980. Look only to the nowiconic, 33minute heist sequence which serves as the films second act, totally without dialogue and. Aug 20, 2017 scott works in the film industry, and his imdb credits include production work on lizzie mcguire 2001 and las vegas 2003. He then moves into a hilarious succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant, salesman, shef, and a mailman all. The shakiest gun in the west full movie, western, english. Hardly working is a 1980 american comedy film directed by and starring jerry lewis. Buysoundtrax records presents the original soundtrack to hardly working. Altered states 1980 is a really frustrating film, and an. It was filmed in 1979, and was released in europe in.
Seen as a comeback film after an absence of nearly a decade, hardly working gave lewis the opportunity to debut his style of slapstick and sentimental comedy for a new generation of movie. Hardly working 1980 pg 1h 31min comedy 31 january 1980 west germany in jerry lewiss first film in a decade, he plays bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown who cant seem to hold down a job. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. In jerry lewiss first film in a decade, he plays bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown.
This list shows all films released in 1980, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. Now steeped in hostility and bitterness, lewis eventually returned to directing with hardly working 1980, a fairly artless and amateurish collection of freakish comic scenarios that also seemed to be a veiled attempt to settle some hollywood scores the marketing material referred to lewis as the original jerk, in resentful reference to. The film, released in 1979, became an especially welltimed and propitious arrival, as an actual near meltdown was then occurring at the three mile island nuclear power plant near harrisburg, pennsylvania. For shelley duvall, the shining was a personal horror story. Its about playing dodgeball in the bathroom, destroying computer monitors, shrinking rays, idiotic time travelers, cool english teachers and other everyday aspects of an average job. The teenagers of rosewood academy dont know it but they are living, breathing incarnations of iconic 1980 s and 1990s film characters. It was the final film directed by lewis before his death in 2017.
He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a. Altered states 1980 is a really frustrating film, and an early example if psychedelic horror i wanted desperately to like altered states, because the things it gets right it gets so right. Catholic boy 1980 is the debut album by the jim carroll band, led by jim carroll, who was notable for publishing the 1978 memoir the basketball diaries, and poetry collections including living at the movies. Lovethatmouse on dvd is hardly working, a 1980 american comedy film directed by and starring jerry lewis. The film, for other part, is full of subtle visual narrative details and its structure so worked as his previous films as filmmaker. Jerry lewis hardly working is situated at the end of a long, uncomfortable hiatus. Cracking up is a 1983 american comedy film directed by and starring jerry lewis. Apr 10, 2018 and working is perhaps the best way to describe what the film does best. Nov 07, 2017 director stanley kubrick rose to notoriety for his perfectionism during the early years of his career. Lewis clown makeup in that film resembles bos face in hardly. Jerry lewis first film in a decade stars the comedian as bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown who cannot hold down a job. The best movies of 1980 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Normally, a bad film will attempt to be serious, then be laughably bad. Watch hardly working 1980 online full length search.
Cant hardly wait tumblr roleplay, a drive me crazy fanfic. Hardly working 1981 an outofwork clown jerry lewis spills drinks and knocks things over when he tries regular 9to5 jobs. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic uscanada theatrical release. It was released as a single in 1980 with hey you as the bside.
But sadly its such a tonally inconsistent film, and one that cant seem to focus on anything at all. Hardly working is office sketch comedy written by and starring the staff of. His gritty, ultraviolent, fastpaced, and impeccably hip writing style. Originally titled smorgasbord, it was filmed in 198182 and only received limited distribution in the united states. Hardly working dvd 1980 jerry lewis comedy location. Biography mudhoneys time line begins in 1980, when teenaged mark arm formed the band mr. I n 1980, the year in which bertrand taverniers film death watch a. Hardly working usa 91 mins the candor of this movie as selfportrait is at times almost terrifying. Hardly working 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lewis performed a number of roles on this film, he was a cowriter, lead actor and director, the. Print exhibits slight color fading image gone pink. The soundtrack features music composed by morton stevens for the 1980 comedy film directed by directed by and starring the great jerry lewis, along with susan oliver, deanna lund, roger c.
And by the end, you will hate the worldfamous star and auteur of the film to the point of a whitehot rage. Jerry lewis appeared in movies and television from 1949 to 2017. He also worked as an assistant on his fathers 1980 film hardly working. It was filmed in 1979, and was released in europe in 1980 and in the united states on april 3, 1981 through 20th century fox. Jul 24, 2015 and by the end, you will hate the worldfamous star and auteur of the film to the point of a whitehot rage. With the other circuses not hiring anyone for the better part of six months, bo is forced to move in with his sister. The shakiest gun in the west is a 1968 western comedy film starring don knotts. Playboy centerfold found dead in 1980, blasted away by. Like that film, its subject is profoundly sad, but it is delivered with an almost oblivious glee. March 16, 1926 august 20, 2017 was an american comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, dubbed the king of comedy and the total filmmaker. Road house 1948 ida lupino, cornel wilde, richard widmark. Hardly working 1980 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. Quentin tarantino is undoubtedly one of the if not the most influential american film directors of the last quartercentury.
Before a number of factors caused the implosion of the entire music label system, part of it being a movement later in the 1980s to ignore their history and legacy as if they could throw away their catalog and history, there was pride and people running the labels for the most part who knew and loved music. The next year, he met joseph ford proctor, a businessman and wouldbe film mogul who handed him a script entitled hardly working. His sister claire susan oliver and her belligerent husband robert roger c. Hardly working opens with a fastpaced montage of classic bits from past triumphs like the bellboy and cinderfella, suggesting a return to form. Barnaby jones the complete collection is something hardcore fans will want to have only because its highly unlikely this will be remastered for home video anytime in the next decade.
She has the high honor of being the first in a long line of friday the th heroines. Comfortably numb is a song by the english rock band pink floyd, released on their eleventh album, the wall 1979. Mudhoney biography mudhoneys time line begins in 1980. Epp and the calculations with some highschool friends from the seattle suburb of bellevue. The producers were able to complete filming by working around fondas parts and filling in later. Stone, steve franken, buddy lester and billy barty. Jonathan rosenbaum chicago reader after ten years in the wilderness, jerry lewis. Hardly working is a comedy film directed by and starring jerry lewis. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past lewis. The soundtrack features music composed by morton stevens for the 1980 comedy film directed by and starring the great jerry lewis, along with susan oliver, deanna lund, roger c.
It has a full title, and is complete to the end with end title. Hardly working is one of the great nonexperiences of my moviegoing life. I was absolutely stunned by the vast stupidity of this film. All time worldwide all time single market all time animated worldwide all time sequel worldwide all time nonsequel worldwide top 2019 worldwide top 2020 worldwide. It was directed by alan rafkin and written by jim fritzell and everett greenbaum. The jokes fall completely flat and are have poor comic timing. Hardly working is the only film i have ever seen that attempts to be funny, fails miserably, and then is hilarious because it is so unfunny. Stuart galbraith iv is the kyotobased film historian and publishereditor of world cinema paradise. In 1982, lewis was a guest on late night with david letterman. Hardly working tells the story of bo hooper, a circus clown who loses his job when the circus closes down and has the worst luck ever trying to hold down a job. Top comments hardly working does not have any comments yet. Description hardly working 1980 in jerry lewiss first film in a decade, he plays bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown who cant seem to hold down a job.
Buysoundtrax records presents the world premiere soundtrack release of hardly working, featuring music composed and conducted by morton stevens, including the the complete orchestral score, along with the source music composed for the film as. Jerry lewis enjoyed a career resurgence with this typically zany comedy, directing and starring for the first time in years and ending up with one of the top moneymakers of 1981. Hardly working 1980 in jerry lewiss first film in a decade, he plays bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown who cant seem to hold down a job. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than. Bo hooper, lewis is an unemployed circus clown who cant seem to hold down a job. Hardly workingoriginal motion picture soundtrack by morton. I saw jerry lewis 1980 comeback film hardly working when it was first released, in a theater filled to the gills with rabid jerry lewis fans of which i am one who were all joyously ecstatic to be seeing a new jerry lewis movie after all those years. Lewis plays bo hooper, a clown who suddenly finds himself out of a job after his circus goes out of business. It was a test of patience and tolerance that a saint might not have passedbut i didnt walk out. Rare in the fact that she smokes marijuana, takes part in naughty strip games, was having an offscreen affair with the head counselor, but still manages to make it to the end. 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.
Police said she was killed with a shotgun blast in the face, and sniders. List of 20th century studios movies simple english. Jerry lewiss first theatrical film in around a decade, his last having been which way to the front. Jun 27, 2018 a night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friendmanager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Nov 20, 2014 hardly working dvd 1980 jerry lewis comedy location. Watch hardly working1980 1981 free watch movies online watch hardly working1980 1981 online for free. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past lewis movies. Top 1980 domestic top 1980 international other worldwide cumulative records. Burroughs in the 1960s and for the 1970s horror film, horror hospital. Bo hooper jerry lewis is a circus clown who finds himself out of a job. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a.
In jerry lewiss first film in a decade, he plays bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown who cant seem to hold down a job. A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friendmanager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him. A 1980 comedy film, billed as jerry lewiss big comeback movie after a decade away from the silver screen the unreleased the day the clown cried notwithstanding. The opening montage of scenes from his earlier comedies was greeted with cheers, and this giddy enthusiasm carried over for the rest of the film. It wasnt until a full decade later that the genre took off, with crowdpulling shows like survivor and big brother. Hardly working 1980 35mm color trailer jerry lewis ebay. More than most comics, lewiss mix of surreal slapstick and vaguely. Buysoundtrax digital presents the original soundtrack to hardly working. In jerry lewiss first film in a decade, he plays bo hooper, an unemployed circus clown who cant. The film marked a onetime reunion with bill richmond, lewis screenwriting collaborator on such films as the nutty professor and the.