The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
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The Nutty Professor is a 1963 American science fiction black comedy film directed, co-written (with Bill Richmond) by, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film also co-stars Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman, Howard Morris, and Elvia Allman. The score was composed by Walter Scharf. A parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it follows bullied scientist Julius Kelp as he creates a serum that transforms him into a handsome man, which he subsequently uses under his alter ego Buddy Love.
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Directed by | Jerry Lewis |
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Produced by | Ernest D. Glucksman |
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Cinematography | W. Wallace Kelley |
Edited by | John Woodcock |
Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production company | Jerry Lewis Films |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $19 million[2] |
The Nutty Professor has been described as perhaps the finest and most memorable film of Lewis's career.[3] In 2004, The Nutty Professor was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A remake was released in 1996, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Eddie Murphy and Jada Pinkett-Smith. A sequel, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, followed in 2000, and an animated sequel to the 1963 film was released in 2008. Lewis directed a musical theatre version in 2012. A new version of the musical, featuring the last score by Marvin Hamlisch, book and lyrics by Rupert Holmes and direction by Marc Bruni, will be staged from July 1 to August 6, 2022, at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.[4]