From Darkness to Light
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day The Clown Cried", its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews with Lewis' associates and previously unseen production content.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Released
- 2024
- Country
- United States, Germany
Details
Release year: 2024
Storyline
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day The Clown Cried", its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews with Lewis' associates and previously unseen production content.
Top credits
Jerry Lewis — Self
Martin Scorsese — Self
Hans Crispin — Self
Jean-Jacques Beineix — Self
Did you know
• Filmmakers Eric Friedler and Michael Lurie piece the story together of the production of The Day the Clown Cried (1972) from archive interviews of talking heads, including Jerry Lewis's late assistant Jean-Jacques Beineix, Pierre Étaix, a current-day Martin Scorsese and one of Lewis's last interviews before he himself died in 2017. They join actors and key crew from the set, a man who saved/stole film footage which was being held ransom for payment by the processing lab, and, finally, shots from the film itself.
• In 2008, Jerry Lewis took questions at a press conference and was asked by one person, "When are you going to release The Day the Clown Cried (1972), to which Lewis snapped, "None of your goddamn business!"
• From Darkness to Light (2024) is a documentary film written and directed by Eric Friedler and Michael Lurie. It explores the unreleased Jerry Lewis film The Day the Clown Cried (1972).
User reviews
Even better if you're not overly familiar with Jerry.
Clown really needs to be seen one day
Holocaust comedy? Are you kidding?
Technical specs
- Color
- Black and White, Color
