The Day the Clown Cried has kind of leaked

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reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

The italian guy who made the concentration camp comedy that got all the Oscars, was that the same script, or different?

# ¿ Jun 17, 2016 22:29

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 16:56

reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

would make a good episodic sitcom if they didnt kill him off in the first episode

anyways im not shocked that this did nazi a release

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 00:57

reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

LadyPictureShow posted:

Different, this one he's a washed-up clown that finds an audience/purpose by clowning for Jewish children on the other side of the prison fence. He stays to entertain them before they're shipped to Auschwitz , but accidentally gets locked in with them. The Nazis ask to lead the kids to the gas chamber so they won't make a fuss, since they like him and trust him. He does so, but at the last second, decides he can't abandon 'his' kids and goes in with them.

Life Is Beautiful has a man and his son in the camps, and he sets it all up as a game so his son won't be scared, like hiding and being quiet gets more points, but not doing work gets you less. He makes excuses like childrens' numbers in the camp dwindling because 'oh they're hiding, because they want to beat your score!' and they can't leave because 'they almost have enough points to win!' and the guards are nasty because 'they're jealous and want the prize'. His son sees him as he's being taken away for execution, so he starts dancing/goofing off as he's led out of view to keep the illusion up.

So aside from 'pretend like everything's fine to little kids in a certain death situation', they don't really have much in common.

thanks for the summary, I really didn't want to have to watch two bummer dead kid movies to learn that

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 00:59

reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

Serious Frolicking posted:

wait, jerry lewis is still alive?

yep he's 90

the simpsons should parody this movie with professor frink, that's a good enough episode idea

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 01:01

reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

When I was maybe 6 I saw the original nutty professor and thought Jerry Lewis was funny

So then I rented King of Comedy at the movie store because I figured it was going to be really super hilarious. It's got Jerry Lewis and the movie is called King of Comedy, after all.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 01:55

reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

Egbert Souse posted:

The King of Comedy is awesome. It's basically Taxi Driver 2 except it's a dark comedy.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 02:05

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 16:56

reallivedinosaur: Jun 13, 2012; Ogdober subrise! XDDD

I always thought it was a movie written by and about Oscar Wilde called "The Gay the Crown Tried" because it all rhymes.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 03:21

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