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A friend of mine & I were talking about this the other day--I hadn't thought much about it since reading an article concerning the film in SPY back around '92 (article is now online here). Like everything, there's now a website devoted to the film, in which Lewis plays a clown forced by the Nazis to entertain children as he leads them to the gas chambers. Bizarre... I actually wouldn't mind seeing it if it ever surfaces.

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I recall reading about this in THE GOLDEN TURKEY AWARDS when I was but a wee ironist back in junior high school. I thought it was just something the authors had made up.

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The film has never been released and it got reviewed by Golden Turkey Awards!

Lewis-bashing is still a sports enjoyed by the US film critics!

I am French and a great fan of Jerry Lewis. Not sure however that I would enjoy that one! The whole idea is pretty scary. But yes, I'ld like a chance to at least view this movie!

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I read about it when Rolling Stone did a feature on Lewis sometimes in the early 1980s. Never thought that it would see the light of day. but now, if there's the beginning of an interest...

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I remember that SPY article. It seems that where Lewis failed Roberto Bernini (sp?) has struck gold. In any case, that and The Oscar are a couple of movies that I wouldn't mind seeing out of a sense of morbid curiosity.

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There was, presumably, a screening of "Clown" in Santa Monica last year, but I heard about it too late to attend.

"The Oscar" used to air fairly regularly on TV a decade or two ago - at least thatr's where I saw it back then. Written (though disowned) by Harlan Ellison, it is indeed a hoot - though hardly as bad as many, more seriously-intended films that I've seen over the years.

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