Jerry Lewis at Work is a 30-minute documentary from 2004.It shows us clips from this gifted comedian's solo work, starting from The Delicate Delinquent moving on to The Patsy.Today Jerry Lewis turns 85 years old, or in Jerry's case, young.He has had a remarkable career.As we all remember, Jerry started his career in a comedy team with Dean Martin.What they did was something wild and energetic, something never seen before.But Jerry had a successful career without his partner, as well.In this documentary there are some of his colleagues talking about the man and his films.We have Anna Maria Alberghetti from Cinderfella.Connie Stevens from Rock-a-Bye Baby is there.And then we have Stella Stevens from The Nutty Professor.Jerry's son Chris Lewis talks about his dad.It's interesting to watch Jerry talking about another great comedian Stan Laurel, who was greatly involved in The Bellboy, his directorial debut.He was asked to act in it, but sadly he said no.I'm a great fan of Jerry Lewis, have been since the summer of '98.Today, to celebrate his 85th birthday, I bought his classic comedy The Ladies' Man.It's a joy to watch his act, the crazy slapstick comedy done with Jerry's recognizable high-pitched voice.It's good to know that Mr. Lewis is back in the business.He stars in a movie called Max Rose, which should be out this year.Hopefully Jerry Lewis will be around for a long time.
2 Reviews
Fun Featurette
Michael_Elliott27 August 2017
Jerry Lewis at Work (2004)
*** (out of 4)
This thirty-minute featurette has Jerry Lewis talking about his solo Paramount films. We also get interviews with Henry Bumstead, Chris Lewis, Connie Stevens, Frank Tashlin and Lewis biographer James Neibaur. If you're a fan of Lewis then you'll enjoy this featurette, which has him and the others talking about the solo films that the actor made. The interviews are all quite good and there's no question that this will work perfectly for those who are just getting into Lewis as it shows clips from the films and doesn't ruin anything. If you're overly familiar with the movies already then there's nothing ground-breaking here but it's still fun seeing the interviews and especially hearing the thoughts of Lewis.
*** (out of 4)
This thirty-minute featurette has Jerry Lewis talking about his solo Paramount films. We also get interviews with Henry Bumstead, Chris Lewis, Connie Stevens, Frank Tashlin and Lewis biographer James Neibaur. If you're a fan of Lewis then you'll enjoy this featurette, which has him and the others talking about the solo films that the actor made. The interviews are all quite good and there's no question that this will work perfectly for those who are just getting into Lewis as it shows clips from the films and doesn't ruin anything. If you're overly familiar with the movies already then there's nothing ground-breaking here but it's still fun seeing the interviews and especially hearing the thoughts of Lewis.
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