A documentary exploring 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.
“From Darkness To Light would be a sad story if the film looked in any way like it should have been released. Instead it’s more of a queasy object lesson in misguidedness and delusion…”. ~Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
“Like too much great comedy, The Day the Clown Cried’s sorry saga raises profoundly existential ideas: the notion of artistic responsibility (and) the ethics of representing atrocities…” ~David Katz, The Film Stage
Cast
Jerry Lewis , Martin Scorsese , Harry Shearer , Hans Crispin
Director
Language
English
Closed Captions [CC]
English
Countries
Germany, USA
Studio
Madman
