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Worst Actor | 1981 | Jerry
Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again) | 1981 | Jerry
Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | 1981
Budget 3,400,000 USD
Box Office Collection 49,000,000 USD
Reportedly, Jerry Lewis was two days into filming when he discovered the financing for this picture only amounted to $25,000. Lewis secured funds from entrepreneur James J. McNamara, his first credit as a producer. Later, work on this picture was stopped for six months in 1980 when the film ran out of financing and Lewis also declared himself bankrupt. The gap in filming has been said to have been responsible for continuity problems in the movie.
In the book "Dean and Me: A Love Story" (2006), Jerry Lewis said of this film: "The whole experience was a mixed bag...I have to admit that the awful strain of the past ten years showed in every part of my work...The movie didn't really hang together, and not so surprisingly, I looked terrible in it."
This movie was picked up for distribution in the United States by 20th Century-Fox after it had made $25 million at the box-office in South America and Europe. The picture had been independently financed outside of the studio system when developed and made.
Jerry Lewis's first theatrical film in around a decade, his last having been Which Way to the Front? (1970), whilst Lewis' film The Day the Clown Cried (1972) was never released and has hardly been seen by anyone. Hardly Working (1980) has often been described as being Lewis' "comeback" movie. Lewis performed a number of roles on this film, he was a co-writer, lead actor and director, the penultimate cinema film he directed. Lewis was aged around 55 years and was going through a divorce from his then wife Patti Lewis when this movie was made and released.
Final film of Bob May, famous for playing the robot from the TV series Lost in Space (1965).
"Michele Trent: I was wondering; do you think they'd ever let a girl be a clown in the circus some day? Bo Hooper: Sure they will, if that's what you want and you put you mind to it. You can be anything you want. You can do anything. One day you might even be President. Michele Trent: Maybe I'll be both! Bo Hooper: Why not? It's a tradition."
"Claire Trent: Bo, tell me about the circus closing. Bo Hooper: They closed us down, honey, simple as that. Claire Trent: Who shut you down? Bo Hooper: The bank. Claire Trent: Can't you get with another circus? Bo Hooper: It's too late, honey. It's much too late in the season. Claire Trent: They must need clowns somewhere. Bo Hooper: Sure they do. But who wants to get into politics?"
