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SIMULCAST DISCUSSION
The Comedian Filmmaker: Jerry Lewis (Simulcast)
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
In the Bartos Screening Room
In the Bartos Screening Room
A simulcast conversation with Jerry Lewis and Martin Scorsese
Co-presented with the Comedy Hall of Fame
Here is a special opportunity to see a live video simulcast of a conversation with Jerry Lewis, moderated by Martin Scorsese. A true Renaissance man, well recognized as one of the greatest comedians in the history of the field, Jerry Lewis helped define so much of comedy’s vast language as a stand-up performer, actor, producer and writer. Perhaps his greatest innovation was as a filmmaker. Taken together, movies such as The Bellboy, The Ladies Man, The Errand Boy, The Nutty Professor, The Patsy, and The Family Jewels form a breathtaking virtual dictionary of every aspect of what is important and essential to the language of comedic film. His films would help forge the cradle of modern comedies as a separate movement in film, and his seminal book, The Total Film-maker (culled from almost 500 hours of lectures) offers an essential primer for the fledging comedic filmmaker.
Tickets: $20 ($12 members at the Film Lover, Dual, and Family levels / free for Silver Screen members and above). Order tickets online. (Members may contact [email protected] with any questions regarding online reservations.) Please note: if you purchase tickets for the simulcast and would also like to do standby for the live event, you must get in the standby line.
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