The Nutty Professor

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American film comedy film film

The Nutty Professor is a 1963 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis as a nerdy professor who transforms into a suave but obnoxious alter ego after drinking a special potion.

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Label	Occurrences
The Nutty Professor canonical	6
The Nutty Professor (1963 film)	5
The Nutty Professor film series	2
Nutty Professor (stage musical)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ
artDirectionBy	Hal Pereira ⓘ Walter H. Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ
aspectRatio	1.85:1 ⓘ
basedOn	Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ⓘ surface form: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
character	Buddy Love ⓘ Professor Julius Kelp ⓘ
cinematographyBy	W. Wallace Kelley ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
costumeDesignBy	Edith Head ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Jerry Lewis ⓘ
distributedBy	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	John Woodcock ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
hasRemake	The Nutty Professor (1996 film) ⓘ
homeMediaRelease	Blu-ray ⓘ DVD ⓘ
includedIn	National Film Registry ⓘ
inspiredBy	Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ⓘ
leadActorRole	Jerry Lewis ⓘ surface form: Jerry Lewis as Buddy Love Jerry Lewis as Professor Julius Kelp ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation	chemistry professor ⓘ
musicBy	Walter Scharf ⓘ
narrativeTheme	duality of personality ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	A nerdy professor invents a potion that transforms him into a suave but obnoxious alter ego. ⓘ
producer	Ernest D. Glucksman ⓘ Jerry Lewis ⓘ
productionCompany	Jerry Lewis Productions ⓘ
releaseDate	1963-06-04 ⓘ
releaseYear	1963 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	107 ⓘ
screenwriter	Bill Richmond ⓘ Jerry Lewis ⓘ
selectedFor	National Film Registry ⓘ surface form: United States National Film Registry
selectionReason	culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ
setting	college campus ⓘ
starring	Del Moore ⓘ Jerry Lewis ⓘ Kathleen Freeman ⓘ Med Flory ⓘ Norman Alden ⓘ Stella Stevens ⓘ

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The Nutty Professor (1996 film) → basedOn → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)

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this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)

Sherman Klump → inspiredBy → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)

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this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor film series

Don Zimmerman → notableWork → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

The King of Comedy → notableWork → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

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Cletus Klump → fictionalUniverse → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

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Walter Scharf → notableWork → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)

Karen Kehela Sherwood → notableWork → The Nutty Professor ⓘ

Joseph Levitch → notableWork → The Nutty Professor ⓘ