The Nutty Professor

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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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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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Jerry Lewis notableWork The Nutty Professor
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this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps followedBy The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: Nutty Professor (stage musical)
The Nutty Professor (1996 film) basedOn The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
The Nutty Professor (1996 film) inspiredBy The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
Sherman Klump inspiredBy The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
Sherman Klump fictionalUniverse The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor film series
Don Zimmerman notableWork The Nutty Professor
The King of Comedy notableWork The Nutty Professor
subject surface form: Jerry Lewis
Cletus Klump fictionalUniverse The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor film series
Walter Scharf notableWork The Nutty Professor
Walter Scharf workedOn The Nutty Professor
this entity surface form: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
Karen Kehela Sherwood notableWork The Nutty Professor
Joseph Levitch notableWork The Nutty Professor