The Nutty Professor (2008 film)
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The Nutty Professor is a 2008 computer-animated sequel
to the 1963
Jerry Lewis
comedy of the same name
, produced by The Weinstein Company
& Rainmaker Entertainment for Genius Products, LLC. Lewis reprises his role of Julius Kelp and produces the film. Drake Bell
plays the voice of Harold Kelp, Julius' grandson. The film bears no resemblance to the Eddie Murphy
series of comedies that Lewis also produced.
announced The Weinstein Company
acquired the rights to produce an animated version of The Nutty Professor, which was distributed direct-to-video by Genius Products Inc.http://web.archive.org/web/20070928032009/http://www.mainframe.ca/news/articles/news/060808N0.pdf
The film was produced under the working title The Nutty Professor 2: Facing the Fear. There is still some resemblance of the former title in the film. It was made 45 years after the original film and this sequel represents the longest gap in motion picture history for a sequel in which the original star reprises his same role. There are several references to the original film including the place where Zeke and Ned perform is called "The Pit". In the original film the nightclub is called "the Purple Pit". In addition, Jack (referring to pizza instead of his hand) paraphrases Buddy Love and says to Polly, "Want some?" Among the cast is Danielle Lewis, the daughter of Jerry Lewis, who cameos as the voice of Harold's neighbor, Suzy Perkins.
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
to the 1963
1963 in film
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City....
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
comedy of the same name
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor is a 1963 Paramount Pictures science fiction comedy feature film produced, directed, co-written and starring Jerry Lewis...
, produced by The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979...
& Rainmaker Entertainment for Genius Products, LLC. Lewis reprises his role of Julius Kelp and produces the film. Drake Bell
Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...
plays the voice of Harold Kelp, Julius' grandson. The film bears no resemblance to the Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....
series of comedies that Lewis also produced.
Synopsis
To impress a beautiful girl, Harold Kelp, the grandson of professor Julius Kelp, who created a potion to transform his personality, gets his hands on his grandfather's secret elixir and unleashes his destructive alter ego, Jack.Voice cast
- Jerry LewisJerry LewisJerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
as Julius Kelp/Buddy Love - Drake BellDrake BellJared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...
as Harold Kelp/Jack Love - Tabitha St. GermainTabitha St. GermainTabitha St. Germain is a Canadian stage actress. She has made the transition from stage work to voice work, and has since become one of the core female voice actresses working with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Anime :* .hack//Roots - Asta, Nazo Grunty* Black Lagoon -...
as Robin - Britt IrvinBritt IrvinBrittney Elizabeth "Britt" Irvin is a Leo Award-nominated Canadian actress and singer, as well as a regular voice actor for Ocean Productions. She is typically credited as Britt Irvin in works since 2003, and as Brittney Irvin in works prior to 2003, though exceptions exist both ways...
as Polly - Logan McPherson as Zeke/Waiter/Fear/Ned
- Andrew FrancisAndrew FrancisAndrew Francis is an actor and voice artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in many television shows including Poltergeist, Dark Angel, Twilight Zone, The L Word, Smallville and Kyle XY...
as Brad/Tad - Brian DrummondBrian DrummondBrian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
as Dean Von Wu - Danielle Lewis as Suzy Perkins
- Jarrod Young as Begews
Production
On August 8, 2006, Mainframe EntertainmentMainframe Entertainment
Rainmaker Entertainment, Inc. is a Canadian computer animation and design company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and Los Angeles, California. It produces computer animation TV series and movies. They are best known for producing the first ever CGI animated series ReBoot, as well as the...
announced The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979...
acquired the rights to produce an animated version of The Nutty Professor, which was distributed direct-to-video by Genius Products Inc.http://web.archive.org/web/20070928032009/http://www.mainframe.ca/news/articles/news/060808N0.pdf
The film was produced under the working title The Nutty Professor 2: Facing the Fear. There is still some resemblance of the former title in the film. It was made 45 years after the original film and this sequel represents the longest gap in motion picture history for a sequel in which the original star reprises his same role. There are several references to the original film including the place where Zeke and Ned perform is called "The Pit". In the original film the nightclub is called "the Purple Pit". In addition, Jack (referring to pizza instead of his hand) paraphrases Buddy Love and says to Polly, "Want some?" Among the cast is Danielle Lewis, the daughter of Jerry Lewis, who cameos as the voice of Harold's neighbor, Suzy Perkins.