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Hardly Working is a 1980 American comedy film directed by, co-written by and starring Jerry Lewis and Susan Oliver, filmed in 1979, released in Europe in 1980 and then in the United States on April 3, 1981 through 20th Century Fox.
Sep 19, 2021 · Hardly Working (1981) dir. Jerry Lewis. In Jerry Lewis’s first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can’t seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief ...
Jan 31, 1980 · Hardly Working: Directed by Jerry Lewis. With Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Roger C. Carmel, Deanna Lund. In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job.
"Hardly Working" is one of the worst movies ever to achieve commercial release in this country, and it is no wonder it was on the shelf for two years before it saw the light of day. It is not just a bad film, it is incompetent filmmaking.
Jul 10, 2016 · Hardly Working is about work: the work of the clown, Lewis’ work, the process of “working”, its intensity, its extensity. The title plays on two elemental words: work and hard. The film hardly works, that is, it barely works, and at the same time it is hard for the film to “work”. It works in a difficult way.
An out-of-work clown (Jerry Lewis) spills drinks and knocks things over when he tries regular 9-to-5 jobs.
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Hardly Working (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
