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    The Jazz Singer

    PG1980 · Musical · 1h 55m

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  1. The Jazz Singer is a 1980 American musical drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and produced by Jerry Leider. The film stars Neil Diamond (in his acting debut), Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz, and tells the story of a young singer who is torn between tradition and pursuing his dreams as a pop singer. Based on the 1925 play of the same ...

    • December 19, 1980
  2. Dec 19, 1980 · The Jazz Singer: Directed by Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie. With Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams. The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.

    • (4.9K)
    • Drama, Music, Romance
    • Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie
    • 1980-12-19
  3. Jess Robin dreams of a career in popular music, but his father, Cantor Rabinovitch, forbids it, insisting Jess live as a traditional Jew and inherit his position at the synagogue. With the help of friend and professional musician Bubba, Jess gets a chance to go to Los Angeles and have famous singer Keith Lennox record one of his songs.

    • (98)
    • 1980
    • PG
    • Richard Fleischer
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  5. The movie is a remake, of course, of Al Jolson's 1927 "The Jazz Singer," which was the first commercially successful talking picture. The remake has played with time in an interesting way: It sets the story in the present, but it places the characters in some kind of time warp.

  6. Summaries. The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer. Neil Diamond stars in this motion picture as Yussel Rabinovitch, a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career outside the synagogue in popular music as Jess Robin.

  7. The 1980 version of The Jazz Singer completely ruins the charm of the original 1927 classic by nearly removing what made the old 20's film so important to cinema history, by making it full...

    • (23)
    • Musical
    • PG
  8. 1h 56m 1980. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Against his traditional father's wishes, the son of a Jewish cantor becomes a pop singer. Cast & Crew. Read More. Richard O. Fleischer. Director. Neil Diamond. Laurence Olivier. Lucie Arnaz. Tim Herbert. John Witherspoon. Film Details. Also Known As. Jazz Singer.

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