A Thousand Clowns

A Thousand Clowns (1965)

... IT'S A LIFT FOR THE SPIRITS

Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.

Date of release
1965-12-13
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Fred Coe

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $1M
  • Filmed in: New York City
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 4. Including: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe and starring Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, and Barry Gordon. The script was adapted by Herb Gardner from his 1962 play of the same name. The film tells the story of an eccentric comedy writer who is forced to conform to society to retain legal custody of his nephew.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended