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A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 American comedy drama film directed and produced by Fred Coe. The screenplay was written by Herb Gardner, with music by Gerry Mulligan and cinematography by Arthur J. Ornitz. The cast includes Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, and Gene Saks. The narrative is set in New York City, where filming also took place.
The film was distributed by United Artists and Netflix, with a release date of December 13, 1965. It has a runtime of 118 minutes and is presented in black-and-white. The production company Harrell is associated with the film, which carries the tagline "... IT'S A LIFT FOR THE SPIRITS." Keywords include library, social worker, and fruit.
A Thousand Clowns received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was recognized in the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. The film holds a review score of 6.9/10 and 72%, with an IMDb rating of 7.3.
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6.9Twelve-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.
Cast
- Jason Robards as Murray
- Barry Gordon as Nick
- Barbara Harris as Sandra
- Martin Balsam as Arnold
- Gene Saks as Leo
- William Daniels as Albert Amundsen
Themes
- library
- social worker
- fruit
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Fred Coe
- Screenwriter
- Herb Gardner
- Cast member
- Phil Bruns
- Composer
- Gerry Mulligan
- Producer
- Fred Coe
- Cinematographer
- Arthur J. Ornitz
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 618526
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1965-01-01
- title
- A Thousand Clowns
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 72%
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