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The Nutty Professor (1996 film)

The Nutty Professor
An obese man in a tweed suit and glasses, reflected in the mirror is a skinny man wearing a skintight leotard
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Shadyac
Screenplay by
Based onThe Nutty Professor
by Jerry Lewis
Bill Richmond
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJulio Macat
Edited byDon Zimmerman
Music byDavid Newman
Production
companies
Imagine Entertainment
Eddie Murphy Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 28, 1996 (1996-06-28)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$54 million[2]
Box office$274 million[2]

The Nutty Professor is a 1996 American science fiction comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. It is a remake of the 1963 film of the same name, which starred Jerry Lewis, which itself was a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The film co-stars Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, and John Ales. Filming began on May 8, 1995 and concluded on September 8, 1995. The original music score was composed by David Newman. The film won Best Makeup at the 69th Academy Awards.[3][4]

Murphy portrays a university professor, Sherman Klump, a brainy and kind-hearted man who is morbidly obese. A research scientist, academic, and lecturer, Klump develops a miraculous, but experimental, weight-loss pharmaceutical, and hoping to win the affection of the girl of his dreams, tests it upon himself. Just like Julius Kelp from the original film, Klump's vigorous, charismatic, but evil alter ego takes the name "Buddy Love". Murphy plays a total of seven characters in the film, including Sherman and most of Sherman's family, consisting of Sherman's older brother, Sherman's maternal grandmother, and both of Sherman's parents. Sherman's nephew is the only member of the family not to be portrayed by Eddie Murphy.

The film received positive reviews, with critics particularly praising the makeup and Murphy's performance. The film's success spawned a sequel, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, released in 2000.

  1. ^ "THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (12)". British Board of Film Classification. July 9, 1996. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
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  3. ^ "Oscar night: Fashion world's moment in sun". The Orlando Sentinel. March 25, 1997. p. 4. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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