The Nutty Professor (franchise)

The Nutty Professor franchise consists of American science fiction-slapstick comedies, including three theatrical films, one straight-to-home video release, a musical stage play, and a theatrical reboot currently in development. Based on an original story by Jerry Lewis, inspired loosely by Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson, the franchise comedically includes the basic concepts of psyche including id versus ego. The plot of each installment centers around scientists with genius-level intellect, yet awkward and nerdy social skills. Upon meeting beautiful women the respective professors develop potions that transforms them into a sophisticated, confident, popular, and attractive alternate personality; albeit villainous personas by nature. In parodying Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the franchise as a whole explores the importance of self worth.
The original film was a success both critically and financially, and has earned the status of being regarded as a comedy classic. Noteworthy for being ranked #99 by the American Film Institute on its 100 Years...100 Laughs list, the National Film Preservation Board inducted the movie into the Library of Congress the National Film Registry in 2004. A direct-sequel was eventually released in 2008, albeit an animated straight-to-home video release. Lewis reprised his role, though the movie centered around his grandson instead. The film gain little-to-no significant media attention with Common Sense Media providing a 2/5 star rating, and its consensus recommending the original instead. Lewis continued involvement with the franchise as executive producer and the remake film and its sequel, then later served as director of a musical stage production in 2012.
The remake starring Eddie Murphy and released in 1996, was a smash-hit at the box office and attained overall favorable reviews from critics. A sequel was released in 2000, to mixed critical reception ranging from good-to-generally unfavorable and negative reviews, and though it fared well financially it was far from the success of its predecessor.Lane, Anthony. The New Yorker, August 7, 2000. The Fat of the Land 
A reboot is in development, from Project X Entertainment.
== Films ==
Film 	U.S. release date	Director(s) 	Screenwriter(s) 	Story by 	Producer(s)
The Nutty Professor 	 	Jerry Lewis 	Jerry Lewis & Bill Richmond 	Jerry Lewis & Bill Richmond 	Ernest D. Glucksman and Arthur P. Schmidt
The Nutty Professor 	 	Tom Shadyac 	David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein and Tom Shadyac & Steve Oedekerk	David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein and Tom Shadyac & Steve Oedekerk	Brian Grazer and Russell Simmons
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 	 	Peter Sagal 	David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein and Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz 	Steve Oedekerk and David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein 	Brian Grazer
The Nutty Professor: Face the Fear	 	Logan McPherson & Paul Taylor	Evan Spiliotopoulos 	Evan Spiliotopoulos 	George Paige and Barbara Zelinski
Untitled reboot 	 	 	 	 	James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein
===The Nutty Professor (1963)===
Main article: The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
Professor Julius Kelp is a brilliant science teacher, at a university. However, he has a problem with attracting women due to his clumsy, awkward, inarticulate nature. Women deem him as unattractive. Kelp becomes obsessed with impressing a beautiful student named Stella. With his background in chemistry, Kelp decides to develop a potion that will change him into a different person. His new suave alter ego named Buddy Love, is challenged with winning Stella's affections before his short-supply of potion is depleted.
===The Nutty Professor (1996)===
Main article: The Nutty Professor (1996 film)
Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Upon taking the potion, Kelp instantly loses 250 pounds. The side effects, besides becoming physically fit include a second personality who calls himself Buddy Love and is obnoxiously self-assertive, conceited alternate personality. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control. During these series of events, Kelp must decide whether he enjoys popularity, or values self-respect.
===Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)===
Main article: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
After choosing to love himself, over his popular and assertive alternate personality, Professor Sherman Klump has found love in a beautiful and kind woman named Denise. In preparations for their wedding, his undesired alter-ego named Buddy Love begins taking over. Though Klump has ceased taking his self-improving potion, Love continues to present himself and is determined to stay. After a number of appearances, Klump extracts his alternate personality's genes and decides rid the world of his pesky partner, at the risk of his own psychological decline. A laboratory incident including the accidental combination of the genes with dog hair, result in Buddy Love taking on his own existence outside of Klump's body. Unaware of the Love's new existence, the engaged couple begin to perfect a new rejuvenation formula and their fortune seems assured, until Love appears and steals it. Professor Klump's cognitive abilities continue to decline. In a final effort to defeat Buddy Love, the Professor develops a new and more potent formula that will degenerate the villain back to his state of genetic material. Using Love's canine DNA against him, he defeats him with the use of a tennis ball covered in the new potion. As Klump slips away, Denise helps him drink the genetic matter, restoring his genius intellect and resetting everything back to normal. The pair continue to prepare for their wedding, and are married.
===The Nutty Professor: Facing the Fear (2008)===
Main article: The Nutty Professor (2008 film)
An animated legacy-sequel to the original film, the film follows the workings of Julius Kelp's grandson.
Harold Kelp is an aspiring inventor, who struggles to perfect his experiments. Intimidated by his grandfather's legacy, Harold has dreams of his failure taking the form of a giant monster. After coming into conflict with a group of angry individuals involved in one of his demonstrations, Harold decides to attend a science academy run by his grandfather, Professor Julius Kelp. Upon arriving at the school, Harold meets a beautiful woman named Polly McGreggor, with whom he becomes infatuated with. Determined to win her affection, Harold finds and takes his granfather's secret potion. The elixir unleashes Harold's confident, self-loving alternate personality that calls himself Jack. Though initially popular with the fellow students, Jack's outrageous behavior gets out of control and causes more mischief than Harold had anticipated. Due to Harold's continued time evolving into Jack, his grades begin slipping. Learning of Harold's actions, Julius once again takes the potion to become Buddy Love. In his alternate form as Buddy Love, Julius teaches his grandson to appreciate who he is and to be comfortable in his own skin. Harold's anxieties are accidentally unleashed by one of Professor Kelp's inventions, as the visionary monster from his nightmares. Harold bravely faces his fears, and defeats the creature. In doing so, Harold says goodbye to Jack once and for all before sharing a kiss with Polly.
===Reboot===
In August 2020, it was announced that a reboot of The Nutty Professor franchise was in development. James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein serve as producers, while the search for additional talent is ongoing. The movie is under development from Project X Entertainment.
==Main cast and characters==
Character 	Film 	Film 	Film 	Film 	Film
Character 	The Nutty Professor	The Nutty Professor	Nutty Professor II:	The Nutty Professor:	Untitled reboot
Julius F. Kelp 	Jerry Lewis 	 	 	Jerry Lewis 	
Stella Purdy-Kelp 	Stella Stevens 	 	 	 	
Baby Kelp 	Jerry Lewis 	 	 	 	
Mr. Elmer Kelp 	Howard Morris 	 	 	 	
Mrs. Edwina Kelp 	Elvia Allman 	 	 	 	
Harold Kelp 	 	 	 	Drake Bell 	
Polly McGregor 	 	 	 	Britt Irvin 	
Sherman Klump 	 	Eddie Murphy 	Eddie Murphy 	 	
Carla Purty 	 	Jada Pinkett 	 	 	
Denise Gaines-Klump 	 	 	Janet Jackson 	 	
Papa Cletus Klump 	 	Eddie Murphy 	Eddie Murphy 	 	
Mama Anna Klump 	 	Eddie Murphy 	Eddie Murphy 	 	
Grandma Ida Mae Jenson	 	Eddie Murphy 	Eddie Murphy 	 	
Ernie Klump, Sr. 	 	Eddie Murphy 	Eddie Murphy 	 	
Ernie Klump, Jr. 	 	Jamal Mixon 	Jamal Mixon 	 	
Petey Klump 	 	 	Frank Welker 	 	
Mr. Gaines 	 	 	Richard Gant 	 	
Mrs. Gaines 	 	 	Anna Maria Horsford	 	
==Additional crew & production details==
Film 	Crew/Detail 	Crew/Detail 	Crew/Detail 	Crew/Detail 	Crew/Detail 	Crew/Detail 	Crew/Detail
Film 	Composer 	Cinematographer 	Editor(s) 	Production companies 	Distributing company	Running time	
The Nutty Professor 	Walter Scharf	W. Wallace Kelley	John Woodcock 	Paramount Pictures, Jerry Lewis Films 	Paramount Pictures 	1hr 47mins 	
The Nutty Professor 	David Newman 	Julio Macat 	Don Zimmerman 	Imagine Entertainment, Brian Grazer Productions, Tom Shadyac Films 	Universal Pictures 	1hr 35mins 	
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 	David Newman 	Dean Semler 	William Kerr 	Universal Pictures, Peter Segal Films, Imagine Entertainment, Brian Grazer Productions, Shady Acres Entertainment	Universal Pictures 	1hr 47mins 	
The Nutty Professor: Facing the Fear	Mike Shields 	 	James Boshier & Logan McPherson	Kaleidoscope TWC, Mainframe Entertainment Inc., The Weinstein Company 	Genius Products 	1hr 15mins 	
Untitled reboot 	 	 	 	Planet X Entertainment 	 	 	
==Reception==
===Box office & financial performance===
Film 	Box office gross	Box office gross 	Box office gross	Box office ranking	Box office ranking	Budget 	Ref.(s)
Film 	North America 	Other territories	Worldwide 	All time worldwide	North America 	Budget 	Ref.(s)
The Nutty Professor 	$13,343,056 	$5,656,944 	$19,000,000 	#23 	 	$7,630,000 	Box office information for film in France at Box Office storyhttps://variety.com/2017/film/people-news/jerry-lewis-dies-dead-nutty-professor-1202533899/http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jerry-lewis-c22670213/13http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jerry-lewis-c22670213/13"Top Rental Films of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964, pg 37.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057372/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt
The Nutty Professor 	$128,814,019 	$145,147,000 	$273,961,019 	#8 	#8 	$55,000,000 	https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Nutty-Professor-The#tab=summaryhttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nuttyprofessor.htm
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 	$123,309,890 	$43,030,000 	$166,339,890 	#16 	#26 	$84,000,000 	https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nuttyprofessor2.htmhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Nutty-Professor-II-The-Klumps#tab=summary
The Nutty Professor: Facing the Fear	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Untitled reboot 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Totals 	$265,466,965 	$193,833,944 	$459,300,909 	x̅ #11.75 	x̅ #8.5 	$146,630,000	
==== Notes ====
=== Critical and public response ===
Film 	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic 	CinemaScore
Film 	Tomatometer 	Metascore 	CinemaScore
The Nutty Professor 	85% 	 	
The Nutty Professor 	64% 	62/100https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-nutty-professor/critic-reviews 	A-
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 	26% 	38/100https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nutty-professor-ii-the-klumps/critic-reviews	A-
The Nutty Professor II: Facing the Fear	 	 	
Untitled reboot 	 	 	
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
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* The Nutty Professor (1963) - IMDb
* The Nutty Professor (1996) - Rotten Tomatoes
* The Nutty Professor (1963) - Rotten Tomatoes
* Watch The Nutty Professor | Prime Video - Amazon.com
* The Nutty Professor Reviews - Metacritic
* The Nutty Professor Movie Review - Common Sense Media
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