The Jazz Singer (1980 film)
- Neil Diamond: Jess Robin
- Laurence Olivier: Cantor Rabinovitch
- Lucie Arnaz: Molly Bell
- Catlin Adams: Rivka Rabinovitch
- Franklyn Ajaye: Bubba
- Paul Nicholas Keith Lennox
- Sully Boyar: Eddie Gibbs
- Mike Kellin: Leo
- James Booth: Paul Rossini
- Luther Waters: Teddy
The Jazz Singer is an American feature film of 1980. Directed by Richard Fleischer from a screenplay by Samson Raphaelson, Herbert Baker and Stephen H. Foreman. The first performance took place on December 17, 1980 in Century City, California. In the Federal Republic of Germany the film opened on 14 August 1981.
Content
The young Jewish cantor Yussel strives against the wishes of his strictly - believing father and his wife to a career in the music business. Therefore, under the name Jess Robin, he traveled to California, where he meets the manager, a woman who shares his dream with him ( Lucie Arnez ). Jess despairs of his new found fame and the reaction of his father, who declared him dead, makes off and pulls a long time unrecognized by America.
Reception
The film was received by the audience and critics with mixed feelings. On the one Neil Diamond got the Razzie, but he was also nominated for a Golden Globe. The soundtrack brought one of the most commercially successful songs out - the U.S. patriotic "America", one of the mandatory even today Love On The Rocks " could another song of the successful soundtracks on space " is July 4 tunes with. " place two of the charts.
The lexicon of the International film writes a short review: " The plot serves largely as a pretext for musical self-representation of the star Neil Diamond and provides at best simplistic political ideals. "
In Germany, the soundtrack placed at number 40 of the album charts.