The Jazz Singer

1980
PG
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

5.3K

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Home Video Trailer from Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Drama Music Romance

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.

Directors
- Richard Fleischer
- Sidney J. Furie
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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Richard Fleischer
- Sidney J. Furie
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total

User reviews82

Featured review

8/10

I'm in shock

I love Neil Diamond. I had always heard of this film, but never knew what it was about, what type of reviews it got... anything. So I Netflixed it this weekend, and I loved it. There were even times where I got choked up in parts.

So I came on here, saw the negative overall reviews, and was SHOCKED when I learned Neil won the Razzie Award for Worst Actor for this. I thought he did a very fine job. The story unfolded very nicely, the love story was genuine... I would say this film was even better than the "music" genre film Dreamgirls.

Sure it had it's glitches here and there, but for the most part I was very pleased.

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Trivia
The scene where Jess Robin (Neil Diamond) performs "You Baby Baby" in the Cinderella Club with an afro and black makeup on was actually done as a minor tribute to Al Jolson, who did The Jazz Singer (1927) in blackface.

Goofs
Jess sings to an audience in California in the middle of the movie. At the movie's ending, he is singing to an audience in New York (it is assumed from the progression of the film) and it is quite obviously the same audience and venue. A number of audience members are present in both scenes. There is a woman with glasses wearing a vest and white shirt, a man in the middle of the audience with a checked cap, and a large man having a great time down front clapping very excitedly.

Quotes
Molly Bell: I'm with Keith Lennox productions. Molly. Molly Bell. That's what they call me. My real name is a lot longer.
Jess Robin: So is mine.
Molly Bell: Belengocavela?
Jess Robin: Rabinovitch?
Molly Bell: Oh. That's not bad.