The Day the Clown Cried/Trivia


 * Creator Backlash: It is not a good idea to ask Jerry Lewis about this film.
 * However, while reporters are warned in advance not to mention it to him, he still has the rough print and said in his autobiography he plans to finish it and release it some day.
 * Development Hell: And how!
 * Missing Episode: Not so much lost, as locked away, never to be seen in public.
 * What Could Have Been: Decades later, Roberto Benigni would direct and star in Life Is Beautiful which has many strange parallels but was a very successful movie. Could this movie have achieved the same success? Or would it have flopped, persuading Benigni to choose a different project years down the line?