A Jerry Lewis movie filmed in 1972 was so bad (in a dark way) that it was never released. He donated the unfinished movie to the Library of Congress with the stipulation that it would not be released until 2024.
“This movie is so drastically wrong its pathos and its comedy are so wildly misplaced, that you could not, in your fantasy of what it might be like, improve on what it really is.”
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