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The Jazz Singer

His story will make you cry. His music will make you sing. His triumph will make you cheer.

5.9(77)19801h 55m3

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

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Status
Released
Budget
$13M
Box office
$27.1M
Language
English
  • tradition
  • rabbi
  • musical
  • remake
  • blackface
  • father son relationship
  • jazz music
  • tradition vs modernity

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United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG17 Dec 1980
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPGOriginally A30 Jan 1981
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1214 Aug 1981

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The Jazz Singer was released on 17 December 1980.

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    MK40

    9/5/2024

    Very disappointing. The main character, Jess Robin, is a self-centered and apathetic individual who walks out on his wife (telling her that he would only be gone for two weeks) to pursue a recording contract. He does not return home and instead quickly takes up with his agent, Molly, who he moves in with after telling his wife that he no longer wants a life as a canter. He shows no emotion toward her or anything that…

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