

The Jazz Singer
His story will make you cry. His music will make you sing. His triumph will make you cheer.
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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Produced in
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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