In 1972, one of the most infamous "lost" films ever was directed and starred in by Jerry Lewis, who was well-known for his comedies like The Nutty Professor in the 1960s. At the movie The Day the Clown Cried, a clown in a concentration camp run by the Nazis amuses the kids even as they go into the gas chambers. His first dramatic role was supposed to be in that.

Although copies of the movie do exist, they are often only known to have shown at exclusive and infrequent showings. Others have had the opposite reaction, stating the film was actually wonderful and dealt with a dreadful subject in a surprising way. Harry Shearer, who saw the movie in 1979, praised it as "absolutely incorrect."

Lewis donated a copy to the Library of Congress just before he passed away with the stipulation that it not be viewed until 2024. Lewis had long wanted the movie buried away. So maybe we'll see it sometime. simply not yet.

Directed by: Jerry Lewis
Screenplay by: Jerry Lewis
Story by: Joan O'Brien, Charles Denton
Produced by: Nat Wachsberger

Although it is improbable, the idea of an Andy Warhol Batman movie does exist. Unfortunately for Dark Knight or modern art enthusiasts, Warhol never sought permission from anyone to create his movie, and you can't just make a Batman movie.

In the middle to end of the 1960s, Andy Warhol produced scores of full-length films in addition to hundreds of screen tests. The entire extent of Andy Warhol's cinematic oeuvre is just now becoming clear, thanks to recent restoration efforts and the release of The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: 1963–1965. Among the disclosures is the ambitious 1964 feature film BATMAN DRACULA, which Warhol co-directed with renowned actor Jack Smith, but was never completed and essentially never screened.

An interesting departure from his other works at the time, the loosely built two-reel film features various shooting locations, extravagant sets and costumes, a story with interconnecting plotlines, and a main character who shifts between the Gothic demon and free-spirited wanderer. In this special presentation, Greg Pierce, director of Film and Video at The Andy Warhol Museum, and SAIC Professor Bruce Jenkins, co-author of the Catalogue Raisonné, present a lengthy excerpt from the project along with stills and historical anecdotes, contextualizing it both within Warhol's overall body of work and recent preservation efforts.

Directed by: Warhol, Jack Smith

The stories of Dau seem to be made up. Although it was 2006, a seemingly insane director forced individuals to consume Soviet-era canned food by paying them with that currency. The movie was shot in Ukraine. Unless everyone was a member of a cult and worked for free. Or it was an experiment and they were all in jail. This is coming from extras and production helpers who left to avoid it.

Ilya Khrzhanovsky was not to be referred to as a director. He was to be referred to as the Institute's Head of the Set or Boss, according to signs on the Institute set. Even though no one is filming, people maintain their character all the time in the enormous scale recreation of a Soviet city known as The Institute. People who broke character were penalized.

Russian physicist Lev Landau was meant to be the subject of the film. The director insisted on a true genius, not an actress, playing the part. He also insisted on genuine people, not actors playing extras, thus the cast and crew went through 210,000 regular citizens, dressing and photographing 50 of them each day.

The director spent at least six years editing the movie after the shooting. It was released in Paris in 12 parts in 2019. Although there are plans to show all of it at some point, only the first two sections have ever been made accessible for streaming.

Directed by:Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Written by: Ilya KhrzhanovskyKora Landau-Drobantseva (original book)Vladimir SorokinSusanne Marian

For a unique take on the theme, Robert Rodriguez directed the film 100 Years, which features John Malkovich, but no one has seen it because you're not meant to. At least not in our lifetime. The idea behind 100 years is to wait 100 years before releasing it. If movie theaters are still around in 2115, the 2015 film will be released. Most likely, it will be streamed.

At Cannes, the film was presented in the sense that viewers could view the film reel but not the actual film. It is kept in a safe with a time lock that is programmed to unlock after a century. 100 Years - The Movie You Will Never See is the full, official title of the film. When that safe does open, viewers can contrast how Malkovich and Rodriguez envisioned things to how they actually are because the movie is meant to be a vision of the world in 100 years.

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Written by; John Malkovich

Years after his passing, Richard Pryor is still one of the most well-known figures in comedy. He is still regarded as a maverick and a genius for his work from the 1970s and 1980s. But it took him some time for his early career to take off, and in 1968, just as he was becoming well-known, he appeared in Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales: The Movie for Homosexuals.

In Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales, a wealthy white guy was kidnapped by militants resembling the Black Panther in order to be tried for racial crimes committed throughout US history. That would still set a lot of folks off even now. Who knows how the public would have responded in 1969?

After having an argument with his own wife, Pryor was believed to have destroyed the movie himself. She didn't like how much time he spent making the movie, so he destroyed it out of wrath. About 40 minutes were stitched back together by the director, but for many years it was believed that Pryor had taken and destroyed the material until 2005, when video provided by the director Penelope Spheeris was screened at an awards ceremony. Spheeris and Pryor's own daughter Rain were consequently sued by Pryor's widow.

Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
Written by: Richard Pryor
Produced by: Richard Pryor

People have never seen The Marx Brothers' very first movie, despite the fact that they are credited with 13 pictures, in part because Groucho Marx himself abhorred it so much. The Marx Brothers were pioneers in the comedic genre.

Prior to the production of the majority of their most well-known films, Humor Risk was created in 1921. Along with being silent, it also featured all four of the brothers, which certainly softened the hilarity they may have otherwise offered. Apparently, they even used friends' money to pay for it.

Two tales can be used to explain why the movie was misplaced and is still undiscovered. One alleges that the movie was accidently destroyed. One alleges that the movie was accidently destroyed. The second is that Groucho simply detested it. It was reported that Groucho destroyed the sole copy of the film after a single showing in the Bronx to a group of children who abhorred it.

Directed by: Dick Smith
Written by: Jo Swerling
Produced by: The Marx Brothers, Al Posen, Max Lippman, Jo Swerling

Based on Bret Easton Ellis' book, Roger Avary published The Rules of Attraction in 2002. Few people were aware that Avary was simultaneously producing a second film, Glitterati, at the same time. In the movie Glitterati, Victor Ward travels over Europe, but no one he meets is aware that he is an actor portraying a role in a motion picture. This is because the movie's extra footage was used to make the film.

As Victor Ward, a shallow and egotistical wannabe model, tours Europe and gets involved in a terrorist conspiracy, Kip Pardue plays him in the movie Glitterati. The movie was put together using 70 hours of video taken for The Rules of Attraction's European segment. The Rules of Attraction and the upcoming Bret Easton Ellis movie Glamorama, which was to be helmed by Avary and starred Pardue, were meant to be connected by this movie. As a "pencil sketch of what would ultimately be the oil painting of Glamorama," Avary has referred to Glitterati.

Avary finished the film but acknowledges that nobody will ever see it outside of his own self-organized private screenings. This is mainly owing to the fact that in the film, actor Kip Pardue plays Ward, who seduces European ladies without letting them know he's a character actor. As you can expect, this has been criticized as being unethical.

Directed by:William Hooper

Marlon Brando will always be remembered in a way that very few actors ever will. He is recognized as one of Hollywood's most elusive actors in addition to one of its greatest. His eccentric, annoying, or downright perplexing off-screen behavior, such as doing his own makeup on The Island of Dr. Moreau's set or refusing to wear pants so that he could only be seen from the waist up, hampered several of his later performances.

Brendan Fraser and Marlon Brando co-starred in the 2004 animated feature Big Bug Man, which had a $20 million budget and talent from The Simpsons and Family Guy. Brando's final act was a voice part, but the movie was never released.

Nicholas Dunderbeck was the name of the role that Brando was cast to play. He wanted to play Mrs. Sour, the company's elderly female founder, nonetheless, after reading the script. Brando recorded the voice work in his own house, but to fully embody his persona, he wore a frock, wig, and makeup. It was the most fun Brando had since "Julius Caesar," according to the director, who observed that Brando, who was using oxygen at the time, appeared to be thoroughly enjoying himself.

The film was scheduled for release in 2006, 2007, and even 2008. There is no information on whether the film was even entirely finished, nor has the cause for its delay and subsequent cancellation ever been made known.

Directed by: Bob Bendetson, Peter Shin, Marice Tobias
Written by: Bob Bendetson
Produced by: Stuart Black, Patrick Durham, Jonathan Sachar

This would-be hit movie, which was marketed as China's answer to Avatar, started filming back in 2010 in China. It was planned for release the following year. With a spending cap of $140 million, it was unquestionably destined to be a big special effects extravaganza. But "spectacle" doesn't always connote a positive thing.

A year later than planned, an official teaser was unveiled in 2012, and it was something else. Above all, a 2013 release was guaranteed. That never took place. Many talented people left the film like it was a sinking ship. As mermaid queens, Sharon Stone and Monica Bellucci were both initially connected to the role. As the production was weighed down by delays and bad choices, a number of filmmakers agreed to join but ultimately withdrew.

The movie was slated to be directed by Pitof, with Ivan Kershner of Empire Strikes Back serving as producer. Both men gave up. The second director, Jonathan Lawrence, wasted five or six months before quitting as well, allegedly owing to inadequate preparation and hazardous working conditions for the actors and crew. After then, two additional directors took over.

The script had undergone 40 drafts from 10 different screenwriters. The outcome was nevertheless regarded as ridiculous. The author of the original script and story for the film, Jon Jiang, was responsible for all of this. He was a millionaire who made his money in real estate and had no prior expertise in the film industry, despite the fact that he claimed to have seen 4,000 films and intended to develop his own.

A merman extra in the movie described the hazardous conditions on set in a blog post, including falling pebbles in an abandoned quarry, outfits physically stuck to human flesh with glue not intended for human use, and harmful treatment of animals. The film had spent $140 million by the time it was released in 2016, and as of 2022, it has still not been released, despite reports to the contrary.

Directed by: Jonathan LawrenceMichael FrenchScott Miller
Written by: Randall FrakesJon Jiang (story)
Produced by: Jon JiangHarrison Liang