The Grasshopper
Best known for The Dick Dyke Show, director Jerry Paris manages to inject some needed humor in this bleak tale of broken dreams. Jacqueline Bisset plays an aspiring dancer who gets off on the wrong foot in Vegas and doesn’t recover. Jim Brown is her good-hearted husband and Joseph Cotten is the reprobate who assists in her downfall. A box office dud but critics found much to like.
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About Daniel Kremer
San Francisco filmmaker Daniel Kremer has provided audio commentary tracks for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, AGFA, and Scorpion disc releases, and essays for Twilight Time special editions. His acclaimed epic-length film Overwhelm the Sky (2019), adapted from a 1799 American Gothic novel, was screened internationally in classic roadshow format, complete with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs. These deluxe screenings received many accolades before Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. Kremer's book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films was published through Patrick McGilligan's Screen Classics Series in 2015. He is currently under contract at Oxford University Press for the first book about Joan Micklin Silver. His other films include the independent dramas Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) and Ezer Kenegdo (2017). He enjoys doing commentary tracks with fellow TFH guru Allan Arkush.