The Nutty Professor

An obese professor named Sherman Klump creates a temporary weight loss formula that leads him to adopt a false identity as Buddy Love, cheating on his girlfriend and eventually losing his job to Buddy, but after mistakenly drinking the formula himself and transforming into Buddy again, a fight occurs between Sherman and Buddy, leading Sherman to confess his wrongdoings, be forgiven by Carla, get rehired, and receive a grant for his work, culminating in Sherman and Carla dancing with the support of his mother. The Nutty Professor is a 1996 American English-language Comedy Romance film starring Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Larry Miller and Bobby Sussman. The movie is inspired from The Nutty Professor by Jerry Lewis Bill Richmond. Imagine Entertainment was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Brian Grazer and Russell Simmons. The Nutty Professor is written by Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk and it is directed by Tom Shadyac. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Nutty Professor was released on 28th June 1996 and takes a screen time of 95 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Nutty Professor was made on a budget of $54 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $273 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk. Cinematography was done by Julio Macat and editing by Don Zimmerman. The music was composed by David Newman. At the 1997 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Makeup.