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Navin Johnson, a none-too-bright white boy raised by a family of black sharecroppers, somehow manages to reach adulthood without ever discovering he was adopted. His parents finally tell him the truth on his birthday and, shocked by the news, he decides to head off to the big city to seek his fortune. Although he embarks on his odyssey with Candide-like optimism, Navin soon learns the cruel ways of the world as his crazy invention--a device to stop one's glasses from sliding--leads him from rags to riches and back to rags. Steve Martin is riotous in this no-holds-barred broad slapstick comedy, with Bernadette Peters playing his accepting love interest. Jackie Mason, M. Emmet Walsh, and Bill Macy are excellent in small roles, but the focus is always on Martin, who is at his goofy best in a film loaded with hysterical sight gags and a dog whose name cannot be said on television.
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Genre: Comedies
Rating: R (MPAA)
Relase Company: Universal Studios Home Video
Format: DVD
UPC: 00025192021428
The Jerk is about an intellectually challenged man (played by Steve Martin) who is raised by family of black sharecroppers in rural Mississippi. When Martin goes off to experience the world, he casually invents a product that makes him an instant millionaire: the little nose clip on glasses that prevents them from sliding off your face. This movie is ridiculous but it allows Martin to steal the...
The Jerk is about an intellectually challenged man (played by Steve Martin) who is raised by family of black sharecroppers in rural Mississippi. When Martin goes off to experience the world, he casually invents a product that makes him an instant millionaire: the little nose clip on glasses that prevents them from sliding off your face. This movie is ridiculous but it allows Martin to steal the...
Johnson, Navin R. hey, we don't have defective cans....we got a defective peson. I think it's great how everyone is commenting on the cans. classic
I not only have this on DVD, I have it on VHS too!!! ..and that's all I need.
This was one of Stanley Kubrick's favorite films, nuff said.
I just watched this movie for the first time in years since my buddy Steve bought it on DVD. Its a good movie, but the dog doesn't appear enough in it!
the jerk is a briliant film. with comedy unmatched.
steve martin is pure genius in this. one of the best comedies of all time.
steve martin is pure genius in this. one of the best comedies of all time.
Jerk, The (1979) receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 3.14 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #453 movie of all time, #8 movie from 1979 and #69 Comedy movie of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 51 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the movie ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other movies ranked, click on the link below.
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The Jerk (DVD - 1979)
Released in 1979 and directed by Carl Reiner, "The Jerk" was Steve Martin's first major film and screenwriting effort. The movie follows the rags to riches to rags story of idiot, good-natured Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) who was raised by a black sharecropping family headed by the matriarch (Mabel King). Navin discovers his true ethnicity when he finds rhythm with an easy listening radio station...
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