| | | From rags to riches...to rags.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Production Notes, Spanish, French Subtitled
That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he s smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the Opti-grab handle for glasses and shows why he s one of the hottest comic performers in the world.System Requirements:Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jackie Mason Directed By: Carl Reiner Running Time: 94 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"Some very funny moments..." Leonard MaltinÕs Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: Spanish, French Mono | | Learn How to Play "Tonight You Belong to Me" | | Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Widescreen Presentation | | The Lost Filmstrips of Father Carlos Las Vegas de Cordova | | Theatrical Trailer | | Production Notes | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1), Spanish, French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Subtitles: Spanish, French | | Learn How to Play Tonight You Belong to Me |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 5/22/2007 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1979 | | Catalog ID: 61027340 | | UPC: 00025192734021 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "I was born a poor black child."----Navin Johnson (Steve Martin), narrating the story of his life | | "He hates these cans!"----Navin, fleeing a madman (M. Emmet Walsh) with a gun |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Martin proves himself -- often hilariously -- to be nobody's fool....Funny, vulgar and backhandedly clever..." 12/14/1979 p.C12Total Film
"...Martin's first major lead is a wonderfully excessive line-up of physical gags and puerile, sitcom-style set-pieces..." 03/01/2001 p.95 Premiere
"[The film] uses many of the bits Martin was doing in his standup act at the time." 04/01/2004 p.60 Entertainment Weekly
"[Martin] earned leading-man status in this un-PC classic..." 07/29/2005 p.54 VideoHoundÕs Golden Movie Retriever 7 of 10
MartinÕs first starring role, back in his wild and crazy days; his ridiculous misadventures pay tribute to Jerry Lewis movies of the late Õ60s.
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