The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition)
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Actor: Catlin Adams, Domingo Ambriz, Helena Carroll, Maurice Evans, Richard ForonjyBrand: JERK
Primary Contributor: Steve Martin
Primary Contributor: Bernadette Peters
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition)
Movie Review: Still hilarious after all this time
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd forgotten how funny this one was, and how the comedies of the 70s and 80s were some of the best. Steve Martin is at the peak of his comedic form here, playing Navin Johnson, who is so stupid he doesn't even realize he's not a black person. Bernadette Peters gets to show off her vocal skills and comedic talent too, as Navin's lover, Marie.
Navin goes through a period of his life working at a gas station, then at a carnival, accidentally makes a fortune, then loses it all when the product that made him rich starts causing serious problems.
Not to worry---his large black family will always take care of their ridiculous white boy!
Summary of The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition)
Martin's screen debut, as the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions take him from rags to riches to rags.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: JERK
Title: JERK 26TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (DVD)
Street Release Date: 05/22/2007
Genre: COMEDY VIDEO
Carl Reiner (Where's Poppa?) brought comic Steve Martin to the screen in this mostly funny 1979 movie about a relentlessly stupid but innocent man, whom we get to know from childhood (where it never occurred to him that he was white as he was raised by a family of black sharecroppers) to romance (where he doesn't quite know what to do with Bernadette Peters). Martin is game as the moron, and this is the kind of film with funny moments people still talk about. --Tom Keogh
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