The jerk (Blu-ray) / Universal Pictures presents an Aspen Film Society production ; produced by David V. Picker and William E. McEuen ; screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias ; directed by Carl Reiner.
Title from container. Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Jackie Mason. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: Learn how to play "Tonight you belong to me"; the lost filmstrips of Father Carlos Las Vegas de Cordova; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Steve Martin 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 and becomes a millionaire by inventing the ₁Opti-grab₂ handle for glasses. It's an outrageous comedy with one laugh after another!
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