The jerk [DVD] / Universal ; an Aspen Film Society, William E. McEuen-David V. Picker production ; a Carl Reiner film ; screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias ; story by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb ; produced by David V. Picker, William E. McEuen ; directed by Carl Reiner.
Edition:
26th anniversary edition.
Publisher:
Universal,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Dick Anthony Williams, Bill Macy, M. Emmett Walsh, Dick O'Neill, Maurice Evans, Helena Carroll, Ren Wood, Pepe Serna, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee, Jackie Mason. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. Special features : Learn how to play "Tonight you belong to me" (on the ukulele) -- The lost filmstrips of Father Carlos Las Vegas de Cordova.
Summary:
Meet 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 "Opti-grab" handle for eyeglasses,
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