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The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Martin and Gottlieb). This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film.
Dec 14, 1979 · The Jerk: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King. A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.
Navin (Steve Martin) believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually white. Upon figuring this out, he heads north to St. Louis to find himself.
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The Jerk (1979) SYNOPSIS: Navin (Steve Martin) believes he was born a poor black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually white. Upon figuring this out, he heads...
An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis. 7,815 IMDb 7.1 1 h 34 min 1979. X-Ray R. Comedy · Charming · Coarse · Fun.
Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) is a dim-witted White man who was adopted as an infant by a poor rural southern Black family.
“The Jerk” is all gags and very little comedy. After Martin hits the road, he has a series of adventures as a gas pump jockey, a weight-guesser in a sideshow, a hapless lover of Bernadette Peters, an inventor of a gadget to keep your eyeglasses from falling down. All of these gag situations are milked for one-time laughs.
Dec 31, 2019 · Steve Martin in The Jerk. Andrew Buss. December 31, 2019 | 12:00pm ET. Oral History offers the most comprehensive retelling of a pop culture artifact. “I was born a poor black child…” This may be one of the funniest lines ever committed to film, and it’s spoken within the first minute of The Jerk.
The Jerk (1979) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A naive young man seeks his fortune while trying to escape a deranged killer. Cast & Crew. Read More. Carl Reiner. Director. Steve Martin. Bernadette Peters. Joe Lynn. Debbie Evans. Carl Reiner. Himself. Film Details.
