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The Jerk

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The Jerk
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R,1hr 34min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1979
Director:
Carl Reiner
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Starring:
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams  ...more
Synopsis: Carl Reiner directs Steve Martin (who co-wrote the script with Carl Gottlieb) in this gag-laden comedy about an idiotic white man, raised by a poor family of black sharecroppers, who doesn't realize he's not black. Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) is told the horrible truth when he finds himself instinctively tapping his feet to an easy listening tune on the radio, instead of a low-down blues. His mother (Mabel King) tells him he's white and Navin takes to the road (in a World War II bomber helmet ... Full Synopsis
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Perry Seibert, AMG Review
Steve Martin became famous for being goofy. As the majority of '70s comedians were reveling in the newly discovered freedom to make explicit commentaries on society and politics (Richard Pryor, George Carlin), Martin became a sensation simply because he had happy feet and wore an arrow through his head. He was not a silly man, but he had an appreciation for the absurd, not unlike the members of Monty ... Full Review
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Steve Martin
Navin Johnson
Bernadette Peters
Marie
Catlin Adams
Patty Bernstein
Mabel King
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