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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 north to St. Louis to find...
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Dec 12, 2011 · The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love. Universal - 1979 Welcome to the...
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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.
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- Comedy
- Carl Reiner
- 1979-12-14
Jerked: Directed by Andrew O'Connor. With Whitmer Thomas, Drew Tarver, Rosa Salazar, Budd Diaz. Two lifelong best friends, obsessed with making Youtube-style prank videos, become mortal enemies when they both fall for the same girl and enter into a series of dangerous and bizarre challenges in order to win her favor.
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- Comedy
- Andrew O'Connor
- 2014-03-08
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- Carl Reiner
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- Steve Martin
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.
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Directed by Carl Reiner. A rags to riches to rags story. After discovering he’s not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again.
