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The jerk [videorecording] / Universal ; an Aspen Film Society, William E. McEuen-David V. Picker production ; a Carl Reiner film ; screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottleib, Michael Elias ; story by Steve Martin & Carl Gottleib ; directed by Carl Reiner.

Martin, Steve, 1945- (Added Author). Peters, Bernadette. (Added Author). Mason, Jackie. (Added Author). Gottlieb, Carl. (Added Author). Elias, Michael. (Added Author). Reiner, Carl, 1922- (Added Author). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Aspen Film Society. (Added Author). 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, Jackie Mason. (Cast).

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Umatilla County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pendleton Public Library.

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Summary:

A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, produces some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Age Hold Protection Active/Create Date Status Due Date
Pendleton Public Library DVD JERK (Text) 37801000471860 DVD DVD None 09/03/2014 Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 1417045655
  • ISBN: 9781417045655
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: 26th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: learn how to play "Tonight you belong to me" on the ukelele; the lost filmstrips of Father Carlos Las Vegas de Cordova.
Formatted Contents Note:
Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- "Tonight you belong to me" (learn how toplay this classic tune on the ukulele) -- The lost filmstrips of Father Carolos Las Vegas De Cordova -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; French Dolby digital 2.0 mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Jack Elliott ; edited by Bud Molin ; director of photography, Victor J. Kemper.
Participant or Performer Note:
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, Jackie Mason.
Summary, etc.:
A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, produces some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround sound.
Language Note:
Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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