Tuesday, January 1, 2019

The Jerk (1979)


Released December 14th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : As a child , Navin was adopted into a poor family in Mississippi.
After turning 18 , he decides he needs to go off and see the world.
He ends up in St. Louis and struggles for a bit but that doesn't stop naive Navin.
Working at a gas station he meets a sales man who is having trouble with his eye glasses staying on his face.
Navin suggests a metal nose bridge handle idea that he quickly comes up with.
The sales man loves the idea and claims that when he makes Navin's idea into a money-making reality he will contact him.
After sometime Navin forgets all about the sales man until one day they meet again.
Navin finds that he is now a multi millionaire due to his invention and begins living the high life with his true love.
But that wont last for long.
Stars Steve Martin , Mabel King , Richard Ward , Dick Anthony Williams , Renn Woods , Lydia McGhee , Bill Macy , M Emmet Walsh , Bernadette Peters , Catlin Adams , Dick O Neill , Maurice Evans , Helena Carroll, Carl Reiner , Sonny Terry , Pepe Serna , Brownie McGhee , Jackie Mason 
Directed by Carl Reiner
Rated R
COMEDY

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