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The jerk. Cover Image DVD DVD

The jerk.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1417045655
  • ISBN: 9781417045655
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: 26th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced 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; Original theatrical trailer; Production notes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Universal ; an Aspen Film Society, William E. McEuen-David V. Picker production ; a Carl Reiner film ; screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias ; story by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb ; produced by David V. Picker, William E. McEuen ; directed by Carl Reiner.
Music composed and conducted by Jack Elliott ; costume designer, Theadora Van Runkle ; edited by Bud Molin ; production designer, Jack T. Collis ; 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, Ren Wood, Pepe Serna, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee, Jackie Mason.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround sound (English); 2.0 mono. (French and Spanish).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Soundtrack in English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in Spanish or French and English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Subject: Inventors > Drama.
Adoptees > Drama.
Wealth > Drama.
Genre: Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch MO (Text) 33126023560752 DVD Available -
Erlanger Branch MO (Text) 33126025615638 DVD Available -
Independence Branch MO (Text) 33126021569060 DVD Available -


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