The Jerk

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American film comedy film film

The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.

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Label Occurrences
The Jerk canonical 23
The Jerk (1979 film) 1
The Jerk franchise 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD over 70 million ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Steve Martin ⓘ
cinematographyBy Victor J. Kemper ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfFilming United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Carl Reiner ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Bud Molin ⓘ
featuresHumorStyle absurdist humor ⓘ
physical comedy ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
followsCharacterArc naive man discovering the world ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
mainCharacter Navin R. Johnson ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Ramblin' Jack Elliott ⓘ
surface form: Jack Elliott
narrativeTheme rags-to-riches-to-rags story ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
notableSong Tonight You Belong to Me ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer William E. McEuen ⓘ
productionCompany Aspen Film Society ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-12-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter Carl Gottlieb ⓘ
Michael Elias ⓘ
Steve Martin ⓘ
setIn Los Angeles ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
starring Bernadette Peters ⓘ
Catlin Adams ⓘ
Jackie Mason ⓘ
Mabel King ⓘ
Richard Ward ⓘ
Steve Martin ⓘ
storyBy Steve Martin ⓘ
title The Jerk self-link ⓘ
writtenForPerformer Steve Martin ⓘ

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Steve Martin → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
The Jerk → title → The Jerk self-link ⓘ
Gailard Sartain → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Walter Findlay|Bill Macy → workedOn → The Jerk ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Macy
Stephen Glenn Martin → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Carl Reiner → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Bernadette Peters → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Bernadette Peters → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Jerk (1979 film)
William E. McEuen → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Aspen Film Society → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Navin R. Johnson → appearsIn → The Jerk ⓘ
Navin R. Johnson → firstAppearedIn → The Jerk ⓘ
Navin R. Johnson → partOfFranchise → The Jerk ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Jerk franchise
Tonight You Belong to Me → featuredInWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Bud Molin → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Bud Molin → edited → The Jerk ⓘ
George Memmoli → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Catlin Adams → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Richard Ward → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Richard Ward → participatedIn → The Jerk ⓘ
Michael Elias → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Michael Elias → coWrote → The Jerk ⓘ
Michael Elias → workedOn → The Jerk ⓘ
M. Emmet Walsh → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ
Mabel King → notableWork → The Jerk ⓘ