The Jerk1979
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 34 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- A rags to riches to rags story.
- Overview
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. 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.
- Genres
- Comedy
- Released
- December 14, 1979
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $100,000,000
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Aspen Film Society
Credits
Directing
- Carl ReinerDirector
Writing
- Steve MartinScreenplay
- Carl GottliebScreenplay
- Michael EliasScreenplay
Art
- Jack T. CollisProduction Design
- Richard C. GoddardSet Decoration
Camera
- Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- April FerryCostume Supervisor
- Theadora Van RunkleCostume Design
Crew
- Diane PetersonStunts
- Conrad E. PalmisanoStunt Coordinator
- Debbie EvansStunts
- Jeannie EpperStunts
Editing
- Bud MolinEditor
- Ron SpangEditor
Production
- Geno HavensCasting
- Penny PerryCasting
- David V. PickerProducer
- William E. McEuenProducer
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- Peter Macgregor-ScottAssociate Producer
Sound
- Jack ElliottOriginal Music Composer
Trailers
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