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The jerk /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), Aspen Film Society
Other Authors: McEuen, William E., Picker, David V., Martin, Steve, 1945-, Gottlieb, Carl, Elias, Michael, Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020, Peters, Bernadette, Adams, Catlin, King, Mabel, 1932-1999, Ward, Richard, 1915-1979, Mason, Jackie
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Soundtrack in English, French or Spanish; subtitles in Spanish or French. English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005]
Edition:26th anniversary ed.
Subjects:
Inventors > Drama.
Adoptees > Drama.
Wealth > Drama.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
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.
Item Description: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; original theatrical trailer; production notes.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround sound (English); 2.0 mono. (French and Spanish)
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Music, Jack Elliott ; edited by Bud Molin ; director of photography, Victor J. Kemper.
ISBN:1417045655
9781417045655