The Resource The jerk, 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, (videorecording)

The jerk, 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, (videorecording)

Label
The jerk
Title
The jerk
Statement of responsibility
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
Contributor
Actor
Conductor
Costume designer
Director of photography
Film director
Film distributor
Film editor
Film producer
Production company
Production designer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
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
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
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
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.J47 2005
PerformerNote
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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1922-
  • 1945-
  • 1932-1999
  • 1915-1979
  • 1922-
  • 1935-
  • 1928-1998
  • 1901-1989
  • 1958-
  • 1944-
  • 1915-1996
  • 1927-2001
  • 1928-2011
  • 1923-1998
  • 1927-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Reiner, Carl
  • McEuen, William E.
  • Picker, David V.
  • Martin, Steve
  • Gottlieb, Carl
  • Elias, Michael
  • Peters, Bernadette
  • Adams, Catlin
  • King, Mabel
  • Ward, Richard
  • Williams, Dick Anthony
  • Macy, Bill
  • Walsh, M. Emmet
  • O'Neill, Dick
  • Evans, Maurice
  • Carroll, Helena
  • Woods, Renn
  • Serna, Pepe
  • Terry, Sonny
  • McGhee, Brownie
  • Mason, Jackie
  • Elliott, Jack
  • Van Runkle, Theadora
  • Molin, Bud
  • Collis, Jack T.
  • Kemper, Victor J.
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
  • Aspen Film Society
Runtime
94
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  • Inventors
  • Adoptees
  • Wealth
  • Riqueza
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The jerk, 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, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
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
Bar code
  • 31223135848472
  • 31223135848480
  • 31223135848456
  • 31223135848431
  • 31223135848464
  • 31223135848449
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- "Tonight you belong to me" (learn how toplay this classic tune on the ukulele) -- The lost filmstrips of Father Carolos Las Vegas De Cordova -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; French Dolby digital 2.0 mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 3/4 in.
Edition
26th anniversary edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192351884
Other physical details
DVD video, sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • 27340
  • 61178210
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)60696545
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround sound (English); 2.0 mono. (French and Spanish)
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The jerk, 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, (videorecording)
Publication
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
Bar code
  • 31223135848472
  • 31223135848480
  • 31223135848456
  • 31223135848431
  • 31223135848464
  • 31223135848449
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- "Tonight you belong to me" (learn how toplay this classic tune on the ukulele) -- The lost filmstrips of Father Carolos Las Vegas De Cordova -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; French Dolby digital 2.0 mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 3/4 in.
Edition
26th anniversary edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192351884
Other physical details
DVD video, sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • 27340
  • 61178210
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)60696545
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround sound (English); 2.0 mono. (French and Spanish)
Video recording format
DVD

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