The jerk

Resource Information

The work The jerk represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

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

• Reiner, Carl, 1922-
• Serna, Pepe, 1944-
• Terry, Sonny
• Van Runkle, Theadora, 1928-2011
• Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-
• Ward, Richard, 1915-1979
• Williams, Dick Anthony
• Carroll, Helena
• Elias, Michael
• Adams, Catlin
• Elliott, Jack, 1927-2001
• Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989
• Gottlieb, Carl
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Kemper, Victor J., 1927-
• Aspen Film Society
• King, Mabel, 1932-1999
• Macy, Bill, 1922-
• Martin, Steve, 1945-
• Mason, Jackie
• McEuen, William E.
• McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
• Molin, Bud
• O'Neill, Dick, 1928-1998
• Peters, Bernadette
• Picker, David V.
• Collis, Jack T., 1923-1998
• Woods, Renn, 1958-

Actor

• Carroll, Helena
• Woods, Renn, 1958-
• Williams, Dick Anthony
• Ward, Richard, 1915-1979
• Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-
• Terry, Sonny
• Serna, Pepe, 1944-
• McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
• Mason, Jackie
• Martin, Steve, 1945-
• Macy, Bill, 1922-
• King, Mabel, 1932-1999
• Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989
• Adams, Catlin
• Peters, Bernadette
• O'Neill, Dick, 1928-1998

Conductor

• Elliott, Jack, 1927-2001

Costume designer

• Van Runkle, Theadora, 1928-2011

Director of photography

• Kemper, Victor J., 1927-

Film director

• Reiner, Carl, 1922-

Film distributor

• Universal Pictures (Firm)

Film editor

• Molin, Bud

Film producer

• McEuen, William E.
• Picker, David V.

Production company

• Aspen Film Society
• Universal Pictures (Firm)

Production designer

• Collis, Jack T., 1923-1998

Screenwriter

• Gottlieb, Carl
• Martin, Steve, 1945-
• Elias, Michael

Subject

• Feature films
• Adoptees -- Drama
• Wealth -- Drama
• Inventors -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Fiction films
• Feature films -- United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Riqueza -- Teatro

Genre

• Drama
• Teatro
• Fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• Comedy films

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

Runtime

94

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action