The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy movie. It starred Steve Martin in his first movie role, as a somewhat raunchy, confused, and mostly stupid white man being raised by a black impoverished family in the South (but told with a mix of humour and heartfelt moments), eventually gaining a series of oddball jobs, getting his first place to live, getting shot at, becoming an inventor, acquiring a dog (named Shitface in the unedited version, and Stupid in the edited version), meeting a woman (played by Bernadette Peters), getting rich and buying (then losing) a mansion, being sued for all of his money, and returning to his childhood home in the Deep South. Father Guido Sarducci, a character from early Saturday Night Live fame, makes a cameo as a priest attempting to get money from Navin and his wife by discussing the abuse of cats, via cat juggling.
Steve Martin was also involved in the writing of the movie ''The Jerk'', alongside Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias. The movie was directed by Carl Reiner.
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