The Jerk Page #3

Synopsis: Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family but on his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. There everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Carl Reiner
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
1979
94 min
847 Views


...the customers can use the urinal. I won't

disturb them, they won't disturb me.

Take it easy. It's not here. It's in here.

I couldn't afford this anyway.

Well, this is it.

It's perfect!.

I won't have to change this at all!.

Take a look.

No kitchen, no windows,

no chairs, no tables.

It's a masterpiece of understatement.

I'll put a bed down here, get a bigger bulb.

I'll bring some sheets from the house.

You'll be set for life.

How much is this gonna cost me?

Nothing. When you're rich and famous,

you'll send me a postcard.

A postcard?

Okay!. It's a deal.

It's a deal.

What are those?

Step outside for a second, darling.

Navin, this is my wife Lenore.

Lenore, this is Navin.

Pleased to meet you.

Do you know why a woman

of such pulchritude is married to me?

'Cause l make a comfortable living.

This is the first time

l'm leaving you alone on a Sunday.

If anything should happen to this station,

this woman would leave me like a--

In other words, there would be no more....

-Do you know what l'm talking about?

-Yes, sir. No more....

So remember,

guard this station with your life...

...because my sex life is in your hands.

I can fix those shocks.

No. We just want some gas, muchacho.

Okay. But it's Sunday.

We've got to have a credit card.

And all the cash is locked up?

No, not locked up. We got a lot of cash.

Just that the banks are closed...

...and l'm not allowed to have cash

coming in or out.

I'm alone for the first time.

I don't want anything to happen.

You flash this kind of wad in front

of some people, they'll kill you for it.

So, we've got to have a credit card.

Have we got a credit card in there?

Credit card.

No, thanks. I don't smoke.

-What kind of cigarette is that?

-Joint.

Joint?

They don't make 'em very good.

-MasterCharge do?

-That's fine. We take MasterCharge.

You want a fill-up, Mrs. Nussbaum?

I'm Mr. Nussbaum.

Yeah, that's his wife's card.

-His wife's card?

-Yeah, l'll vouch for him.

Okay, as long as we got a voucher.

Stolen!.

I got it!. Just send a police car over.

Mrs. Nussbaum's credit card!.

I got the guys who stole it.

Hold on, they're calling me!.

I'll be right back!.

-Yes?

-Yeah, throw a couple of tires in the trunk.

Put it on the card. Radials.

-Make them whitewalls.

-Yes, sir, Mr. Nussbaum.

I'm back, only it's worse than l thought.

They're not only sticking us for gas,

but grabbing tires and everything.

They're really socking it to us.

Yeah, it's Hartounian's Gas Station

at the corner--

Hang on a second.

I don't want to get 'em suspicious.

Don't worry, l can keep 'em here.

I saw this trick in a movie.

-Got your tires!.

-Yeah, good.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, playwright, author, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him an Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. He was awarded an Honorary Academy Award at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013.While he has played banjo since an early age, and included music in his comedy routines from the beginning of his professional career, he has increasingly dedicated his career to music since the 2000s, acting less and spending much of his professional life playing banjo, recording, and touring with various bluegrass acts, including Earl Scruggs, with whom he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2002. He released his first solo music album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo, in 2009, for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. more…

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