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Title:
The Jerk: 26th Anniversary Edition
Region:
One
Genre:
Comedy
Stars:
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Jackie Mason, and Mabel King
Writers:
Steve Martin Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias
Based
On A Story By: Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb
Director:
Carl Reiner
Feature
length: 94 minutes
Extras:
Previews, “Tonight You Belong To Me” Ukulele Play Along, The Lost Filmstrips
Of Father Carlos Las Vegas De Cordova, Original Theatrical Trailer, and
Production Notes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and French and Spanish Language
Two-Channel Monaural Sound
Subtitles:
English Captions and French and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 16
Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Two-Channel Monaural Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 1979/DVD Release: 2005
Theatrical
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Home
Video Distributor: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: R
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
“The
Jerk” was Steve Martin’s first theatrical comedy and is largely a relic of
the time in which it was made. Some of the humor simply doesn’t stand up to
the test of time and film offers only a light smirk here and there. Martin plays
Navin Johnson, the adapted and very dumb white son of a poor black sharecropper
family whose eye glass invention makes him both a millionaire and later a
homeless man. Bernadette Peters and Jackie Mason appear in the film and Director
Carl Reiner appears as himself. The great Mabel King, best known to some from
her role in the 70s classic sitcom “What’s Happening” also appears in the
film as Martin’s mother.
Universal
Studios Home Entertainment presents “The Jerk” with a clear, but not
particularly outstanding anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation as well as
a brand new English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack mix that is a
noticeable improvement over previous home video versions. Two-channel French and
Spanish Language Monaural Soundtracks are encoded onto the dual layered DVD as
options along with English Captions for the hearing impaired and French and
Spanish Language Subtitles.
The
extra value features are pretty weak with a ukulele learn and play along session
(2:51) and then the opportunity to play the tune “Tonight You Belong To Me”
along with the scene from the film (1:58). An odd extra feature entitled “The
Lost Filmstrips Of Father Carlos Las Vegas De Cordova” (4:22) is also included
along with the original theatrical trailer (2:31) and on screen production
notes. A reel of previews (3:47) that include “The Big Lebowski: Special
Edition”, “The Wedding Date”, “Father Of The Pride: The Complete
Series”, and the first three seasons of “Northern Exposure” appear before
the main menu. All of the menus are standard interactive still frames that are
easy to navigate.
This
is not much a special edition DVD as far as I’m concerned, but if you are a
fan of the film and Steve Martin you can pick up “The Jerk: 26th
Anniversary Edition” now at retailers on and offline courtesy of Universal
Studios Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2005 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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