David Landsberg

The Jerk -- A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.

The Jerk -- A short film about a jerk who gets whats comin to him.

Oscar-winner Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give," "Marvin's Room") stars as a mother of four whose husband, Albert Finney, leaves her for a younger woman. Keaton and Oscar-nominee Finney ("Tom Jones," "Murder On the Orient Express") deliver powerful performances in this provocative and brutally honest look at a failing marriage. With Peter Weller ("Screamers," "Robocop"), Karen Allen ("Raiders of the Lost Ark"), and Tracey Gold (TV's "Growing Pains"). Directed by Oscar-nominee Alan Parker ("Evita," "Fame," "The Commitments"). Written by Oscar-winner Bo Goldman ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Scent of a Woman").

Diane Keaton stars as a mother of four whose husband, Albert Finney, leaves her for a younger woman. Keaton and Finney deliver powerful performances in this provocative and brutally honest look at a failing marriage. With Peter Weller, Karen Allen, and Tracey Gold. Directed by Alan Parker.

A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.

A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.

That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve plays Navin Johnson, the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches...right back to rags. Steve propels Navin through a string of misadventures-becoming smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, surviving a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, and becoming a millionaire by inventing the "Opti-grab" handle for eyeglasses-and shows why he's one of the hottest comic performers in the world.

Steve Martin, in his break out role, portrays Navin Johnson, an adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, who ventures out from his rural home into the world at large. His crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and back to rags.

That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he's smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the 'Opti-grab' handle for glasses - and shows why he's one of the hottest comic performers in the world.