The Jerk: Special Edition - July 26th (1 Viewer)

[Ric Easton]

Ditto! THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS is my favorite.

"Into the mud, scum-queen!"

 

[Steven Good]

I wonder if they'll pack in a coupon or some kind of cross-promotion rebate for when you buy the DVD along with TAB or Twinkies?

 

[Jay Pennington]

This DVD is all I need.
...and this lamp.
That's all I need, is this DVD, and this lamp...
...and this paddle ball game.
That's all I need: this DVD, the lamp, the paddle ball game...
...and this ash tray.
That's all I need...

 

[Will_B]

Special edition was to be packaged in cans, but they were found to attract snipers.

"He hates these cans.........STAY AWAY FROM THE CANS!"

 

[Ronald Epstein]

(singing)
Gonna Jump Down Turn Around pick myself
this DVD! Gonna Jump Down Turn Around
watch this DVD all day. Oh Lordy....

This is great, great news!

Look....

I know we've only known about this upcoming
DVD release for one day, but to me it seems
like nine weeks and five days. The first day
seemed like a week and the second day seemed
like five days. And the third day seemed
like a week again and the fourth day seemed
like eight days. And the fifth day you went
to see your mother and that seemed just like a
day, and then you came back and later on the
sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each
other, that started seeming like two days,
so in the evening it seemed like two days
spilling over into the next day and that
started seeming like four days, so at the
end of the sixth day on into the seventh day,
it seemed like a total of five days. And the
sixth day seemed like a week and a half.
I have it written down, but I can show
it to you tomorrow if you want to see it.

Finally with the release of this DVD we
have a special purpose!

 

[Steve Christou]

Great news, a Steve Martin classic. Now special editions of Man With Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid will really make my millennium.

Navin R. Johnson: "I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit." There. I've never been relaxed enough around anyone to say that.

New Accounts Bank Manager: I will need two pieces of identification.
Navin R. Johnson: ah yes. I have my temporary driver's license - and - my astronaut application form... I didn't pass that though, I failed everything but the date of birth.

Sniper: Die, you random son of a bitch.

 

[george kaplan]

I'll second that, especially if they reinsert the cut footage of the gasoline station from The Killers.

 

[Keith Paynter]

The official press release:

"Dear Funfl...

Flrv hfnn whff mluh wbbm sfnn
lubb furfn blufb snvf whubbjhn
vhizhar..."

Sorry, I was reading it in the bathtub...

Too bad no word on the TV version footage as deleted scenes

 

[Ronald Epstein]

To step back in this thread again....

Been thinking about this movie all day.

Not only is it Steve Martin's best film,
but in my opinion The Jerk rates
as one of the greatest comedies ever!

I laugh at this film harder than Animal
House.

So happy to see Universal is doing justice
to this release.

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Excellent! At long last!

In addition to being a wonderful comedy, it has one of the best film titles ever! The second I read it in Leonard Maltin, I instantly had to see it.

"Sir, you're talking to a n****r!"

Kung Fu ensues.

Hilarious, out-of-nowhere madness that occurs all through the film! I haven't seen it in about six years, avoiding the old DVD, so I can't wait to finally see it again, especially since I have been fitted with a new Opti-Grab...

 

[Jim Dalton]

Like so many others, I just want to add that,
IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!

 

[David Galindo]

Hah Ron, that first post was classic!

 

[Stephen Ford]

I cant wait for this great film.

 

[Stephen Ford]

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[Bill>Moore]

Woo-hoo! I'm very pleased about this. This is one of my favorite comedies, but since the current DVD release was FF only, I had avoided purchasing it. I didn't really think it would come out anamorphic WS, but I still couldn't push myself to buy the FF version. Looks like all this waiting will finally pay off.

 

[Zen Butler]

One of the best...can't wait

 

[Mark Bendiksen]

Like many of you I avoided buying the current release because it was FF. (It wasn't very easy holding out all this time, though.) This is great news.

LOL...two years ago when I was visiting New York I met Bernadette Peters after a show and had her sign my Sunday in the Park with George DVD. I only wish that I had also been able to offer her a "26th Anniversary" edition of The Jerk to sign along with it.

This movie definitely ranks in the top five of the most quotable films of all-time.

"I'm picking out a thermos for you...."

 

[Steve K.H.]

"Damn These Glasses Navin."

"Yes Sir... I Damn Thee!"
---
"These Cans Are Defective!"
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"I should be sending more money home..."
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"Son, This is Shit, this is Shanola... Shit... Shanola." Ron - I might finally be able to change my sig on here - it has been my plea to get the absolute best work for Steve Martin out in the format it deserved.

FINALLY - It's out on TUESDAY!!!

This film will always hold a place in history - it launched Steve's career beyond the club/SNL scene. It also crossed so many lines (especially in its day) without offending - something others could never master.

 

[Michael Eriksen]

One of my favorites. Love all Steve Martins early work. The Jerk and The lonely guy is my favorites. I think after roxanna and dirty rotten scoundrels his work become more..hmm..civilized.

Also I remember on vhs you could get a great stand up show with him....really whacky, with the arrow though the head ect....wish they would put that on dvd also.

 

[John CW]

Can't wait for this!! It'd be great to have the other Carl Reiner/Steve Martin movies in Special Editions too!

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Man With Two Brains
All of Me

This is a nice start, though. Shame they couldn't get Reiner or Martin to walk about it for the DVD.