How much did Navin Johnson write checks for?
Question by author lordbehemoth. 22 After Navin received his first check for “two hundred and fifty donuts”, (when he was still under the impression it was 250 dollars and not 250,000 dollars) how many of the donuts did he say he would take in cash?
How much money did The Jerk make?
Box office. The film is considered to have been a box office smash for the time, earning over $73 million domestically, (making the movie the eighth highest-grossing of 1979) and $100 million worldwide, having been produced on a relatively low budget of $4 million.
How did The Jerk get rich?
In the rags-to-riches-back-to-rags-then-back-to-riches story of The Jerk, Steve Martin plays Navin R. Johnson sets out to see the world and becomes a millionaire by inventing the Opti-Grab, a device which keeps eyeglasses from slipping down one’s nose. But because it also makes people cross-eyed, he loses it all.
What did The Jerk invent?
The Opti-Grab was invented by Naven R. Johnson, a fictional character from the movie The Jerk. The device attaches to a pair of glasses to stop them from sliding down your nose, while also acting as a handle to put on and remove your glasses.
Why is the jerk called the jerk?
With the push press there is also a press, with the (swing) snatch there is also a swing and pull, all followed by a jerk. The jerk exercise is probably the purest of them all, velocity, acceleration, and jerk, hence my theory as to why it’s been named the jerk.
Where did they film the jerk?
The Jerk was filmed on over 80 different actual locations according to story notes at AMC. IMDB lists some of those locations with two of the known SFV locations at Devonshire Downs in Northridge and the miniature train ride at Griffith park both of which are shown below.
Who is Steve Martins wife?
Anne Stringfieldm. 2007
Victoria Tennantm. 1986–1994
Steve Martin/Wife
How old is Martin Short?
71 years (March 26, 1950)
Martin Short/Age
Who said I was born a poor black child?
This line is spoken by Navin R. Johnson, played by Steve Martin, in the film The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner (1979). The Jerk could also be called The Idiot. How else to explain that Steve Martin’s character was raised by a family of black sharecroppers, yet never realized he was adopted?
How old is Mary Martin?
76 years (1913–1990)
Mary Martin/Age at death
Who is Rob Schneider’s wife?
Patricia Azarcoya Schneiderm. 2011
Helena Schneiderm. 2002–2005London Kingm. 1988–1990
Rob Schneider/Wife