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I once had wealth

My friends, and... uh... my thermos. Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was...

The Jerk • 1979

[first lines] Navin R. Johnson:
Huh? I am *not* a bum. I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends, and... uh... my thermos. Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi

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Duration

56 seconds

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1,200

Timestamp in Movie

00:00:00

Uploaded

Dec 13, 2020

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Universal Pictures,Aspen Film Society

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Movie Summary

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

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Navin R. Johnson

Navin