Product Details

• Actors: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Bernadette Peters, Charles Grodin, Alan Ladd
• Directors: Carl Reiner, Arthur Hiller
• Writers: Carl Reiner, Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, Ed. Weinberger, George Gipe
• Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: February 13, 2007
• Run Time: 284 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K7VHT6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,552 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Steve Martin's funniest three films, The Jerk, The Lonely Guy, and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, are collected in the Wild and Crazy Comedy Collection with some corny bonus material that pales in comparison to Martin's stunning comedic performances. In The Lonely Guy, Martin's dejected character wanders New York streets with his fern plant searching for a lady to love. Scenes in which Martin calls his lady from his rooftop amidst scores of other lonely guys, or jogs into a diner wearing fake, spray-on sweat, seem more slapstick with each viewing. Martin's masterpiece is The Jerk, about Navin Johnson, a white guy born a "poor black child," who sets out for the city to become somebody. Navin, with hobo rucksack in tow, takes his dad's three rules--Don't trust whitey, Lord loves a workin' man, and See a doctor and get rid of it--to an extreme, after becoming a millionaire from inventing a reading glasses apparatus. Co-starring Bernadette Peters, The Jerk's bizarre humor still feels fresh in its satirical examination of race and class. Watching Navin change from a poor black child, to a gas station attendant, to a millionaire, to a drunken egomaniac, to a homeless bum, illustrates Martin's sheer talent for character sketching. If this Wild and Crazy Comedy Collection is a cake, The Jerk is definitely the icing. --Trinie Dalton

Product Description

One of the wackiest zaniest and most beloved comic actors of all time Steve Martin takes center stage in this hilarious collection of three of his most well-known movies: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid The Lonely Guy and The Jerk. Each film is digitally remastered for optimal laughs and this must-have collection includes such comedy greats as Bernadette Peters Charles Grodin and Carl Reiner. Find out why this "wild and crazy guy" has had America laughing in film after fantastically funny film!Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidMartin is Rigby Reardon a private eye with a nose for crime who's hot on the case of a murdered cheesemaker in this hardboiled comedy caper.The Lonely GuyA socially unsuccessful writer creates a book that turns loneliness into a love potion and life in the big city is never the same!The JerkIn this rags-to-riches-to-rags tale sweetly na ve Navin R. Johnson (Martin) decides to explore the world and finds he has a very "special purpose" along the way!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 025193353627 Manufacturer No: 61033536

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real bargain for the Steven Martin aficionado..., December 19, 2007

By	Robert Schmidt (Honolulu, HI & Logan, UT USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a five star rating of three DVDs as a bargain, which is different from rating each movie as a five star movie.

In this collection of three movies done early in his acting career, Steve Martin is cast in roles taking advantage of his unique forms of comedy, slapstick, and sophistication. We have:

- **** Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (with its use of cameos from other films and the infamous "Friends and Enemies of Carlotta" list),

- ***** The Jerk (a cult classic... "He hates cans!), and

- *** The Lonely Guy ( the sleeper... literally something in between the comedy of The Jerk and "seriousness" of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid).

The weaker movie of the three is The Lonely Guy, a movie of the Neil Simon play, but if you consider it a freebie in this collection, there's no complaint!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good entertainment, July 11, 2009

By	Paul Pearson (CARSON, CA. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

all three are top notch comedy in keeping with steve Martin's style of humor. If you like any of these try "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of Steve Martin Movies, May 7, 2009

By	fdhoov (Panama City, FL) - See all my reviews

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The idea was really good....all three of the movies were good in
the theater. However,when I recevied the DVDs, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was defective. This is the only reason for the 3-star rating. Had to return the collection. However, could not be more pleased with Amazon's return policy...they were very prompt; I had no trouble at all. Have ordered many items from Amazon, and will continue to to so.