The Jerk--That's All I Need
Trivia for The Jerk (1979)
* Originally entitled "Easy Money".
* The song that Navin and Marie sing as they walk along the beach, "Tonight You Belong To Me", was a hit in the '50s for sister duet Patience and Prudence.
* Steve Martin's favorite scene involves M. Emmet Walsh, shooting the cans at the gas station.
* The mansion shown in the film is the infamous Sheik Al-Fassi mansion in Beverly Hills. The tacky rooms shown in the film were actually shot in the mansion thanks to its cavernous size rooms. The mansion also had its own basement Disco where the dance scene was filmed. The 38-room mansion no longer exists; it was torched by an arsonist in 1980.
* Hartoonian's EZ Serve is on Hurtado Street
* The tag number for the blue coupe (a Chevrolet Monte Carlo) was J3S 762
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Classic Movie!!
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