Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 07/26/2005
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DDM2.0/DD5.1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Carl Reiner directs
Steve Martin (who co-wrote the script with
Carl Gottlieb) in this gag-laden comedy about an idiotic white man, raised by a poor family of black sharecroppers, who doesn't realize he's not black. Navin R. Johnson (
Steve Martin) is told the horrible truth when he finds himself instinctively tapping his feet to an easy listening tune on the radio, instead of a low-down blues. His mother (
Mabel King) tells him he's white and Navin takes to the road (in a World War II bomber helmet and goggles) to start a new life in St. Louis. A filling station owner, Harry Hartounian (
Jackie Mason), give Navin his first break, hiring him to pump gas. One day at the station, Navin has a brainstorm, concocting an invention called "The Opti-grab," a combination handle and nose-brace for eyeglasses. But Navin runs into trouble when a crazed killer (
M. Emmet Walsh) picks out his name at random from the telephone book and tries to kill him. Navin escapes to a traveling carnival, where he wrangles a job as the "guess-your-weight" man. At the carnival, he discovers his sexual nature, thanks to stunt rider and S&M enthusiast Patty Bernstein (
Catlin Adams). But Navin meets the beautiful Marie (
Bernadette Peters) and he quickly falls in love. In the meantime, the "Opti-grab" has taken off and soon Navin is a millionaire.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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