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    " From rags to riches… to rags."
    Country
    Runtime 1 hr 34 min
    Premiere: World January 12, 1980
    Premiere: USA $73 691 419 December 14, 1979
    theaters 525
    rollout 21 days
    Digital: World June 25, 2013
    Parental Advisory Profanity, ...
    • Profanity

      average

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      few

    • Violence & Gore

      few

    • Sex & Nudity

      few

    Production Companies Universal PicturesAspen Film Society
    Also Known As
    Easy Money (United States)

    Description

    A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.

    Сast and Crew

    Production

    By 1977, comedian Steve Martin was experiencing wild success. He wished to cross over to a film career, believing it promised more longevity. Basing his film proposal on a line from his act—"It wasn't always easy for me; I was born a poor black child"—he fleshed out his ideas into a series of notes he intended to deliver to studios. With confidence in his budding standup career, he imagined it would not be difficult to break into Hollywood. Instead, he found it more difficult than expected. Bill McEuen was acquainted with Paramount Pictures president David Picker, and passed along his notes, which the studio read carefully. It described a series of odd jobs lead character "Steve" would hold in his saga, but Paramount passed on the project.

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    A sort of absurd Forrest Gump. The movie made me laugh, but not enough. I appreciate silly humor (ten "Mr. Bean" is proof of this), but here one third of the jokes are drawn out, the second is predictable, but the third is funny, yes. Martin is good, but his character is too unstable. Translated to English