Steve Martin's debut in motion picture film after a successful career doing skits on 'Saturday Night Live' and on stand-up tours.  Steve Martin's collaboration with director-writer Carl Reiner would bring many other memorable comedy films to the big screen for audiences to watch and laugh.

Steve Martin is Navin Johnson, an innocent dullard son of poor Black sharecroppers in the South who just can't seem to have any beat or rythm in his blood.  Navin has high hopes though, and so goes out to see the big world by hitching a ride to take him several blocks away.  After realizing how big the world really is, Navin finally comes to the big city to make a life for himself.  He's soon thrilled to see that he's someone important when his name appears in the phone book.  Navin eventually explores love with a woman played by Bernadette Peters. He also learns the values of entrepreneurship after he innocently invents a contraption for glasses called the Optigrab.  Fortune finally arrives but poor Navin is just too slow to deal with the greed, dishonesty, and other life misfortunes that pervade the world.  After many trials and tribulations, he realizes that his family and friends are all that matters.

A very touching comedy about fool's luck and childish innocence in an otherwise depraved world.  This is one of Steve Martin's most memorable film roles and is worth watching many times for tons of laughs and giggles.
Steve Martin's debut in motion picture film after a successful career doing skits on 'Saturday Night Live' and on stand-up tours. Steve Martin's collaboration with director-writer Carl Reiner would bring many other memorable comedy films to the big screen for audiences to watch and laugh. Steve Martin is Navin Johnson, an innocent dullard son of poor Black sharecroppers in the South who just can't seem to have any beat or rythm in his blood. Navin has high hopes though, and so goes out to see the big world by hitching a ride to take him several blocks away. After realizing how big the world really is, Navin finally comes to the big city to make a life for himself. He's soon thrilled to see that he's someone important when his name appears in the phone book. Navin eventually explores love with a woman played by Bernadette Peters. He also learns the values of entrepreneurship after he innocently invents a contraption for glasses called the Optigrab. Fortune finally arrives but poor Navin is just too slow to deal with the greed, dishonesty, and other life misfortunes that pervade the world. After many trials and tribulations, he realizes that his family and friends are all that matters. A very touching comedy about fool's luck and childish innocence in an otherwise depraved world. This is one of Steve Martin's most memorable film roles and is worth watching many times for tons of laughs and giggles.