Steve Martin
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores the life of Steve Martin, discussing his early stand-up career and how he walked away from it to become a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," his mentors and complex relationship with his parents and sister, and the work and dedication it took for him to become one of the world's greatest comedians.
5) Shopgirl
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, 2005
Language
English
Description
A young, beautiful, shy girl named Mirabelle, a glove counter worker at Neiman Marcus, begins a relationship with a wealthy businessman old enough to be her father.
6) The jerk
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
7) Housesitter
Publisher
MCA/Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Shortly after an architect's girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, he encounters a woman who decides on her own to move into his empty dream house and pass herself off as his new wife--with hilarious and romantic consequences.
8) Bowfinger
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A desperate movie producer (Martin) will do anything to get his dream movie made. In fact, he's so desperate that he enlists a fairly nerdy guy with no acting experience at all (Murphy) to be his star.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Lacey Yeager, having arrived on the New York art scene as an intern at Sotheby's, uses her charm, wit, and ambition to move quickly up the cultural ladder, not caring whose heart she breaks and which laws she ignores in the process.
10) Roxanne
Publisher
Columbia Tri-Star Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
C.D. Bales has an astonishingly long nose. He harbors a secret love for a beautiful astronomy student who is attracted to another man.
11) It's complicated
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Sparks reignite between a divorced couple despite the fact that he has since remarried. Things get even more out of hand when she meets a man she'd truly like to date.
12) Grand Canyon
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"When a lawyer's car breaks down in a dangerous Los Angeles neighborhood, a tow-truck driver arrives just in time to save his life. The two men begin a deep friendship that sets off a chain of unsettling and surprising events involviing their families and friends for years to come."--Container.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
15) Pure drivel
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A collection of humorous essays by comedian Steve Martin.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I'm funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand that I was deeply suspicious of these people who are actually...
17) L.A. story
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A wacky TV weatherman finds his crazy world invaded by a sentient freeway sign, an unconventional British reporter, and a ditzy blonde.
18) The big year
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event.
19) Mixed nuts
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001, c1994
Language
English
Description
The staff of a suicide hotline work on Christmas Eve, when they must deal with eccentric callers, each other, and an eviction notice.