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Magnificent Jerk

Apple TV+ / Pineapple Street Studios

Society & Culture

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Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/6d. Total Eps: 9

On the last day of her grandmother’s life, journalist Maya Lin Sugarman finds a box of forgotten screenplays that sets her on a journey to uncover the truth about their author: her late uncle, Galen. She discovers that he was a leader of a Chinese gang, that he went to jail, and, in a final twist, that he poured his life story into a screenplay that was turned into a ’90s Hollywood action movie…starring Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T.

Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

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DVD Extras | 8

Season 1 · Episode 8

Monday, October 30, 2023 • Duration 33:09

Like the DVD commentary of old, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Magnificent Jerk.

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Now Showing | 7

Season 1 · Episode 7

Monday, October 23, 2023 • Duration 39:48

Maya returns to her aunties, nervous to tell them all that she’s learned.

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Chasing the Dream | 6

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, October 16, 2023 • Duration 30:20

Galen takes the helm as a director in a final bid for success. Maya revisits his other scripts and realizes what he was trying to say all along.

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Bratislava | 5

Season 1 · Episode 5

Monday, October 9, 2023 • Duration 36:01

Deep in Slovakia, a ragtag team of filmmakers do their best to create a high-octane action film. Maya finally learns how her uncle’s story was whitewashed.

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Lowlife No. 1 | 4

Season 1 · Episode 4

Monday, October 2, 2023 • Duration 31:48

Maya traces Galen’s surprising move to Hollywood to become an actor. And she learns that his greatest asset in this new world is his past.

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Choo Choo Cherry | 3

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, September 25, 2023 • Duration 42:08

A recording reveals the crime that would ultimately put Galen in jail. But how bad did things need to get before it was time for him to make a change? Fiction becomes reality when Maya discovers the real-life love interest from his screenplay.

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沙塵 (saa cen) | 2

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, September 18, 2023 • Duration 28:14

Growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, Galen Yuen was known for getting into trouble. But was he capable of murder? Maya ventures into her uncle’s past to learn the truth about a violent gang war and how it influenced his Hollywood screenplay.

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The Screenplay | 1

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, September 18, 2023 • Duration 27:42

Maya goes to visit her dying grandmother. While there, she’s given a box that sends her on a mission to discover her family’s biggest secrets and their connection to Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T.

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Introducing Magnificent Jerk

Season 1

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 • Duration 03:03

Meet Maya Lin Sugarman and her uncle Galen in the true story—of a fake story—about a real life.

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