Editing Steve Martin (section)

==== 1980s ====
Martin was in three more Reiner-directed comedies after ''The Jerk'': ''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'' in 1982, ''[[The Man with Two Brains]]'' in 1983 and ''[[All of Me (1984 film)|All of Me]]'' in 1984, his most critically acclaimed performance up to that point.<ref>{{cite web|title=All of Me|website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000640-all_of_me/ |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/steve-martin-in-all-of-me.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624110612/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/steve-martin-in-all-of-me.html |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |title=Steve Martin in 'All of Me' |page=C6 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 21, 1984 |access-date=December 30, 2022 |url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carignano |first1=Tina |title=Martin and Tomlin Get Their Act Together in ''All of Me'' |url=https://archive.org/details/greyhound58loyo_1/page/8/ |access-date=September 7, 2022 |work=The Greyhound |publisher=[[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola College]] |via=Internet Archive Digital Library |date=September 21, 1984}}</ref> Martin was by now requesting almost $3&nbsp;million per film, but ''Plaid'' and ''Two Brains'' both failed at the box office like ''Pennies'', endangering his young career.<ref name="harmetz19830726">{{Cite news |last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean |author-link=Aljean Harmetz |date=July 26, 1983 |title=The Talk of Hollywood: At The Studios, Star Billing Means a Parking Space |page=C11 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/26/movies/talk-hollywood-studios-star-billing-means-parking-space-talk-hollywood.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524142748/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/26/movies/talk-hollywood-studios-star-billing-means-parking-space-talk-hollywood.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=June 16, 2022 |url-access=subscription |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1986, Martin joined fellow ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' veterans [[Martin Short]] and [[Chevy Chase]] in ''[[Three Amigos|¡Three Amigos!]]'', directed by [[John Landis]], and written by Martin, [[Lorne Michaels]], and singer-songwriter [[Randy Newman]]. It was originally entitled ''The Three [[Knight|Caballeros]]'' and Martin was to be teamed with [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[John Belushi]]. In 1986, Martin was in the movie musical [[Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)|film version]] of the hit [[Off-Broadway]] play [[Little Shop of Horrors (musical play)|''Little Shop of Horrors'']] (based on a famous [[The Little Shop of Horrors|B-movie]]), playing the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello. The film was the first of three films teaming Martin with [[Rick Moranis]]. In 1987, Martin joined comedian [[John Candy]] in the [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever| isbn=9781984826664 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjXgDwAAQBAJ| last1=Semlyen | first1=Nick de | date=May 26, 2020 | publisher=Crown }}</ref>'' That same year, Martin starred in ''[[Roxanne (film)|Roxanne]]'', the film adaptation of ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', which he co-wrote and won him a [[Writers Guild of America Award]]. It also garnered recognition from Hollywood and the public that he was more than a comedian. In 1988, he performed in the [[Frank Oz]] film ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]'', a remake of ''[[Bedtime Story (1964 film)|Bedtime Story]]'', alongside [[Michael Caine]]. Also in 1988, he appeared at the [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]] at Lincoln Center in a revival of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' directed by Mike Nichols.<ref>{{cite news| last=Gallo| first=Hank| date=December 15, 1988| title=Steve Martin leaves stand-up comedy behind, scans horizon for next role| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8t4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=6918%2C11039018| work=The Pittsburgh Press| access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> He played [[Vladimir (character)|Vladimir]], with [[Robin Williams]] as [[Estragon]] and [[Bill Irwin]] as Lucky. Martin starred in the [[Ron Howard]] film ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' with Rick Moranis in 1989.