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Writers:
Peter Chelsom (writer)
Peter Flannery (writer)
Release Date:
31 March 1995 (USA) more
Plot:
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool... more | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins more
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(4 articles)
How to be a Serial Killer: A Movie Review
(From 28 Days Later Analysis. 13 October 2009, 9:52 PM, PDT)
Funny Bones: Theatre Out's The Little Dog Laughed is witty, with satiric bite
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 1 September 2009, 8:51 PM, PDT)
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Underrated more (52 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Oliver Platt | ... | Tommy Fawkes |
 | Jerry Lewis | ... | George Fawkes |
 | Lee Evans | ... | Jack Parker |
 | Leslie Caron | ... | Katie Parker |
| Richard Griffiths | ... | Jim Minty |
| Sadie Corre | ... | Poodle Woman |
 | Oliver Reed | ... | Dolly Hopkins |
| George Carl | ... | Thomas Parker |
| Freddie Davies | ... | Bruno Parker |
 | Ian McNeice | ... | Stanley Sharkey |
| Christopher Greet | ... | Lawrence Berger |
| Peter Gunn | ... | Nicky |
| Gavin Millar | ... | Steve Campbell |
 | William Hootkins | ... | Al |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Billy Man |
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Rated R for some language and a scene of tragic violence.
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128 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 | Canada:14A | Australia:M | Germany:12 (bw) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK more
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Continuity: In the scene where Tommy Fawkes gets the Parker brothers to sign the contract for their act, there is continuity with the chair. The Parker's stand up and go to set up the scene to show Tommy Fawkes. From a high shot you see Tommy Fawkes stand up and turn his chair around, it then cuts to the front of Tommy, his chair is in its original position and he turns it around again to the position he did in the first high shot. more
Quotes:
Stanley Sharkey: It's all getting very French. And I don't like it. more
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Featured in "Zomergasten: (#11.4)" (1998) more
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This film is a very underrated gem - it cant be put into a nice little box like Hollywood always wants to do with projects. "This is a wacky comedy" "This is a dark family drama", etc. You could tell they did not know how to market the film when it first came out in the US. They made it look like a wacky farce which it is not. This film works as a dark comedy about talent, those that have it and those that dont and yes, Jerry lewis gives a strong performance (right up there with King Of Comedy)and Lee Evans is a marvel as a talented comedian and Oliver Platt gives one ofhis best performances as an untalented offspring of a legend. Worth seeing - just dont expect slapstick, expect three-dimensional flawed people trying to make peace with one another and get through their torn lives.