Funny Bones - Deadly jokes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Funny Bones - Deadly jokes |
| Original title | Funny bones |
| Country of production | UK , USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 128 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Peter Chelsom |
| script | Peter Chelsom Peter Flannery |
| production | Peter Chelsom Simon Fields |
| music | John Altman |
| camera | Eduardo Serra |
| cut | Martin Walsh |
| occupation | |
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Funny Bones is an American film that was made in 1995 and directed by Peter Chelsom . The main roles were played by Oliver Platt and Jerry Lewis . It belongs to the tragicomedy genre.
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Oliver Platt plays Tommy Fawkes , the son of star comedian George Fawkes, portrayed by Jerry Lewis. When Tommy wanted to follow in his father's footsteps with his first appearance in front of a large audience in Las Vegas , he experienced a disastrous evening and earned at best sympathetic applause. Gripped by ambition, he sets off for Blackpool , where he spent his childhood and where he wants to look for inspiration - as it quickly turns out, he basically wants to steal the gags of the local cabaret scene. He also sees the show of a strange comedian troupe, who are no longer officially allowed to appear since a member named Jack is considered insane for manslaughter. He realizes that he is seeing parts of his father's program here, and he understands that his father apparently stole his greatest achievements from this group. Finally, Jack turns out to be his half-brother.
A mysterious parallel storyline, with which the film also begins, tells of a fraudulent trade in which an attempt is made to buy Chinese wax eggs with obscure content for counterfeit money; one involved is killed by a ship's propeller. His severed feet are found on the beach in between, and the vengeance-looking bruised appear in the second part of the film and bring in an unexpected action component.
In a big apotheosis at the end, Tommy and Jack flee from the chasers, which ultimately turns out to be a rehearsed show that reveals their friendship and with which he now apparently wins the hearts of the audience.
Reviews
The Washington Post reviewers particularly praised the performance of Platt, Lewis, and Evans, as well as the timing and melancholy conveyed by the film; Roger Ebert called the film entertaining and fascinating, but was critical of the Las Vegas part of the plot. In the Heyne film lexicon it is described as "comedic fireworks full of absurd beauty and a good dose of British humor". The film received the highest rating from Cinema magazine .
Awards
The film was successful at festivals . Peter Chelsom received a total of eight prizes, including at the film festivals in Brussels , Paris and the Evening Standard British Film Awards . He could also be seen at the 45th Berlinale .
Web links
- Funny Bones - Deadly jokes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review by Hal Hinson on April 28, 1995
- ↑ Review by Desson Howe on April 28, 1995
- ↑ Review by Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times , April 7, 1995
- ^ Lothar R. Just, Ronald M. Hahn, Georg Seeßlen: Heyne-Filmlexikon (11/1999), p. 279; ISBN 978-3-453-15747-7
- ↑ Film review at cinema.de
- ↑ https://www.berlinale.de/de/archiv/jahresarchive/1995/02_programm_1995/02_filmdatenblatt_1995_19950658.html